Steady As She Goes

The Raconteurs

Tom: D


Intro 
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Verse 1 
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Find yourself a girl, and settle down 
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Live a simple life in a quiet town 
 

Chorus 
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Steady as she goes 
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Steady as she goes 
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So steady as she goes 
 
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Verse 2 
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Your friends have shown a kink in the single life 
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You've had too much to think, now you need a wife 
 

Chorus 
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Steady as she goes 
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So steady as she goes 
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Well here we go again 
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You've found yourself a friend that knows you well 
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But no matter what you do 
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You'll always feel as though you 
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Tripped and fell 
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So steady as she goes 
 
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Verse 3 
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When you have completed what you thought you had to do 
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And your blood's depleted to the point of stable glue 
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Then you'll get along 
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Then you'll get along 
 

Chorus 
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                  Bm   F#m   A 
Steady as she goes 
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So steady as she goes 
        E            G 
Well here we go again 
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You've found yourself a friend that knows you well 
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But no matter what you do 
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You'll always feel as though you tripped and fell 
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So steady as she goes 
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Steady as she goes 
 

Verse 4 
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Settle for a world, neither up or down 
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Sell it to the crowd that is gathered round 
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Settle for a girl, neither up or down 
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Sell it to the crowd that is gathered round 
 

Chorus 
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So steady as she goes 
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Steady as she goes 
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Steady as she goes 
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So steady as she goes 
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Steady as she goes, are you steady now? 
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Steady as she goes, are you steady now? 
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Steady as she goes, are you steady now? 
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Steady as she goes, are you steady now? 
E               Bm 
Steady as she goes