Tonart: D major•
Verse 1
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Am
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There was a time in this fair land
D
when the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic mountain
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Bm
A
s stood alone against the sun
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G
Long before the white man
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and long before the wheel
When the green,
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C
D
dark forest was too silent to be real
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But time has no beginnings
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D
and history has no bounds
As to this verdant country
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they came from all around
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G
They sailed upon her waterways
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and they bought the forest all
Built the mines,
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C
D
the mills, and the factories for the good of us all.
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And when the young man's fancy
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was turned to the spring,
The railroad men grew restless for
Bm
A
to hear the hammers ring.
D
Their minds were overflowing
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D
with visions of their day,
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And many a fortune lost and one
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D
Am
D
of many a debt to pay
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Em
For they looked in the future and
what did they see?
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They saw an iron road running
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from the sea to the sea
Em
the young growing land
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All up through the seaports
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D
Look away, said they,
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D
across this mighty land
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D
From the eastern shore to
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D
the western strand
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Bring in the workers an
Em
d bring up the rails
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G
Gotta lay down the tracks
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Em
Open her heart, let the lifeblood flow
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G
D
Gotta get on our way,
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D
cause we're moving too slow
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Bring in the workers an
Em
d bring up the rails
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G
Gotta lay down the tracks
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Em
Open her heart, let the lifeblood flow
D
cause we're moving too slow
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cause we're moving too slow
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A
Rockies, the sun is declining
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G
The stars, they come stealing,
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A
at the close of the day
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Across the wide prairie,
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A
our loved ones lie sleeping
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G
A
Beyond the dark ocean, a place far
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away
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We are the navvies who work
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G
Swinging our hammers,
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E
A
bright blazing sun
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A
drinking bad whiskey
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G
A
D
Bendin' our backs, the long days are done
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We are the navvies who work
D
G
Swingin' our hammers in
Em
A
the bright blazin' sun
G
A
buildin' the bridges
D
G
A
Bending our backs till the is
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done
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D
Am
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Am
A
So over the mountains an
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D
Into the muskeg and into the rains
St.
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Lawrence, all the way to
Gaspé
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G
D
Swinging our hammers an
d drawing our pay
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Em
Driving them in, tying them down
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G
D
Way to the bunkhouse and into the town
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Em
A dollar a day and a place for my head
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A
A drink to the living, a toast to the dead
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C
D
Oh, the song of the future has been sung
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G
D
All the battles have been won
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D
On the mountaintops we stand
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D
All the world at our command
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D
We have opened up the soil with our
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A
D
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Am
A
teardrops and our toil.
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G
There was a time in this fair land
D
when frail men could not run,
When the wild majestic mountains
Bm
A
stood alone against the sun
D
G
D
Long before the white man and
long before the wheel
A
When the green dark forest
C
D
was too silent to be real
A
When the green dark forest
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D
was too silent to be real
And many are the dead men
too silent to be real
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And many are the dead men too silent to be
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real
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D
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D
D
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D
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D
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D
You
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