Chords for Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Railroad Trilogy (Lyrics )
Tempo:
115.7 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Eb
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F]
There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
Then the wild [Bb] majestic mountains stood alone against the [Gm] Sun
[F]
Long before [Bb] the white [F] man and long before the wheel
Then the green [C] dark forest [Eb] was too silent to [F] be real
[F]
[Cm] [F] But time has no beginnings and the history has no bounds
As to this verdant [Bb] country they came from all around
[C] They sailed upon her waterways and [F] they walked the forest tall
Built the mines [C] mills and the factories [Eb] for the good of [F] us all
[Cm] [F]
And when the young man's fancy was turning to the string
The railroad men grew [Bb] restless for to hear the hammers ring
[C]
[G] Their minds were [Bb] overflowing [F] with the visions of their days
And many a [C] fortune lost and [Eb] one and many a debt to [F] pay
For [C] they looked in the future and [Gm] what did they see?
The [Eb] sun iron road running from [F] the sea to the sea
[C] Bringing the goods to [Gm] a young grown man
[Eb] All up from the seaboard [F] and into their hands
[C] The way they fade across this mighty land
From the eastern shore to the [F] western strand
[C] Bring in the workers and bring up the rails
We gotta [Eb] lay down the tracks [C] and tear up the trails
Open their [Gm] hearts and let the lifeblood flow
[Eb] Gotta get on our way cause we're [F] moving too slow
[C] Bring in the workers [Gm] and bring up the rails
We gotta [Eb] lay down the tracks [F] and tear up the trails
[C]
Open their hearts and let the [Gm] lifeblood flow
[Eb] Gotta get on our way [C] cause we're moving too slow
[Eb] Get on our way cause we're moving too slow
[F] Behind the blue [Bb] Rockies the sun is [C] declining
The [F] [Bb] stars they come stealing [G] at the close of [C] the day
[F] Across the wide prairie our [Bb] loved ones lie sleeping
[F] Beyond [Bb] the dark oceans in [C] a place far [F] away
[F]
We are the navvies who [Bb] work upon the [C] railway
[F] Swinging our [Bb] hammers in [G] the bright blazing [C] sun
[F] Living on stew [F] and drinking [Bb] [G] bad whiskey
[F] Bending [Bb] our backs till [C] the long [F] days are done
We are the navvies [Bb] who work upon the [C] railway
[F] Swinging our [Bb] hammers in the [G] bright blazing [C] sun
[F] Laying down track and [Bb] building [F] the bridges
[G] [F] Bending [Bb] our backs till the railroad [C] [C]
[F] is done
[Cm]
[F]
[F] [C] Over the mountains [Gm] and over the plains
[Eb] Into the [F] muskeg and into the rain
[C] Up the St.
Lawrence [Gm] all the way to Gaspé
[Eb] Swinging our hammers [C] and drawing our pay
Laying them in and [Gm] tying them down
[Eb] Away to the [F] bunkhouse and into the town
[C] A dollar a day [Gm] and a place for my head
[Eb]
A drink to the living [C] and a toast to the dead
[F] Oh the dawn of the [Cm] future has been sung
All the battles have [F] been won
[C] On the [Cm] mountaintops we stand
All the world at our [F] command
[C] We have opened up [F] the soil
With [C] our teardrops and our [C] toil
[D] Oh [F] there was a time in this fair land
When the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic [Bb] mountains stood alone against the sun
[F] Long before the white men and long before the wheel
When the green [C] dark forest [Eb] was too silent [G] to be real
[F] When the green [C] dark forest [Eb] was too silent to be [F] real
And many of the [C] dead men
Too silent to [F] be real
There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
Then the wild [Bb] majestic mountains stood alone against the [Gm] Sun
[F]
Long before [Bb] the white [F] man and long before the wheel
Then the green [C] dark forest [Eb] was too silent to [F] be real
[F]
[Cm] [F] But time has no beginnings and the history has no bounds
As to this verdant [Bb] country they came from all around
[C] They sailed upon her waterways and [F] they walked the forest tall
Built the mines [C] mills and the factories [Eb] for the good of [F] us all
[Cm] [F]
And when the young man's fancy was turning to the string
The railroad men grew [Bb] restless for to hear the hammers ring
[C]
[G] Their minds were [Bb] overflowing [F] with the visions of their days
And many a [C] fortune lost and [Eb] one and many a debt to [F] pay
For [C] they looked in the future and [Gm] what did they see?
The [Eb] sun iron road running from [F] the sea to the sea
[C] Bringing the goods to [Gm] a young grown man
[Eb] All up from the seaboard [F] and into their hands
[C] The way they fade across this mighty land
From the eastern shore to the [F] western strand
[C] Bring in the workers and bring up the rails
We gotta [Eb] lay down the tracks [C] and tear up the trails
Open their [Gm] hearts and let the lifeblood flow
[Eb] Gotta get on our way cause we're [F] moving too slow
[C] Bring in the workers [Gm] and bring up the rails
We gotta [Eb] lay down the tracks [F] and tear up the trails
[C]
Open their hearts and let the [Gm] lifeblood flow
[Eb] Gotta get on our way [C] cause we're moving too slow
[Eb] Get on our way cause we're moving too slow
[F] Behind the blue [Bb] Rockies the sun is [C] declining
The [F] [Bb] stars they come stealing [G] at the close of [C] the day
[F] Across the wide prairie our [Bb] loved ones lie sleeping
[F] Beyond [Bb] the dark oceans in [C] a place far [F] away
[F]
We are the navvies who [Bb] work upon the [C] railway
[F] Swinging our [Bb] hammers in [G] the bright blazing [C] sun
[F] Living on stew [F] and drinking [Bb] [G] bad whiskey
[F] Bending [Bb] our backs till [C] the long [F] days are done
We are the navvies [Bb] who work upon the [C] railway
[F] Swinging our [Bb] hammers in the [G] bright blazing [C] sun
[F] Laying down track and [Bb] building [F] the bridges
[G] [F] Bending [Bb] our backs till the railroad [C] [C]
[F] is done
[Cm]
[F]
[F] [C] Over the mountains [Gm] and over the plains
[Eb] Into the [F] muskeg and into the rain
[C] Up the St.
Lawrence [Gm] all the way to Gaspé
[Eb] Swinging our hammers [C] and drawing our pay
Laying them in and [Gm] tying them down
[Eb] Away to the [F] bunkhouse and into the town
[C] A dollar a day [Gm] and a place for my head
[Eb]
A drink to the living [C] and a toast to the dead
[F] Oh the dawn of the [Cm] future has been sung
All the battles have [F] been won
[C] On the [Cm] mountaintops we stand
All the world at our [F] command
[C] We have opened up [F] the soil
With [C] our teardrops and our [C] toil
[D] Oh [F] there was a time in this fair land
When the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic [Bb] mountains stood alone against the sun
[F] Long before the white men and long before the wheel
When the green [C] dark forest [Eb] was too silent [G] to be real
[F] When the green [C] dark forest [Eb] was too silent to be [F] real
And many of the [C] dead men
Too silent to [F] be real
Key:
F
C
Bb
Eb
Gm
F
C
Bb
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
_ Then the wild [Bb] majestic mountains stood alone against the [Gm] Sun
_ _ [F] _
Long before [Bb] the white [F] man and long before the wheel _
_ Then the green [C] dark forest [Eb] was too silent to [F] be real
_ _ [F] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ But time has no beginnings and the history has no bounds _
As to this verdant [Bb] country they came from all around
[C] _ _ They sailed upon her waterways and [F] they walked the forest tall
_ _ Built the mines [C] mills and the factories [Eb] for the good of [F] us all
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ And when the young man's fancy was turning to the string
_ _ The railroad men grew [Bb] restless for to hear the hammers ring
[C] _ _
[G] Their minds were [Bb] overflowing [F] with the visions of their days
_ And many a [C] fortune lost and [Eb] one and many a debt to [F] pay _ _ _ _
_ For [C] they looked in the future and [Gm] what did they see?
The [Eb] sun iron road running from [F] the sea to the sea
[C] Bringing the goods to [Gm] a young grown man
[Eb] All up from the seaboard [F] and into their hands
_ _ [C] The way _ they fade _ across this mighty land _
From the _ eastern shore to the [F] western strand
[C] Bring in the workers and bring up the rails
We gotta [Eb] lay down the tracks [C] and tear up the trails
Open their [Gm] hearts and let the lifeblood flow
[Eb] Gotta get on our way cause we're [F] moving too slow
[C] Bring in the workers [Gm] and bring up the rails
We gotta [Eb] lay down the tracks [F] and tear up the trails
[C]
Open their hearts and let the [Gm] lifeblood flow
[Eb] Gotta get on our way [C] cause we're moving too slow
[Eb] Get on our way cause we're moving too slow _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] Behind the blue _ _ [Bb] Rockies the sun is [C] declining
The [F] _ _ [Bb] stars they come stealing [G] at the close of [C] the day _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ Across the wide prairie our [Bb] loved ones lie sleeping _ _
[F] _ Beyond [Bb] the dark oceans in [C] a place _ far [F] away
_ _ [F] _ _
_ _ We are the navvies who [Bb] _ work upon the [C] railway _ _
[F] _ Swinging our [Bb] _ hammers in [G] the bright blazing [C] _ sun _ _
_ [F] _ _ Living on stew _ [F] and drinking [Bb] _ [G] bad whiskey _
[F] _ _ Bending [Bb] our backs till [C] the long _ [F] days are done _ _
_ _ _ We are the navvies [Bb] who work upon the [C] railway _
_ [F] _ Swinging our [Bb] _ hammers in the [G] bright blazing [C] sun _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ Laying down track and [Bb] building [F] the bridges
[G] _ _ [F] _ Bending [Bb] our backs till the railroad [C] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] is done
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Over the mountains [Gm] and over the plains
[Eb] Into the [F] muskeg and into the rain
[C] Up the St.
Lawrence [Gm] all the way to Gaspé
[Eb] Swinging our hammers [C] and drawing our pay
Laying them in and [Gm] tying them down
[Eb] Away to the [F] bunkhouse and into the town
[C] A dollar a day [Gm] and a place for my head
[Eb]
A drink to the living [C] and a toast to the dead _ _
[F] Oh the dawn of the [Cm] future has been sung
All the battles have [F] been won
[C] On the _ [Cm] mountaintops we stand
All the world at our [F] command
[C] We have opened up [F] the soil
With [C] our teardrops _ and our [C] _ toil
_ _ _ _ [D] Oh [F] there was a time in this fair land
When the railroad did not run _
When the wild majestic [Bb] mountains stood alone against the sun
_ _ [F] Long before the white men and long before the wheel
_ When the green [C] dark forest [Eb] was too silent [G] to be real _
[F] When the green [C] dark forest [Eb] was too silent to be [F] real
And many of the [C] dead men
Too _ silent _ to _ _ _ [F] be real
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
_ Then the wild [Bb] majestic mountains stood alone against the [Gm] Sun
_ _ [F] _
Long before [Bb] the white [F] man and long before the wheel _
_ Then the green [C] dark forest [Eb] was too silent to [F] be real
_ _ [F] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ But time has no beginnings and the history has no bounds _
As to this verdant [Bb] country they came from all around
[C] _ _ They sailed upon her waterways and [F] they walked the forest tall
_ _ Built the mines [C] mills and the factories [Eb] for the good of [F] us all
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ And when the young man's fancy was turning to the string
_ _ The railroad men grew [Bb] restless for to hear the hammers ring
[C] _ _
[G] Their minds were [Bb] overflowing [F] with the visions of their days
_ And many a [C] fortune lost and [Eb] one and many a debt to [F] pay _ _ _ _
_ For [C] they looked in the future and [Gm] what did they see?
The [Eb] sun iron road running from [F] the sea to the sea
[C] Bringing the goods to [Gm] a young grown man
[Eb] All up from the seaboard [F] and into their hands
_ _ [C] The way _ they fade _ across this mighty land _
From the _ eastern shore to the [F] western strand
[C] Bring in the workers and bring up the rails
We gotta [Eb] lay down the tracks [C] and tear up the trails
Open their [Gm] hearts and let the lifeblood flow
[Eb] Gotta get on our way cause we're [F] moving too slow
[C] Bring in the workers [Gm] and bring up the rails
We gotta [Eb] lay down the tracks [F] and tear up the trails
[C]
Open their hearts and let the [Gm] lifeblood flow
[Eb] Gotta get on our way [C] cause we're moving too slow
[Eb] Get on our way cause we're moving too slow _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] Behind the blue _ _ [Bb] Rockies the sun is [C] declining
The [F] _ _ [Bb] stars they come stealing [G] at the close of [C] the day _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ Across the wide prairie our [Bb] loved ones lie sleeping _ _
[F] _ Beyond [Bb] the dark oceans in [C] a place _ far [F] away
_ _ [F] _ _
_ _ We are the navvies who [Bb] _ work upon the [C] railway _ _
[F] _ Swinging our [Bb] _ hammers in [G] the bright blazing [C] _ sun _ _
_ [F] _ _ Living on stew _ [F] and drinking [Bb] _ [G] bad whiskey _
[F] _ _ Bending [Bb] our backs till [C] the long _ [F] days are done _ _
_ _ _ We are the navvies [Bb] who work upon the [C] railway _
_ [F] _ Swinging our [Bb] _ hammers in the [G] bright blazing [C] sun _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ Laying down track and [Bb] building [F] the bridges
[G] _ _ [F] _ Bending [Bb] our backs till the railroad [C] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] is done
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Over the mountains [Gm] and over the plains
[Eb] Into the [F] muskeg and into the rain
[C] Up the St.
Lawrence [Gm] all the way to Gaspé
[Eb] Swinging our hammers [C] and drawing our pay
Laying them in and [Gm] tying them down
[Eb] Away to the [F] bunkhouse and into the town
[C] A dollar a day [Gm] and a place for my head
[Eb]
A drink to the living [C] and a toast to the dead _ _
[F] Oh the dawn of the [Cm] future has been sung
All the battles have [F] been won
[C] On the _ [Cm] mountaintops we stand
All the world at our [F] command
[C] We have opened up [F] the soil
With [C] our teardrops _ and our [C] _ toil
_ _ _ _ [D] Oh [F] there was a time in this fair land
When the railroad did not run _
When the wild majestic [Bb] mountains stood alone against the sun
_ _ [F] Long before the white men and long before the wheel
_ When the green [C] dark forest [Eb] was too silent [G] to be real _
[F] When the green [C] dark forest [Eb] was too silent to be [F] real
And many of the [C] dead men
Too _ silent _ to _ _ _ [F] be real
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _