Nickelback - Steel Still Rusts

[Intro]
D F C G
(2x)

[Verse 1]
D F
Best of days livin’ a simple life
C G
There’s nowhere to go when there’s only one stop light
D F
His grandmother told him “Don’t you dare sign up
C G
They’ll ship you away to places we ain’t heard of
D F
Get a degree, and maybe be a doctor
C G
Just ask your daddy, it won’t matter once they got ya
D F
Lifetimes you could spend to find out what she meant
C G
Her final dyin’ breath, this is what she said”

[Chorus]
D F
“Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us
C G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts
D F
Stone carved in your name, no one can really trust
C G
Shoulder another soldier they stole from us
D F
Don’t ever bend, don’t ever crawl
C G
Supposed to stand and never fall
D F
Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us
C G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts”
D F C
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
G
And steel still rusts
D F C G
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust

[Verse 2]
D F
A third of his life off in a foreign land
C G
Thanks for your service, sincerely, Uncle Sam
D F
Lost the best of friends he’d ever known
C G
And no line of welcome signs once he got back home
D F
He got a job, a doorman at a dive bar
C G
Became a bodyguard, protecting famous rock stars
D F
Lost count of the times he’s been around the world
C G
Promised grandmama he’d never lose these words

[Chorus]
D F
“Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us
C G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts
D F
Stone carved in your name, no one can really trust
C G
Shoulder another soldier they stole from us
D F
Don’t ever bend, don’t ever crawl
C G
Supposed to stand and never fall
D F
Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us
C G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts”
D F C
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
G
And steel still rusts
D F C
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
G
And dust to dust

[Guitar Solo]
Bb F C G Bb F C C

[Instrumental]
D F C G

[Bridge]
D F
Forever feel the wounds that never heal
C G
When fallen friends are now a line of crosses in a field

[Chorus]
D F
Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us
C G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts (Steel still rusts)
D F
Stone carved in your name, no one can really trust
C G
Shoulder another soldier they stole from us
D F
Don’t ever bend, don’t ever crawl
C G
Supposed to stand and never fall (And never fall)
D F
Long gone is the praise for those who fought for us
C G
Ashes to ashes, turns out steel still rusts
D F C
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
G
And steel still rusts (Steel still rusts)
D F C
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
G D
And steel still rusts