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Gordon Lightfoot Canadian Railroad Trilogy Guitar Tab

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Canadian Railroad Trilogy Guitar Tab

By Gordon Lightfoot

From The Album:
Submitted By: anonymous()
canadian ralroad trilogy.
this is my first tab, for any corrections or comments. please send your emails to tschulert@yahoo.com. thank you. 
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D                G            D/C# bass           G6
===========      X==========      X==========      X==========
| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | 1 | 2      | 2 | | | |      | | | 1 | 2      | | 1 | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | 3 |      | | | | 3 4      | | | | 3 |      | | | | 3 4
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | 4 | | | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------


     A                C               Am7              Em
X==========      X==========      ===========      ===========
| | | | | |      | | | | 1 |      | | | | 1 |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | 1 2 3 |      | | 2 | | |      | | 2 | | |      1 2 3 | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |      | 3 | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------


   A7addG             A7               E             A7sus4
X==========      X==========      ===========      ===========
| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | 1 | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | 1 | 2 |      | | 1 | 2 |      2 3 4 | | |      | | 1 | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | 3      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | 3 |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------


   Cmaj7              D7
X==========      ===========      ===========      ===========
| | | | | |      | | | | 1 |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | 2 | | |      | | | 2 | 3      | | | | | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| 3 | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------
| | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |      | | | | | |
-----------      -----------      -----------      -----------


Intro:
-----


 D                 G                     G/C       G       G6
---2-2-2---2-2-2-----2-----2-----2-2-2-----2-2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2-------
---3-3-3---3-3-3-----2-----2-----2-2-2-----2-2-2-----2-2-2---2-2-2-------
---2-2-2---2-2-2-----0-----0-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-0-------
-----------------------0-2-----------------------------------2-2-2-------
-----------------0-2---------0-2-------0-3-------0-2-------0-------------
-0-------0---------------------------------------------------------------


 G6              D                 
---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-----------------------------------------
---2-2-2---2-2-2---3-3-3---3-3-3-----------------------------------------
---0-0-0---0-0-0---2-2-2---2-2-2-----------------------------------------
---2-2-2---2-2-2---------------------------------------------------------
-0-------0---------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------0-------0--------&quot;There was...&quot;-------------------------


Verses:
------


D                        G                  D  
There was a time in this fair land when the railroads did not run
         D/C#bass      G                G6
When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun
    D               G             D
And long before the white man and long before the wheel
                    A              C            D    Am7 D Am7 D
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real


D                 G            D              
But time has no beginnings and hist&#039;ry has no bounds
   D/C#bass        G            G6
As to this verdant country they came from all around
     D               G                  D
They sailed upon her waterways and they walked the forests tall
                                      A                 C          D Am7 D Am7 
And built the mines the mills and the factories for the good of us all


D                         G        D
And when the young man&#039;s fancy was turning in the spring
    D/C#bass          G               G6
The railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ring
      D              G                D
Their minds were overflowing with the visions of the day
                    A                C              D
With many a fortune won and lost and many a debt to pay... For they


A                        Em
Looked in the future and what did they see
            C                          D
They saw an iron road runnin&#039; from the sea to the sea
A                      Em
Bringin the goods to a young growin&#039; land
    C                        D
All up from the seaports and into her hands


      Am7      D     Am7               D
Look away said they across this mighty land
         Am7     D            Am7     D
From the eastern shore to the western strand


A                        Em
Bring in the workers and bring up the rails 
            C                       D
We&#039;ve gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails
A                      Em
Open &#039;er heart let the lifeblood flow
      C                          D
Gotta get on our way cause we&#039;re moving too slow


A                        Em
Bring in the workers and bring up the rails 
            C                       D
We&#039;ve gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails
A                      Em
Open &#039;er heart let the lifeblood flow
      C                          D
Gotta get on our way cause we&#039;re moving too slow
C                          A                     A7addG
Get on our way cause we&#039;re movin&#039; too slow...


  D                         G        A7
Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declinin&#039;
    D               G               E            A   A7    
The stars they come stealin&#039; at the close of the day
D                           G              A7         D
Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping
D               G                A7sus4 D
Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away


D                      G             A7
We are the navvies who work upon the railway 
D           G              E              A   A7    
Swingin our hammers in the bright mornin&#039; sun
D                  G            A7
Livin&#039; on stew and drinking bad whiskey
D           G                  A7sus4        D
Bendin&#039; our old backs till the long days are done


D                      G             A7
We are the navvies who work upon the railway 
D           G              E              A   A7
Swingin our hammers in the bright mornin&#039; sun
D                     G            A7
Layin&#039; down track and buildin&#039; the bridges
D                               A7sus4      D
Bendin&#039; our old backs till the railroad is done...


   A                      Em
So over the mountains and over the plains
C                   D
Into the muskeg and into the rain
A                           Em
Up the St. Lawrence all the way to Gaspe
C                        D
Swingin&#039; our hammers and drawin&#039; our pay


A                  Em
Drivin&#039; &#039;em in and tyin&#039; &#039;em down
 C                        D
Away to the bunkhouse and into the town
  A                  Em
A dollar a day and a place for my head
  C                     A                  A7
A drink to the livin&#039; a toast to the dead


       D           Am7                                             D
Oh the song of the future has been sung, all the battles have been won 
         Am7                                             D
O&#039;er the mountain tops we stand, all the world at our command
        Am7            D             Am7                 A
We have opened up this soil with our teardrops...and our toil...  For there


D                  G                  D  
Was a time in this fair land when the railroads did not run
         D/C#bass      G                G6
When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun
    D               G             D
And long before the white man and long before the wheel
                    A              C            D      
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
                    A              C            D      
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
                  A             C     Cmaj7          D7      
And many are the dead men...too silent...      to be real

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