Canadian Railroad Trilogy chords by 
George Hamilton Iv 
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Key: F major•
Verse 1
F
Gm
Bb
F
Eb
Bb
There was
Csus4
F
Bb
a time in this fair land
F
when the railroad did not run
Gm
When the wild majestic moun tains
Csus4
C
stood alone again st the sun
F
Bb
Long before the white man
Gm
F
and long before the wheel
C
When the green dark forest
Eb
F
was too si lent to be real
But time has no beginnings
C
F
an d the history has no bounds
Dm
As to this verdant country
C
Csus4
C
they came from all around
F
Gm
C
They sailed upon her wa ter ways
F
and they walked the forest tall
Built the mines, mills,
C
and the factories
Eb
F
for the good of us all
And when the young man's fancy
C
F
was a turning in the spring
Dm
The railroad men grew restless
Bb
C
for to hear them hammers ring
F
Their minds were overflowing
with the visions of their day
C
And many a fortune lost and won
Eb
F
and many a debt to pay
C
For they looked in the future
Gm
and what did they see?
Eb
They saw an iron road
F
running from the sea to the sea
C
Bring ing the goods to a
Gm
young growing land
Eb
All up from the seaports
F
and into their hands
C
So bring in them workers
Gm
and bring up the rails
Eb
We gotta lay down the tracks
F
and tear up the trails
C
Gm
Open her heart and let the lifeblood flow
Eb
Gotta get on our way
F
cause we're moving too slow
Bb
Get on our way
Eb
C
Csus4
C
cause we're moving too slow
F
Be hind the blue
Bb
C
Rockies the sun is declin ing
F
Bb
The stars they come stealing
G
C
at the close of the day
F
Across the wide prairie
Bb
C
our loved ones lie asleep in
F
Bb
Bey ond the dark forest
C
F
in a place far away
We are the poor boys
Bb
C
who work upon the railway
F
Bb
Swinging our hammers
Gm
C
in the bright blazing sun
F
Liv in' on that stew and a
Bb
C
drinkin' bad whiskey
F
Bb
Lay in' down them tracks
C
F
till the long days are done
Bb
Yeah, bendin' our back s
C
F
C
F
Cm
F
Cm
F
till the railroad is done
Cm
F
Now the song of the future has been sun g
Cm
C
F
All the battles have been won,
Gm
Cm
F
On the moun tain tops we stand,
C
Cm
F
All the world at our command,
Gm
C
F
We have opened up the soil,
C
Eb
C
With our teardrops an d our toil.
F
Bb
There was a time in this fair land
F
when the railroad did not run
Bb
When the wild majestic moun tains
C
stood alone against the sun
F
Long before the white man
and long before the wheel
C
When the green dark forest
Eb
F
was too silent to be real
C
When the green dark forest
Eb
F
was too silent to be real
C
And many are the dead men
Eb
F
too si lent to be real
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Gm
Bb
Eb
Csus4
C
Dm
G
Cm
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