CAPO 2 G5 D5 G5 C5 The railroads and the riverboats that bred the mighty man G5 D5 C5 D5 That we read about and we dream about, the men who built this land G5 D5 G5 D5 And the farmers and the lumbermen and the men who worked the mills G5 D5 C5 D5 And the poor hard working miners who died inside the hills G5 C5 While the rivers that flow are the blood of our land D5 G5 And the trucks they keep rumbling on the great concrete band G5 C5 And the railroads keep pushing to be all they once were D5 G5 And nature is calling, no one's listening to her G5 D5 G5 C5 And the immigrants by the boat load in a dozen different tones G5 D5 C5 G5 Sang of freedom in the new land, climbed the ladder rung by rung G5 D5 G5 C5 Some to Boston, some to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and St. Paul G5 D5 C5 G5 And the old ways led to new days, they were welcome one and all G5 C5 While the rivers that flow are the blood of our land D5 G5 And the trucks they keep rumbling on the great concrete band G5 C5 And the railroads keep pushing to be all they once were D5 G5 And nature is calling, no one's listening to her G5 D5 G5 C5 With the railroads and the riverboats and the bread lines far behind G5 D5 C5 G5 And the days we sang together, long gone but still in mind G5 D5 G5 C5 And the men who came before us, men who brought us to today G5 D5 C5 G5 And the story still unravels from the dreams of yesterday G5 C5 While the rivers that flow are the blood of our land D5 G5 And the trucks they keep rumbling on the great concrete band G5 C5 And the railroads keep pushing to be all they once were D5 G5 And nature is calling, no one's listening to her D5 G5 And nature is calling, no one's listening to her
