{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":847256,"song":"Canadian Railroad Trilogy","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/847256-canadian-railroad-trilogy-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/847256?type=chord","rating":4.90973,"votes":569,"content":"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                       GORDON LIGHTFOOT - Canadian Railroad Trilogy\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nTabbed by: ClassicManiac\r\n\r\nDIAGRAMS for the maj7 chords:\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\ne|----2--------0-----|\r\nB|----2--------0-----|\r\nG|----2--------0-----|\r\nD|----0--------2-----|\r\nA|-------------3-----|\r\nE|----X--------X-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO 3 (to be in key with Ol' Gord)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLong before the white man and long before the wheel[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the green dark forest was too silent to be real[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut time has no beginnings and the history has no bounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs to this verdant country they came from all around[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey sailed upon her waterways and they walked the forests tall[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBuilt the mines, the mills and the factories for the good of us all[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when the young man's fancy had turned into the spring[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ring[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTheir minds were overflowing with the visions of their day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith many a fortune won and lost and many a debt to pay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor they looked in the future and what did they see[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey saw an iron road running from the sea to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBringing the goods to a young growing land[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll up from the seaports and into their hands[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLook away said they across this mighty land[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom the eastern shore to the western strand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBring in the workers and bring up the rails[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOpen her heart let the life blood flow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGotta get on our way 'cause we're moving too slow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBring in the workers and bring up the rails[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOpen her heart let the life blood flow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGotta get on our way 'cause we're moving too slow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]                (fadeout [ch]A[/ch])\r\nGet on our way 'cause we're moving too slow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBehind the blue Rockies the sun is declining[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe stars they come stealing at the close of the day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAcross the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBeyond the dark oceans in a place far away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe are the navvies who work upon the railway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nSwinging our hammers in the bright blazing sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLiving on stew and drinking bad whiskey[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBending our backs til the long days are done[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe are the navvies who work upon the railway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nSwinging our hammers in the bright blazing sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLaying down track and building the bridges[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBending our old backs til the railroad...  is done[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo over the mountains and over the plains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nInto the muskeg and into the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUp the St. Lawrence all the way to Gaspé[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSwinging our hammers and drawing our pay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDrivin' 'em in and tying them down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAway to the bunkhouse and into the town[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA dollar a day and a place for my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA drink to the living, a toast to the dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh the song of the future has been sung[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll the battles have been won[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the mountain tops we stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll the world at our command[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe have opened up her soil[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch] (hit once!)         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith our teardrops...       and our toil[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLong before the white man and long before the wheel[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the green dark forest was too silent to be real[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the green dark forest was too silent to be real[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch] (let ring... pause)\r\nAnd many are the dead men…[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\ntoo silent...     to be real[/tab]","plain_text":"--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                       GORDON LIGHTFOOT - Canadian Railroad Trilogy\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTabbed by: ClassicManiac\n\nDIAGRAMS for the maj7 chords:\n\n\n\n\nCAPO 3 (to be in key with Ol' Gord)","chords":["Dmaj7","Cmaj7","B","G","D","A","E","C","Am","Em","A7","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}