Iron Ore Betty Chords
by John Prine
Iron Ore Betty by John Prine is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, D, A, G7, C7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
C G C G D G
G
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty
C G
And she's going steady with me
We receive our mail in the same mailbox
A D
And we watch the same T.V.
C G
I got rug burns on my elbows
C
She's got 'em on her knees.
G
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty
D G
She's going steady with me
G7 C7 G7 A7 D
G7 C7 G7 D G7
G
Hey, I been pickin' my brains out.
C G
I been workin' at the hardware store
I been trying to put a chicken in the window
A D
Chase away the wolf from the door
C G
Betty's been down in the iron ore mine
C
Bringin' home energy
G
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty
D G
She's going steady with me
G7 C7 G7 A7 D
G7 C7 G7 D G7
G
I been speaking to her in English
C G
She's been speakin' in the English too
We always speak the same language
A D
Cause we're always gettin' through
C G
Well, I met her at a dance at the Union Hall
It was a night with Daddy G.
G
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty
D G
She's going steady with me
G7 C7 G7 A7 D
G7 C7 G7 D G7
G
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty
C G
And she's going steady with me
We receive our mail in the same mailbox
A D
And we watch the same T.V.
C G
I got rugburns on my elbows
She's got 'em on her knees.
G
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty
D G
She's going steady with me
C G
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty
D G
ShDe's going steady with me
C G
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty
D G
She's going steady with me
G7 C7 G7 A7 D
G7 C7 G7 D G7