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