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I'm The Man That Built The Bridges

I'm The Man That Built The Bridges easy guitar chords by Tom Paxton

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  • Verse 1
    D
    A
    D

    I cleared the rocks and
    G

    timber from the wild

    New
    D

    England shore,
    A

    I labored long and hard to make it grow.
    D

    I built the first log cabins and I
    G
    D

    raised a family, told

    King
    A
    D

    George and all his redcoats where to go.
    G
    D

    I'm the man that built the bridges, I'm the man that laid the track,
    A
    D

    I'm the man that built this country with my shoulders and my back.
    G

    I'm the man that built the
    D

    power dams and oiled all the cars
    A

    And I laid down the cornerstone
    D

    for this great land of ours

    I'm the boy that drove the wagons
    G
    D

    when the people headed west
    A

    Dug canals and pulled the barges on their way
    D

    I built and ran the factories,
    G
    D

    cut the timber for your homes

    Drove the oxen when I
    A
    D

    cut and baled the hay
    G

    I'm the man that built the bridges
    D

    I'm the man that laid the track
    A

    I'm the man that built this country
    D

    with my shoulders and my back
    G

    I'm the man that built the
    D

    power dams and oiled all the cars
    A

    And I laid down the cornerstone
    D

    for this great land of ours

    I built the old sod shanties and I
    G

    raised the prairie towns
    D
    A

    I made the railroad run from sea to sea
    D

    I raised and drove the cattle
    G

    to feed a growing land
    D

    And the mining towns are
    A
    D

    there because of me
    G
    D

    I'm the man that built the bridges, I'm the man that laid the track,
    A
    D

    I'm the man that built this country with my shoulders and my back
    G
    D

    I'm the man that built the power dams and oiled all the cars,
    A
    D

    and I laid down the cornerstone for this great land of ours
    G
    D

    I stoked the mighty furnaces and rolled the flame and steel,
    A

    I operated oil rigs and wells
    D

    And when the country needed them,
    G
    D

    I built the planes and tanks
    A
    D

    To send the tyrants down to frying hell
    G

    I'm the man that built the bridges,
    D
    A
    D

    I'm the man that laid the track I'm the man that built this country with my shoulders and my back
    G

    I'm the man that built the
    D

    power dams and oiled all the cars
    A

    And I laid down the cornerstone
    D

    for this great land of ours

    Well, my face may not be pretty and
    G
    D

    my clothes are not the best

    And there ain't no big shots
    A

    in my family tree
    D

    But if you're wondering who it
    G

    was that made this country great
    D
    A

    You don't have to look no further,
    D

    it was me
    G

    I'm the man that built the bridges,
    D
    A
    D

    I'm the man that laid the track I'm the man that built this country with my shoulders and my back
    G

    I'm the man that built the power
    D

    dams and oiled all the cars
    A

    And I laid down the cornerstone
    D

    for this great land of ours

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