Hank Snow - Canadian Pacific

      [Intro]
C#

[Verse 1]
  C#                          D#m
I rode your ocean liner to Newfoundland
        A#m                      G#
Where I made a living in an iron mine
       F#                         G#
When I got my fill I went to Nova Scotia
      D#7                           G#
And I fished the salty waters for a time

[Verse 2]
        C#                                   D#m
Passing through Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick
        A#m                               G#
I could see the rocks and cliffs of solid stone
          F#                              G#
Listening to the seagulls calling to each other
        G#                             C#
Made me miss my darling and my distant home

[Chorus 1]
           D#m    G#                C#
Canadian Pacific     carry me 3,000 miles
                            F#      G#
Through the valleys and the forests
                       C#
To the sunshine of her smile
                                D#m         G#
Cross the plains and the rugged mountains
                             C#
Keep this wandering boy from harm
           F#    G#                     C#
Canadian Pacific   take me to my baby's arms

[Verse 3]
      C#                         D#m
The Atlantic disappeared on the horizon
       A#m                             G#
And Quebec lay waiting for me down the track
      F#                                 G#
For a while I drove a truck to keep from starving
     D#7                 G#
In Ontario I was a lumberjack

[Verse 4]
    C#                         D#m
Manitoba and Saskatchewan then followed
          A#m                                G#
Where the wheat fields and the old Red River flowed
       F#                              G#
In the quiet hours your whistle on the prairie
           G#                         C#     D
Touched my heart and set my memories aglow

[Verse 5]
        D                                   Em
I could feel the nearness of her warm sweet kisses
         Bm                           A
When you rolled into Alberta westward bound
         G                          A
I worked on an oil rig to make some money
      E                           A
For a ticket to the sweetest girl around

[Verse 6]
        D                              Em
Pushing on past Lake Louise in all its splendor
          Bm                               A
Where the trees and Rockies touch the sky above
         G                    A
I got to British Columbia and heaven
        A                                D
On your tracks I made it back to my true love

[Chorus 2]
            Em    A                D
Canadian Pacific    carry me 3,000 miles
                            G      A
Through the valleys and the forests
                       D
To the sunshine of her smile
          D                     Em          A
Cross the plains and the rugged mountains
                             D
Keep this wandering boy from harm
           G     A                      D
Canadian Pacific   take me to my baby's arms

[Outro]
            Em    A                D
Canadian Pacific    carry me 3,000 miles
                            G         A
Through the valleys and the forests
                       D
To the sunshine of her smile