Steel Trails to Golden Gate

Intro

Harmonica melody

Soft guitar strumming

Mm

Mm-hmm

Verse 1

Silver chrome catch the morning

Dusty leather seat

Fires burning low

Cold coffee in the pan

Trail is long and wide

Gasoline and steel on the sand

Pre-Chorus

Mountain shadows moving slow

Wind is picking up the pace

Miles are humming in the bone

Heading for that hidden place

Chorus

Oh I roll on by

Underneath the western sky

Iron horse on a canyon floor

Heading for that golden door

Iron horse on a canyon floor

Heading for that golden door

Golden door

Interlude

soft yodel melody

Verse 2

Sunlight hit the painted canyon

Coyotes start to cry

Rubber on the stone

Iron piston rhythm sounds

Towers of the rocks

Shaking up the hallowed grounds

Pre-Chorus

Desert moonlight guiding me

Stars are hanging heavy now

Silent tracks of history

Sweat is drying on my brow

Chorus

Oh I roll on by

Underneath the western sky

Iron horse on a canyon floor

Heading for that golden door

Iron horse on a canyon floor

Heading for that golden door

Golden door

Instrumental Break

Guitar and Harmonica Solo

Bridge

Tired of the open plain

Ready for the silver rail

Ghostly whistles in the rain

Telling me a lonely tale

Endless road

Distant code

Winding down the trail

Break

Chorus

Oh I roll on by

Underneath the western sky

Iron horse on a canyon floor

Heading for that golden door

Iron horse on a canyon floor

Heading for that golden door

Golden door

Verse 3

Steeple top is shining bright

Iron engine slows its beat

Boots on wood at last

Welcome to the city lights

Lanterns on the porch

Chasing out the winter nights

Pre-Chorus

Midnight trains are pulling in

Smokestack clouds across the moon

Found the place where I begin

Played a lucky lonesome tune

Final-Chorus

Oh I roll on by

Underneath the western sky

Iron horse on a canyon floor

Heading for that golden door

Iron horse on a canyon floor

Heading for that golden door

Golden door

Post-Chorus

Rolling

Rolling home

Mmm

Home at last

Golden Door

Instrumental Outro

Fading guitar, crackle intensifies