Steel Town Chords
Steel Town by Steve Moakler is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords A, D, F#m and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
A
In a steel town
D A
It’s all fun and games ‘til graduation
D F#m
When you work 51 or take one for vacation
D *
In a beach town
A
In a steel town
D A
That shift you work is what the world revolves round
D F#m
When that whistle winds its almost time to wind down
D *
Over a cold round
A E
In a steel town you learn how
D
to bend and not break
A E
How to hang in, how to cut loose
D
How to find a way
F#m D
How to start with nothing, build it from the ground
F#m D
Everything that matters most I learned about
Verse
A
In a steel town
D A
All the talk is football and the weather
D F#m
And it always seems next season’s looking better
D
Than right now
A
Yeah in a steel town
D A
Your boots and jeans and shirts and cars are passed down
D F#m
There’s not a lot but there’s enough to go around
D
I found
A E
In a steel town you learn how
D
to bend and not break
A E
How to hang in, how to cut loose
D
How to find a way
F#m D
How to start with nothing, build it from the ground
F#m D
Everything that matters most I learned about
A E D
In a steel town
A E D
In a steel town
A D
Oooh
A D
Verse
A
In a steel town
D A
We realize we’re all in this thing together
D F#m
And you learn to take the heat and stand the pressure
D *
In a meltdown
A E D
In a steel town
A E D
In a steel town
F#m D
How to start with nothing, build it from the ground
F#m D
You can leave, but your heart will hang around
A E D
In a steel town
A E D
Yeah in a steel town
A E D
In a steel town
A E D