Nine Steps Down Chords & Lyrics - The Band Of Heathens

[INTRO]
[D]

[VERSE]
[D]Nine steps down on a ten story [G]ride
[D]One part love and [A]two parts [D]pride
[D]Three tons of steel and four miles to [G]go
[D]Sinking them down in the [A]Gulf of Mexi[D]co

[INTERLUDE]
[D]

[VERSE]
[D]Rigged on point, top of the [G]tower
[D]Watch for those waves they’ll be [A]rising [D]fast
[D]Call to the driller down on the sh[G]ore
[D]Derrickhand you better keep [A]pumping that [D]gas

[CHORUS]
[G]No time to think of the girls in their cotton
[D]Dresses they wear in the early springtime
[G]Memories here they’re all long forgotten
[G]Nine steps down on a [A]ten story [D]ride
[A]Nine steps down on a ten story [D]ride

[INTERLUDE]
[D]

[VERSE]
[D]All of the boys, thought you we[G]re beauty
[D]My motivation was a little less k[A]ind [D]
[D]Come with me I got something to show y[G]ou
[D]Out past the trees where [A]the river ru[D]ns wild

[CHORUS]
[G]My oh my you were more than I bargained
[D]For one time at the five and dime
[G]Spending all my nickels and quarters
[G]One part love and two[A] parts pri[D]de
[A]One part love and two parts pri[D]de

[INTERLUDE]
[D]

[VERSE]
[D]Put the hammer on down, we m[G]ight just make it
[D]Watch your eyes, from drifting of[A]f the r[D]oad
[D]Drink ‘em on down, five for a doll[G]ar
[D]Get it to the man with th[A]e weekly loa[D]d

[CHORUS]
[G]The rubber on the tires burning like a matchstick
[D]Blacklist heart on a long ride home
[G]Ain’t no god just a lifetime of Sundays
[G]Three tons of steel a[A]nd four mi[D]les to go
[A]Three tons of steel and four mi[D]les to go

[INTERLUDE]
[D]

[VERSE]
[D]Waters rising, all around yo[G]ur mind
[D]The slack pulling fast but you tr[A]y to ke[D]ep loose
[D]There’s a storm rolling in on, New[G] Orleans
[D]Gonna string everybody in[A] a hang man’[D]s noose

[CHORUS]
[G]Nine steps down on a ten story ride
[D]One part love and two parts pride
[G]Three tons of steel and four miles to go
[G]Sinking them down in [A]the Gulf o[D]f Mexico
[G]Sinking them down in [A]the Gulf o[D]f Mexico
[A]Sinking them down in the Gulf o[D]f Mexico

[INTERLUDE]
[D]