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Canadian Railroad Trilogy easy guitar chords by 
Gordon Lightfoot
Intro 1
D
G
D
C
G
A
A
D
Verse 1
D
G
There was a time in this fair land
D
when the railroad did not run
G
When the wild majestic mountains
A
stood alone against the sun
D
G
Long before the white man
D
and long before the wheel
A
When the green dark forest
C
D
Am
was too silent to be real
D
Am
D
Verse 2
D
G
But time has no beginnings
D
and the history has no bounds
G
As to this verdant country
A
they came from all around
D
G
They sailed upon her waterways
D
and they walked the forests tall
Built the mines the mills
A
C
D
Am
and the factories for the good of us all
D
Am
D
Verse 3
D
G
And when the young man's fancy
D
had turned to the spring
The railroad men
G
A
grew restless for to hear
the hammers ring
D
G
Their minds were overflowing
D
with the visions of their day
A
With many a fortune to won and lost
C
D
and many a debt to pay
Verse 4
A
For they looked in the future
Em
and what did they see
C
They saw an iron road runnin'
D
from the sea to the sea
A
Em
Bringin' the goods to a young growin' land
C
All up through the seaports
D
and into their hands
C
D
Look away said they
C
D
across this mighty land
C
D
From the eastern shore
C
D
to the western strand
Verse 5
A
Bring in the workers
Em
and bring up the rails
C
We gotta lay down the tracks
D
and tear up the trails
A
Em
Open 'er heart let the life blood flow
C
Gotta get on our way
D
'cause we're movin' too slow
A
Bring in the workers
Em
and bring up the rails
C
We gotta lay down the tracks
D
and tear up the trails
A
Em
Open 'er heart let the life blood flow
C
Gotta get on our way
D
'cause we're movin' too slow
C
Get on our way
A
'cause we're movin' too slow
A
A
A
A
Verse 6
D
G
A
Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declinin'
D
G
The stars, they come stealin'
E
A
at the close of the day
D
Across the wide prairie
G
A
our loved ones lie sleeping
D
G
Beyond the dark oceans
A
D
in a place far away
Verse 7
D
We are the navvies
G
A
who work upon the railway
D
G
Swingin' our hammers
E
A
in the bright blazin' sun
D
Livin' on stew
G
A
and drinkin' bad whiskey
D
G
Bendin' our old backs
A
D
'til the long days are done
We are the navvies
G
A
who work upon the railway
D
G
Swingin' our hammers
E
A
in the bright blazin' sun
D
Layin' down track
G
A
and buildin' the bridges
D
G
A
Bendin' our old backs 'til the railroad is
Interlude 1
D
Am
D
Am
(done)
D
D
Verse 8
A
Em
So over the mountains and over the plains
C
D
Into the muskeg and into the rain
A
Em
Up the St. Lawrence all the way to Gaspe
C
D
Swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay
A
Em
Drivin' 'em in and tyin' 'em down
C
D
Away to the bunkhouse and into the town
A
Em
A dollar a day and a place for my head
C
A
A drink to the livin' and a toast to the dead
Verse 9
D
Am
Oh the song of the future has been sung
D
All the battles have been won
Am
On the mountain tops we stand
D
All the world at our command
Am
D
We have opened up the soil
Am
A
With our teardrops and our toil
Verse 10
D
G
was a time in this fair land
D
when the railroad did not run
G
When the wild majestic mountains
A
stood alone against the sun
D
G
Long before the white man
D
and long before the wheel
A
When the green dark forest
C
D
was too silent to be real
When the green dark
A
C
D
forest was too silent to be real
A
And many are the dead men
C
D
too silent to be real
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