Tonart: E major•
Verse 1
E
B
E
I cleared the rocks and
New
B
I labored long and hard to make it grow.
E
I built the first log cabins and I
A
E
raised a family, told
King
B
E
George and all his redcoats where to go.
A
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
I'm the man that built the
E
power dams and oiled all the cars
B
And I laid down the cornerstone
E
for this great land of ours
I'm the boy that drove the wagons
A
E
when the people headed west
B
Dug canals and pulled the barges on their way
E
I built and ran the factories,
A
E
cut the timber for your homes
Drove the oxen when I
B
E
cut and baled the hay
A
I'm the man that built the bridges
E
I'm the man that laid the track
B
I'm the man that built this country
E
with my shoulders and my back
A
I'm the man that built the
E
power dams and oiled all the cars
B
And I laid down the cornerstone
E
for this great land of ours
I built the old sod shanties and I
A
raised the prairie towns
E
B
I made the railroad run from sea to sea
E
I raised and drove the cattle
E
And the mining towns are
B
E
there because of me
A
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,
B
E
and I laid down the cornerstone for this great land of ours
A
E
I stoked the mighty furnaces and rolled the flame and steel,
B
I operated oil rigs and wells
E
And when the country needed them,
A
E
I built the planes and tanks
B
E
To send the tyrants down to frying hell
A
I'm the man that built the bridges,
E
B
E
I'm the man that laid the track I'm the man that built this country with my shoulders and my back
A
I'm the man that built the
E
power dams and oiled all the cars
B
And I laid down the cornerstone
E
for this great land of ours
Well, my face may not be pretty and
A
E
my clothes are not the best
And there ain't no big shots
E
But if you're wondering who it
A
was that made this country great
E
B
You don't have to look no further,
A
I'm the man that built the bridges,
E
B
E
I'm the man that laid the track I'm the man that built this country with my shoulders and my back
A
I'm the man that built the power
E
dams and oiled all the cars
B
And I laid down the cornerstone
E
for this great land of ours
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