Hank Snow — Canadian Pacific

(D) I rode your ocean liner to New (EM) foundland Where I (BM) made a living in an iron (A) mine When I (G) got my fill I went to Nova (A) Scotia And I (E) fished the salty waters for a (A) time Passing (D) through Prince Edward Island and New Bruns (EM) wick I could (BM) see the rocks and cliffs of solid (A) stone Listening to the seagulls calling to each (A) other Made me miss my darling and my distant (D) home (D) Canadian Pac (EM) ific, (A) carry me 3,000 (D) miles Through the valleys and the (G) forests (A) To the sunshine of her (D) smile 'Cross the plains and the rugged (EM) mountains (A) Keep this wandering boy from (D) harm Canadian (G) Pacific, (A) take me to my baby's (D) arms (D) The Atlantic disappeared on the (EM) horizon And (BM) Quebec lay waiting for me down the (A) track For a (G) while I drove a truck to keep from star-(A)-ving In (E) Ontario I was a lumber-(A)-jack Man-(D)-itoba and Saskatchewan (EM) then followed Where the (BM) wheat fields and the old Red River (A) flowed In the (G) quiet hours your whistling on the (A) praire Touched my heart and set my memories (D) aglow (D) I could feel the nearness of her warm, sweet (EM) kisses When you (BM) rolled into Alberta westward (A) bound I worked (G) on an oil rig to make some (A) money For a (E) ticket to the sweetest girl (A) around (D) Pushing on past Lake Louise in all it's (EM) splendor Where the (BM) trees and Rockies touch the sky (A) above I got (G) to British Columbia and (A) heaven On your track I made it back to my true (D) love Canadian Pacific, carry me 3,000 miles Through the valleys and the forests To the sunshine of her smile 'Cross the plains and the rugged mountains Keep this wandering boy from harm Canadian Pacific, take me to my baby's arms