Canadian Pacific chords by Hank Snow
Verse 1
B
G#m
B
G#m
B
I rode your
F#
ocean liner to Newfoundland,
G#m
F#
Where I made a living in an iron mine.
E
When I got my fill I went
F#
to Nova Scotia,
C#
F#
And I fished the salty waters for a time.
D#m
F#
Passing
Verse 2
B
through Prince Edward
F#
Island and New Brunswick,
G#m
I could see the rocks and
F#
cliffs of solid stone.
E
Listening to the seagulls
F#
calling to each other
Made me miss my darling and
B
my distant home.
Verse 3
C#m
Canadian Pacific,
F#
B
carry me three thousand miles,
E
F#
Through the valleys and the forests,
B
To the sunshine of her smile,
'Cross the plains and the
C#m
F#
rugged mountains,
B
Keep this wandering boy from harm.
E
Canadian Pacific,
F#
B
take me to my baby's arms.
Verse 4
B
F#
The Atlantic disappeared on the horizon,
G#m
And Quebec lay waiting for
F#
me down the track.
E
For a while I drove a truck
F#
to keep from star-ving.
C#
In In Ontario I was a lumber-jack.
Verse 5
F#
D#m
B
Man-itoba and and
F#
Saskatchewan then followed,
G#m
Where the wheat fields and
F#
the old Red River flowed.
E
F#
In the quiet hours your whistling on the prairie,
Touched my heart and set
my memories aglow.
B
Verse 6
C
I could feel the nearness of her warm,
G
sweet kisses,
Am
G
When you rolled into Alberta westward bound.
F
G
I worked on an oil rig to make some money,
D
For a ticket to the sweetest
G
Em
girl around.
Verse 7
C
Pushing on past Lake Louise
G
in all it's splendor,
Am
Where the trees and Rockies
G
touch the sky above,
F
G
I got to British Columbia and heaven,
On your track I made it back
C
to my true love.
Verse 8
Dm
Canadian Pacific,
G
C
carry me three thousand miles,
F
G
Through the valleys and the forests,
C
To the sunshine of her smile.
'Cross the plains and the
Dm
rugged mountains,
G
Keep this wandering
C
boy from harm.
F
Canadian Pacific,
G
C
take me to my baby's arms.
Outro 1
Dm
G
C
F
G
Canadian Pacific
Hank Snow
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