G
Well it's iron that he hangs, He loves his work
                  C9
He drives hours each day, He's never been hurt
         G
Got a back of steel
        D
Got burns on the sleeves of his shirt

      G
He drinks too much when stuff gets heavy
       C9
He can't think straight his mind gets hazy
     G                                              D
He stops at a sports bar and everybody knows he's a flirt

   G
So he's driving to work, With his head split open
        C9
From last nights drinking and last nights smoking
        G
And he never got home
   D
And now there will be hell to pay

       G
'Cause she'll be yelling and he'll be screaming
      C9
And the kids will be crying, Like a house full of demons
G                                          D
Says to himself, "Why do people live this way?'

G
She says to Lou Ann, "He's the father of my babies
C9
I know you think I'm wrong, I know you think I'm crazy
G                                          D
Sticking around while he's drunk all over town
G
But you don't see he can be so sweet
C9
He only gets mean when he gets in his drink
G                                                  D
He's good to the kids, It's just sometimes he gets down"

G
Iron drops bad, nothin seems to fit
        C9
He gets busted on his welds, He wants to just quit
G                                                    D
He wants to curl up tight on a cold white ground and cry

       G
But he works full shift Picks up a six
            C9
It's almost Christmas The roads are getting slick
            G                                  D
She's gonna be at the door Gonna be hell of a fight

           G
So he's an hour out of Lincoln No shoulder on the road
    C9
Its dark and its snowing He oughtta go slow
       G                                             D
But he pushes it forward, planes and slides like a sled

    G
The tires hit the edge He spins at the top
    C9
The truck slides low in the ditch till it stops
   G                          D
It hurts, where he banged his head

      G
So he sits in the cab He can't read the gauges
    C9
The wipers whip like wind over pagers
     G                          D
It's loud There's static on the radio

   G
It too light to see
            C9
He just stares
                     G
It gets too light to see
                  D
And then he gets scared
         G
Then the light was gone
     C9                   D
Just wipers, wind turned snow

G
She says to Lou Ann, "He's the father of my babies
C9
I know you think I'm wrong, I know you think I'm crazy
G                                         D
Sticking around while he's drunk all over town
G
But you don't see he can be so sweet
C9
He only gets mean when he gets in his drink
G                                                  D
He's good to the kids, It's just sometimes he gets down"

      G
So he pulls back on
    C9
He drives real slow
           G                                     D
Throws the last of the six out the window in the snow
            G                                       C9
Something's changed, Saw light, he should have seen dark
            G
That's the last time he drank
                   D
Still a hell of a fight
G                                                   C9
She knew he wasn't lying when he told her about the light
G                                  D
She knew he wasn't lying about the light

(Girl)

G
Well it's iron that he hangs, He loves his work
                  C9
He drives hours each day, He's never been hurt
         G
Got a back of steel
        D
Got burns on the sleeves of his shirt"