Key: F major
Verse 1
D
Em
G
D
C
G
There was
Asus4
D
G
a time in this fair land
Asus4
A
stood alone again st the sun
D
G
Long before the white man
Em
D
and long before the wheel
C
D
was too si lent to be real
But time has no beginnings
A
D
an d the history has no bounds
A
Asus4
A
they came from all around
D
Em
A
They sailed upon her wa terways
Built the mines, mills,
C
D
for the good of us all
And when the young man's fancy
A
D
was a turning in the spring
G
A
for to hear them hammers ring
with the visions of their day
C
D
and many a debt to pay
A
Em
Open her heart and let the lifeblood flow
C
A
Asus4
A
cause we're moving too slow
G
A
Rockies the sun is declining
D
G
The stars they come stealing
E
A
at the close of the day
G
A
our loved ones lie asleep in
D
G
Beyond the dark forest
A
D
in a place far away
We are the poor boys
G
A
who work upon the railway
D
G
Swinging our hammers
Em
A
in the bright blazing sun
G
A
drinkin' bad whiskey
D
G
Layin' down them tracks
A
D
till the long days are done
A
D
A
D
Am
D
Am
D
till the railroad is done
Am
D
Now the song of the future has been sung
Am
A
D
All the battles have been won,
Em
Am
D
On the mountaintops we stand,
A
Am
D
All the world at our command,
Em
A
D
We have opened up the soil,
A
C
A
With our teardrops an d our toil.
D
G
There was a time in this fair land
and long before the wheel
C
D
was too silent to be real
C
D
was too silent to be real
C
D
too si lent to be real
you
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