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The Grand Coolie Dam chords by
Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group
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Key: G major•
Verse 1
G
G

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Now the world holds seven wonders
C
C

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that the travellers always tell
D
D

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Some gardens and some towers,
G
G

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I guess you know them well
D
D

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G
G

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But now the greatest wonder is in
C
C

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Uncle

Sam's fair land
D
D

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It's the big

Columbia

River and the big

Grand

Coulee

Dam
G
G

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She heads up the

Canadian
C
C

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Rockies where the rip

pling waters glide
D
D

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Comes a -roaring down the canyon,

Oh, to meet that salty tide
G
G

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Of the big

Pacific

Ocean,
C
C

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Where the sun sinks in the west,
D
D

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In the big grand

Coulee country,
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G

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In the land I love the best.

In the misty crystal glitter
C
C

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Of the wild and windward spray,
D
D

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Manna fought the pounding waters,
G
G

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And met a watery grave.

Why, tore their boats to splinters,
C
C

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but she gave men dreams to dream
D
D

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Of the day the

Coulee

Dam would cross that wild

and wasted stream
G
G

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Now

Uncle

Sam took up the challenge in
C
C

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the year of thirty -three
D
D

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For the farmer and the factory
G
G

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and all of you and me

He said, roll along
C
C

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Columbia, you can roll down to the sea

But
D
D

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River, while you're rambling,
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G

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you can do some work for me

In the misty crystal glitter of the
C
C

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wildest windward spray
D
D

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Men have fought the pounding waters,
G
G

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heard men a -watering grain

Ice tore their boats to splinters,
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D

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C
C

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but she gave men dreams to dream
D
D

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Of the day the

Coulee

Dam would cross that wild
G
G

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and wasted stream

Now from

Washington and
C
C

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Oregon you can hear the factories hum
D
D

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Making chrome and making

manganese and white aluminum
G
G

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D
D

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Now
G
G

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Rose and

Flying
C
C

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Fortress fought a fight for

Uncle

Sam

Along the
D
D

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Hounam

Quay,

Columbia, by the big grand

Coulee
G
G

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Dam

In the misty crystal litter of the
C
C

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wild and windward spray
D
D

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Men had fought the pounding waters
G
G

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and made a watery grave
D
D

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G
G

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Why she tore their boats to splinters,
C
C

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D
D

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but she gave men dreams to dream

Of the day the

Coulee

Dam would cross that wild
G
G

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and wasted stream

Now the world holds seven wonders,
D
D

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C
C

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As the travellers always tell.
D
D

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Some gardens, and some towers,
G
G

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What a gift, you know them well.
D
D

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G
G

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But now the greatest wonder

Is in
C
C

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Uncle

Sam's fair land.
D
D

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It's the big

Columbia

River,

And the big

Grand

Coulee
Outro 1

Dam.
G
G

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
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  • C

  • D

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of The Grand Coolie Dam by Lonnie Donegan's Skiffle Group is G major.

The primary chords used in The Grand Coolie Dam are G, C, D.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, C, D, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of The Grand Coolie Dam is approximately 207 beats per minute.

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