A
In a steel town 
   D                             A
It’s all fun and games ‘til graduation
               D                   F#m
When you work 51 or take one for vacation
       D *
In a beach town

       A
In a steel town 
       D                                 A
That shift you work is what the world revolves round
            D                                F#m
When that whistle winds its almost time to wind down
         D *
Over a cold round


[Chorus]
        A                    E
In a steel town you learn how
     D
to bend and not break
         A                    E
How to hang in, how to cut loose
         D 
How to find a way
        F#m                                    D
How to start with nothing, build it from the ground 
       F#m                               D
Everything that matters most I learned about


[Verse]
       A
In a steel town
  D                                 A 
All the talk is football and the weather
          D                                 F#m
And it always seems next season’s looking better
       D 
Than right now 

            A
Yeah in a steel town
       D                                       A
Your boots and jeans and shirts and cars are passed down
         D                              F#m
There’s not a lot but there’s enough to go around
    D
I found 


[Chorus]
        A                  E  
In a steel town you learn how
     D
to bend and not break
         A                    E   
How to hang in, how to cut loose
         D 
How to find a way
        F#m                                    D
How to start with nothing, build it from the ground 
       F#m                               D
Everything that matters most I learned about
       A          E      D
In a steel town

       A          E      D
In a steel town
       A                 D
Oooh

       A                 D


[Verse]
       A
In a steel town
       D                              A 
We realize we’re all in this thing together
          D                                     F#m
And you learn to take the heat and stand the pressure
      D * 
In a meltdown 


[Chorus]
       A        E  D
In a steel town
       A        E  D
In a steel town
         F#m                                    D 
How to start with nothing, build it from the ground 
          F#m                             D
You can leave, but your heart will hang around 
      
       A        E  D
In a steel town 
            A        E  D
Yeah in a steel town 
       A        E  D
In a steel town