Canadian railroad trilogy — Gordon Lightfoot: текст песни

From [email protected] Wed Aug 10 10:39:07 EDT 1994 Article: 6404 of rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic Xref: undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic:6404 Path: undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca!watserv2.uwaterloo.ca!torn!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!aragorn7.acns.nwu.edu!user From: [email protected] (Matthew Fifer) Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic Subject: CRD/TAB: Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Lightfoot (FINAL) Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 05:01:39 -0600 Organization: Northwestern University Lines: 269 Message-ID: <[email protected]> NNTP-Posting-Host: aragorn7.acns.nwu.edu

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The Notes:

This is the final, checked-for-errors, intro-included version.

The song is played with the low E-string(s) tuned down to D and a capo on The 3rd fret. The song is mostly based in D. This tuning gives the D Chord an especially huge sound. Try to avoid playing the low D on most Chords (except the D). I have put a (X) on the chord charts to remind you Of this.

Buy, borrow, beg, or steal a 12-string to play this on! This is a *RULE* For this song!!! :-)

Lightfoot typically seems to concentrate on the high strings (say the top Four (or 8, if you've got a 12-string) for the jangly, percussive rhythms And hits bass notes on a main beat. For the first three verses (and all The rest just like them), play the D/C# bass chord as a regular D and just Hit that C# once as a bass note, and then the same goes for the B note in The G chord. It sounds complicated, but it creates that descending bass Pattern on the A string. Just play along with the record a couple of Times. I'm sure you'll get the idea!

Feel that musically-metaphoric train chugging along and marvel at his Brilliance as he manages to combine the rhythm with the meaning of the Song...All aboard!!!

Anyway, follow the recording to get the rhythms. I finally decided to tab The intro from the Gord's Gold album, since that is the version most People seem to be most familiar with. Tablature's major limitation is the Lack of convenient way to notate rhythm. The way to count the intro is "one-two-e-and-a..."

The Chords: (apologies in advance for any incorrect names)

D G D/C# bass G6 =========== X========== X========== X==========

X========== X========== =========== ===========

A7addG A7 E A7sus4 X========== X========== =========== ===========

X========== =========== =========== ===========

Verses:

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 And long before the white man and long before the wheel When the green dark forest was too silent to be real

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

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

Looked in the future and what did they see They saw an iron road runnin' from the sea to the sea Bringin the goods to a young growin' land All up from the seaports and into her hands

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

Bring in the workers and bring up the rails We've gotta lay down the tracks and tear up the trails Open 'er heart let the lifeblood flow Gotta get on our way cause we're moving too slow

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

Behind the blue Rockies the sun is declinin' The stars they come stealin' at the close of the day Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away

We are the navvies who work upon the railway Swingin our hammers in the bright mornin' sun Livin' on stew and drinking bad whiskey Bendin' our old backs till the long days are done

We are the navvies who work upon the railway Swingin our hammers in the bright mornin' sun Layin' down track and buildin' the bridges Bendin' our old backs till the railroad is done...

So over the mountains and over the plains Into the muskeg and into the rain Up the St. Lawrence all the way to Gaspe Swingin' our hammers and drawin' our pay

Drivin' 'em in and tyin' 'em down Away to the bunkhouse and into the town A dollar a day and a place for my head A drink to the livin' a toast to the dead

Oh the song of the future has been sung, all the battles have been won O'er the mountain tops we stand, all the world at our command We have opened up this soil with our teardrops...and our toil... For 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 And long before the white man and long before the wheel When the green dark forest was too silent to be real When the green dark forest was too silent to be real And many are the dead men...too silent... to be real

As always, comments or corrections may be e-mailed to me or posted. Either way, I'll see 'em and take note. Enjoy this one -- it's a classic 12-string tune.

-- Matthew