Driving The Last Spike

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[Verse]
G          D/F#   Cmaj7/E   D7
Leaving my family behind me

    Bm                   Em
Not knowing what lay ahead

G          D/F#      Cmaj7/E    
Waving goodbye, as I left them 
     D7
in tears

  Bm                   C
Remembering all we'd said

  C                  D/C
I looked to the sky, I offered my 
prayers

  Bm7                       
I asked Him for guidance and 
 C
strength

        G           D/F#    
But the simple beliefs of a 
Cmaj7/E   D7
simple man

      Bm                   D
Lay in His hands, and on my head, my
 head

[Interlude]


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[Verse]

  G         D/F#            
I gave everything that they 
Cmaj7/E  D7
wanted

    Bm                  Em
But still they wanted more

   G            D/F#
We sweat and we toiled

     Cmaj7/E         D7
Good men lost their lives

  Bm                          C
Don't think they knew what for

  C
I sold them my heart

  D/C
I sold them my soul

  Bm7               C
I gave everything I had

       G             D/F#     
Ah but they couldn't break my 
Cmaj7/E  D7
spirit

   Bm             D
My dignity fought back

     Cadd9  Dadd9  Cadd9  Dadd9
Fightback

[Chorus]

E   A/E G/E  A/E
Can you hear me

E   A/E G/E A/F#
Can you see

G6    A/G G6   A/G
Don't you hear me

G6/A  A   G6/A A
Don't you see


[Instrumental]


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[Bridge]

(Continue guitar riff above)

   E5                  D/E         
We worked in gangs for all we were 
A/E
worth

    E5                     A/E G/E
The young boys pulling the wagons

        E5                  
We were digging the tunnels, 
 D/E          A/E
shifting the earth

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E5                  A/E  G/E
It was then that it happened

A5                  G/A      A
No-one knew how the cracks appeared

    G/A   A             G/A   A  
But as it fell they all 
 D/A
disappeared

G/A        D/A  A
Stone fell like rain


[Chorus]

E   A/E G/E  A/E
Can you hear me

E   A/E G/E A/F#
Can you see

G6    A/G G6   A/G
Don't you hear me

G6/A A  G6/A  A
Can you breathe


[Instrumental]
                                    
  let ring

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[Verse]
    G              D/F#        
The smoke cleared, the dust it 
Cmaj7/E  D7
settled

       Bm                 Em
No one knew how many had died

G     D/F#            Cmaj7/E  D7
All around there were broken men

       Bm                          
They'd said it was safe, and they'd
 C
 lied

          C                        
You could hear the cries, you could
 D/C
 smell the fear

         Bm7                  C
But good fortune that day was mine

        G                      
And it occurred to me that the 
D/F#       Cmaj7/E  D7
heart of a good man

   Bm               D
It seems is hard to find


[Chorus]
E   A/E G/E  A/E
Can you hear me

E   A/E G/E A/F#
Can you see

G6    A/G G6   A/G
Don't you hear me

G6/A  A   G6/A A
Don't you see


[Instrumental]
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[Post-Chorus]
   D              G
We worked, how we worked like

    C             D   C  G
The devil for our pay

            D                 G
Through the wind, through the snow

C               D   C  G
And through the rain

D            G                    
Blasting and cutting through Gods 
C              D    C  G
country like a knife

      D               G          
Sweat stinging my eyes, there has
C        D           C
 to be a better life

       G             D            
Ah but I can hear my children's 
  G
cry

      C            D              C
I can see the tears in their eyes

     G            D               
Memories of those I've left behind
  G


      C             D     C
Still ringing in my ears

     G       D            G
Will I ever go back again

       C            D6
Will I ever see her face again

C/D                     Bm/D
I'll always remember that night

        C/D       G/D          
As they waved goodbye to their 
Dsus2    Asus4  A7
fathers


[Interlude]
   G/B           Bm
We came from the North

       D             A/C#
And we came from the South

     G/B            F#m/A
With picks and with spades

      G
And a new kind of order

A/G                     G       
Showing no fear of what lies up 
Em7
ahead

        C#m7          A7/E        
They'll never see the likes of us 
D    G C D   G C
again


[Post-Chorus]
D
Driving the last spike

G           C           D   G C
Lifting and laying the track

     D
With blistering hands

        G   C            D   C
And the sun burning your back

       G             D            
Oh but I can hear my children's 
  G
cry

      C          D               C
I can see the tears in their eyes

        G            D       
Ah memories of those I've left 
         G
behind

      C             D6
Still ringing in my ears

C/D                         Bm/D
Well I'll always remember that night

        C/D       G/D          
As they waved goodbye to their 
Dsus2   Asus4  A7
fathers

   G/B          Bm       D       
We followed the rail, we slept 
        A/C#
under the stars

G/B        F#m/A        G
Digging in darkness and living with 
danger

A/G                     G    
Showing no fear of what lies up 
      Em7
ahead

        C#m7            A7/E      
They'll never see the likes of us 
D
again


[Instrumental]

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[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
E   A/E G/E  A/E
Can you hear me

E   A/E G/E A/F#
Can you see

G6    A/G G6   A/G
Don't you hear me

G6    A   G6/A A
Don't you see

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