Tom: D major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When the railroad did not run
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When the wild majestic mountains
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an d alone against
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the sun
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Long before the white man
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and long before the wheel
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When the green dark forest
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was too si lent to be real
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But time has no beginnings
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and history has no bounds
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As to this verdant country,
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they came from all around.
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They sailed upon her waterways,
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and they walked her forests tall,
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Built the mines, mills, the factories
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for the good of us all.
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And when the young man's fancy
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was turning to the spring
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The railroad men grew restless
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for to hear the hammers ring
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Their lives were overflowing
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with the visions of their day,
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with many a fortune lost and won,
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and many a debt to pay.
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For they looked in the future,
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and what did they see?
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running from the sea to the sea,
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the young growing land,
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Followed from the seaports
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Look away said they
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Across this mighty land
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From the eastern shore
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To the western strand
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Bring in the workings and bring
up the rails
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We've got to lay down the track
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Open our heart, let the love flow
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We've got to get on our way
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because we're moving too slow
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because we're moving too slow
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Behind the blue Rockies,
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Stars, they count still at
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the close of the day.
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I loved once and I've seen.
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Beyond the dark oceans
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in a place far away.
We are the navvies
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who work upon the railway
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Swinging our hammers
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in the bright blazing sun
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Livin' on a stew and
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Bending our backs till the
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long days are done
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We are the nav vies
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who work upon the railway
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Swinging our hammers in
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the bright blazing sun
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Laying down track and
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building bridges
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Bending our backs till the railroad is
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done
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So over the mountains and over the plains
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Into the muskeg and into the rain
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Driving them in and tying them down
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Away to the bunkhouse and into the town
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A dollar a day, a place for my head
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A drink to the living, a toast to the dead
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Oh, the song of the future has been sung
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All the battles have been won
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All the mountaintops we've seen
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All the world at our command
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We have opened up the sword
With our teardrops
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And our tongue
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For there was a time in this land
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When the railroad did not run
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When the wild majestic mountains
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stood alone against the sun
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Longed for the white man
When the green dark forest
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was to silently be
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When the green dark forest
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And many are left deafened
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To silence, to be real
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