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Driving Steel

from Native Son by T. R. Munday

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Chicken-scratch guitar. This song was written in recognition of the men who built the nation's railroads with their sweat and blood. This song is dedicated to my friend Arnett who has laid some track in and around Chicago.

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Driving Steel
copyright T R Munday

Drivin' steel drivin' steel drivin' steel
Lord lord
Drivin' steel drivin' steel drivin' steel
Lord lord lord I'm drivin' steel

Drive that steel on down boy
Drive that steel on down
Down down down boy
Drive that steel on down

Three swings of the hammer
Drive that spike on down
Three swings of the hammer
Drive that spike on down
Drive that spike on down boy
Down down down

Nine pounds to the hammer
Nine pounds every swing
Nine pounds to the hammer
Nine pounds every swing
Nine pounds to the hammer
Make that steel ring

Ten spikes to the rail boys
Ten spikes to the rail
Ten spikes to the rail boys
Ten spikes to the rail
Drive them spikes on down boys
Ten spikes to the rail

Ten hours to the day man
Ten hours to the day
Ten hours to the day man
Ten hours to the day
Ten hours to the day man
To earn a dollar's pay

Four hundred rails to the mile boy
Four hundred rails to the mile
Four hundred rails to the mile boy
Four hundred rails to the mile
Swing that hammer down boy
You'll be here a while

Drivin' steel drivin' steel drivin' steel
Lord lord
Drivin' steel drivin' steel drivin' steel
Lord lord lord I'm drivin' steel

Lord lord lord I'm driving steel

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from Native Son, released December 8, 2021
Photo by Justin Lawson from Pexels

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T. R. Munday Chicago, Illinois

If you enjoy the Blues, check out Anni Piper's vocals and her great bass guitar: annipiper.bandcamp.com

T. R. Munday resides in Northern Illinois, by way of Texas and California.
Musically, he has been most influenced by Mississippi John Hurt, Johnny Cash, and a whole host of Mississippi Delta and Chicago Bluesmen.
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