Chords for Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian Railroad Trilogy (Live In Reno)

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_ _ _ We've almost worked our way down to quitting time here and we have a song _
[E] [F] which tells about
the building of _ the Canadian [Bb] Railroad, the Canadian Pacific Railroad, [F] _ _ _
_ voted for [G] Canada's
100th [Bb] anniversary [C] and we'll do it for you right now.
It is called the Canadian Railroad Trilogy.
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_ The railroads are the most powerful _ plows.
As to their [Bb] spread and country they came from all [C] around. _ _
[F] They sailed upon the waterways and they walked the forest toll.
_ _ Built the mines, the [C] mills and the factories [Eb] for the good [F] of us all. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And when the young man's fancy had turned him to the spring, _ _
The [C] railroad [Bb] men were restless [C] for to hear the hammer's ring.
_ [F] And the airlines were [Bb] overflowing with [F] the visions of their day.
_ And many a fortune lost [E] and [Eb] one in many a debt [F] to pay. _ _ _
_ Oh, [C] they looked in the [Gm] future and what they say,
They [Eb] saw that road running from [F] sea to sea.
_ [C] Bringing the goods [Gm] to the young rowing lad,
[Eb] Pulling from the seaports [F] and in their hands. _ _
And the _ [C] _ [F] railroads were there _ [Cm] across this [F] mighty land. _
From [C] the _ [F] eastern shore to the [Cm] _ western [F] _ _ strait.
[Dm] _ [C] Bringing the [Gm] workers and we up the rails.
[Eb] We got to lay down the [F] tracks and tear up the [D] trails.
[C] _ Open their [Gm] hearts, let the light flood flow.
[Eb] Gotta get on our way [F] cause we're living too [D] slow.
[C] Bring the workers [Gm] and we up the rails.
[Eb] We got to lay down the tracks [F] and tear up the trails.
[C] Open their hearts, [Gm] let the light flood flow.
[Eb] Gotta get on our way cause [F] we're living too slow.
[Eb] Gotta get on our way cause [C] we're living too slow.
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_ [F] Behind the blue _ Rockies [Bb] the sun [C] is dividing.
_ [F] The stars [Bb] they gone stealing [G] at the close [C] of the day.
_ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ Across the wide prairie [Bb] our loved ones [C] by sea. _
[F] _ _ [Bb] Beyond the dark oceans [C] in a place far [F] away.
_ _ We _ _ are the [Bb] ladders who work upon [C] the railway.
_ [F] _ Swinging [Bb] our hammers [A] in [G] the bright blaze [C] and the sun. _
[E] _ _ [F] _ _ Laying down tracks [Bb] and building _ [C] bridges.
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Bending [Bb] our backs till [C] the long day [F] is done.
_ _ _ We are the ladders [Bb] who work [C] upon the railway.
_ [F] _ Swinging [Bb] our hammers [G] in the bright [C] blaze and the sun. _ _ _
[F] _ _ Living on a stew [Bb] and drinking _ [C] bad whiskey.
_ _ [F] _ [Bb] Bending our backs till the [C] railroad _ _ _ _ is _ done. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ So the mountain [Gm] has _ overflown.
[Eb] And into the musk [F] I get through the rain.
_ [C] The single hand [Gm] sailboat gets spitting.
[Eb] And we're swinging our [C] hammers and dropping.
_ _ Driving in [Gm] and out and down.
[Eb] Away to the barth [F] house and into town.
[C] A lonely day [Gm] and a place for my head.
[Eb] And a drink to the liver [C] and a toast to the dead.
_ _ Oh the [F] sorrow of the [Cm] future has been sought. _
Oh [C] the battles have [F] been won. _
On [Cm] the mountain tops we step. _
Oh the world at our [F] command.
[C] The air [Cm] opened up for [F] the soil.
With our [Cm] jill drops our [C] joy. _
_ _ _ _ [F] Oh now all the time in this fair land when the railroad did not run.
And the majestic [Bb] mountains stood [C] alone against the sun.
_ _ [F] Long [Bb] before the white [F] man and long before the wheel.
_ And the green dark forest was [Eb] too silent to be [F] real.
_ And the green [C] dark forest was [Eb] too silent to [F] be real. _
Than any [C] other dead man. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Too silent to _ _ [Cm] _ [G] be [F] real. _ _ _ _ _ _
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