Chords for Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Gordon Lightfoot cover

[N] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Oh, there was a time [G] in this fair land [D] when the railroad did not run,
_ _ When the wild, [G] majestic mountains [A] stood alone, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Long [G] before the white man and [D] man, long before the wheel,
_ _ When the green, [A] dark forest was [C] too silent to [D] be real.
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Am] _ But [D] time has [G] no beginnings, [D] and history has no bounds,
_ _ As to this verdant [G] country [A] they came from all around.
_ _ _ _ _ They sailed [G] upon the wonder [D] winds as they walked the coast, _ _
_ _ Built the mines, the mills, [A] and the factories,
[C] Through the [D] love of song.
[Am] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] And [D] when [G] the young man's fancy [D] was turning to the spring, _
_ _ The river, the [G] river, the river, was so [A] sporty and all was gay.
Their _ _
_ _ [D] lives were [G] overflowing [D] with the visions of their day,
_ _ And many [A] fortune were not [C] prepared for [D] _
them.
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ For [A] they looked in the future [Em] and what did they see?
Saw [C] an arrow run [D] from the sea to the sea,
[A] Bring the good, the [Em] poor, the young, the old,
[C] All upon the seaport, [D] sand into their hands,
[A] Bringing the workers [Em] a great deal,
To [C] lay down the tracks [D] and tear up the trails.
[A] But their heart left [Em] a life of glow,
Gotta [C] get away, cause [D] we're moving too slow. _
_ _ _ [Am] Looking away [D] sadly,
_ _ _ [Am] Across this mighty [D] land,
_ [Am] From the _ eastern [D] shore.
From [Am] _ _ _
[D] the eastern shore,
_ _ [A] Bring the [Em] workers a great deal,
[C] Gotta lay down the tracks [D] and tear up the trails.
[A] But their heart [Em] left a life of glow,
[C] Gotta get away, cause [D] we're moving too slow.
[C] Get away, cause [A] we're _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ moving too slow.
[D] Behind _ the blue _ Rockies, [G] the sun is [A] declining,
_ [D] _ _ [G] Stars they come steep at [E] the close [A] of the day, _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ Across the white valley, [G] our loved ones [A] lie sleeping,
_ [D] _ _ [G] Beyond the dark forest in a [A] place [D] far away. _ _
_ _ We are the navies who [G] will work upon [A] the railway,
[D] _
_ _ Swinging [G] our hammers [E] in the bright [A] blazing sun, _ _ _
[D] Living _ on stew [G] and drinking _ [A] bad whiskey,
_ [D] _
_ [G] Bending our backs to the [A] long _
[D] day's day. _ _ _ _ _
We are the navies [G] _
who [A] will work upon the railway,
_ [D] _ _
Swinging [G] our hammers [E] in the bright blazing [A] sun,
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ Laying down the track [G] and building the [A] bridges,
_ [D] _ _
Bending [G] our backs to [A] the long _ day's [D] day. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] Don't you [Em] worry the days,
[C] You must [D] stand and embrace,
[A] What the St.
Lawrence of [Em] Wales gave,
_ [C] Swinging our hammers [D] and drawing our pay,
_ [A] Laying the [Em] men and tying them down,
[C] Weaning the [D] bunkhouse and into the town,
[A] Dollar a day [Em] and a place for my head.
[C] _ _ _
[A] Oh, _ _ _ _ _ the [D] song of the [A] future has been [D] sung,
[Am] All the battles [D] have been won,
On [Am] the mountain tops [D] we stand,
All [Am] the work and the [D] hard,
_ We [Am] have opened up [D] our soil,
With our [A] teardrops _ and our toil. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Oh, there was a time [G] in this fair [D] land when the railroad did not run,
_ _ When the wild [G] majestic mountains stood [A] alone, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Long [G] before the white [D] men and long for the wheel, _
_ _ When the green dark [A] wood [C] was too silent to [D] be revealed,
_ When the green [A] dark forest was [C] too silent to [D] be revealed,
_ _ And many a [A] good man _ too _ [C] _ _
silent to _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] be revealed.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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