John Prine

Iron Ore Betty(Chords)

John Prine

Key: C

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	        Intro: 
C G C G D G 

G 
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty 
         C                  G 
And she's going steady with me 

We receive our mail in the same mailbox 
              A       D 
And we watch the same T.V. 
            C           G 
I got rug burns on my elbows 
                        C 
She's got 'em on her knees. 
                                        G 
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty 
    D                 G 
She's going steady with me 
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G7 C7 G7 D G7 


G 
Hey, I been pickin' my brains out. 
          C                     G 
I been workin' at the hardware store 

I been trying to put a chicken in the window 
A                            D 
Chase away the wolf from the door 
C                                 G 
Betty's been down in the iron ore mine 
                  C 
Bringin' home energy 
                                        G 
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty 
D                     G 
She's going steady with me 
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G7 C7 G7 D G7 


G 
I been speaking to her in English 
                  C               G 
She's been speakin' in the English too 

We always speak the same language 
                    A          D 
Cause we're always gettin' through 
         C                              G 
Well, I met her at a dance at the Union Hall 
                                      
It was a night with Daddy G. 
                                        G 
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty 
D                     G 
She's going steady with me 
G7 C7 G7 A7 D 
G7 C7 G7 D G7 


G 
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty 
     C                    G 
And she's going steady with me 

We receive our mail in the same mailbox 
           A          D 
And we watch the same T.V. 
         C             G 
I got rugburns on my elbows 
                                 
She's got 'em on her knees. 
                                        G 
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty 
 D                    G 
She's going steady with me 
      C                               G 
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty 
D                        G 
ShDe's going steady with me 
     C                                  G 
Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty 
D                      G 
She's going steady with me 
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G7 C7 G7 D G7
	        

Written by John Prine

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