Canadian Railroad Trilogy

by Gordon Lightfoot

Date Added
8/9/2025
**Chords:**
C  G  Am  F  C  G  C

C                      G
There was a time in this fair land
          Am               F
When the railroad did not run
          C               G
When the wild majestic mountains
          C             G
Stood alone against the sky
         Am                F
The settlers would drive their wagons
         C                G
And they would fall in line
         C                  G
'Fore the railroad came to the valley
         Am         F
They would make their stand
          C           G
In the Canadian railroad trilogy

C                      G
In the middle of the night
          Am               F
In the dark of the midnight sun
          C               G
As the trains would come a rolling
          C             G
Through the valleys and the hills
         Am                F
The people would gather around
         C                G
To see the magic of the iron way
         C                  G
In the Canadian railroad trilogy