Key: E major•
Verse 1
E
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E
I cleared the rocks and
New
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E
raised a family, told
King
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George and all his redcoats where to go.
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E
I'm the man that built the bridges, I'm the man that laid the track,
B
E
I'm the man that built this country with my shoulders and my back.
I'm the boy that drove the wagons
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E
when the people headed west
B
Dug canals and pulled the barges on their way
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E
cut the timber for your homes
Drove the oxen when I
B
E
cut and baled the hay
I built the old sod shanties and I
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B
I made the railroad run from sea to sea
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E
there because of me
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E
I'm the man that built the bridges, I'm the man that laid the track,
B
E
I'm the man that built this country with my shoulders and my back
A
E
I'm the man that built the power dams and oiled all the cars,
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and I laid down the cornerstone for this great land of ours
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I stoked the mighty furnaces and rolled the flame and steel,
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I built the planes and tanks
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To send the tyrants down to frying hell
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I'm the man that laid the track I'm the man that built this country with my shoulders and my back
Well, my face may not be pretty and
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E
my clothes are not the best
And there ain't no big shots
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B
You don't have to look no further,
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B
E
I'm the man that laid the track I'm the man that built this country with my shoulders and my back
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B A
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