Tabs
Driving The Last Spike (Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)
Album : We can't dance
transcribed from the live version on "the way we walk vol II : the longs"
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The first tonality is in 
G+G
Repetitive guitar riff
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let ring
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Synth intro [G+G]
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Chord notes from down to high
G+G 
A augmentedA A augmentedA G+G G+G A augmentedA A augmentedA G+G G+G A augmentedA A augmentedA 
BB A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA BB
E MajorE E MajorE 
D MajorD D MajorD E MajorE E MajorE D MajorD D MajorD E MajorE E MajorE D MajorD D MajorD E MajorE E MajorE 
F#F# F#F#
C majorC C majorC BB BB C majorC C majorC BB BB C majorC C majorC BB BB C majorC C majorC D MajorD D MajorD
G+G 
D/F#D/F# 
E minorEm 
C/DC/D
Leaving my family behind me
B minorBm E minorEm
not knowing what lay ahead
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm D/D
waving goodbye, as I left them in tears
B minorBm C majorC
remembering all we'd said
C majorC D/C
I looked to the sky, I offered my prayers
B minorBm C majorC
I asked Him for guidance and strength
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm D/D
but the simple beliefs of a simple man
B minorBm D MajorD
lay in His hands, and on my head
Theme : [G+G] [B minorBm] [C majorC] [G+G]
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A augmentedA BB D MajorD C majorC BB A augmentedA G+G F#F# E MajorE C majorC E MajorE G+G BB D MajorD C majorC E MajorE G+G E MajorE G+G F#F#
[C majorC] [D MajorD] [E minorEm] [
Cmaj7Cmaj7] [
D6D6] [C majorC] [D MajorD]
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm C/DC/D
I gave everything that they wanted
B minorBm E minorEm
but still they wanted more
G+G D/F#D/F#
we sweat and we toiled
E minorEm C/DC/D
good men lost their lives
B minorBm C majorC
I don't think they knew what for
C majorC
I sold them my heart
D/C
I sold them my soul
B minorBm C majorC
I gave everything I had
G+G D/F#D/F# E minorEm C/DC/D
ah but they couldn't break my spirit
B minorBm D MajorD
my dignity fought back,
C majorC D MajorD C majorC
fightback
Chorus
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E MajorE
can you hear me
can you see
G+G
Don't you hear me
A augmentedA
don't you see
Riff in [E minorEm] Organ : [E minorEm] [D MajorD] [A augmentedA]
[D MajorD] [A augmentedA] [G+G]
[E minorEm]
We worked in gangs for all we were worth
the young boys pulling the wagons
we were digging the tunnel, shifting the earth
it was then that it happened.
[A augmentedA]
No-one knew how the cracks appeared
but as it fell they all disappeared
stone fell like rain
Chorus
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E MajorE
can you hear me
can you see
G+G
Don't you hear me
A augmentedA
don't you see
[B minorBm] 4 Bars
Theme : [G+G] [B minorBm] [C majorC] [G+G]
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A augmentedA BB D MajorD C majorC BB A augmentedA G+G F#F# E MajorE C majorC E MajorE G+G BB D MajorD C majorC E MajorE G+G E MajorE G+G F#F#
[C majorC] [D MajorD] [E minorEm] [Cmaj7Cmaj7] [D6D6] [C majorC] [D MajorD]
Verse
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The smoke cleared, the dust it settled
No one knew how many had died
all around there were broken men
they'd said it was safe, they'd lied
you could hear the cries, you could smell the fear
but good fortune that day was mine
and it occurred to me the heart of a good man
it seems is hard to find.
Chorus
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E MajorE
can you hear me
can you see
G+G
Don't you hear me
A augmentedA
don't you see
{Guitar Interlude}
| C majorC | 
FF / 
Bb majorBb | C majorC | Bb majorBb | 7 times
We worked, how we worked like
the devil for our pay
through the wind, through the snow,
and through the rain
Blasting and cutting through Gods country like a knife
sweat stinging my eyes, there has to be a better life
Ah but I can hear my childrens' cry
I can see the tears in their eyes
memories of those I've left behind
still ringing in my ears
| C majorC | FF / Bb majorBb | C majorC | 
Bb/CBb/C | C majorC | Bb/CBb/C | C majorC | G+G | 
G7G7 |
Will I ever go back again
Will I ever see her face again
I'll never forget that night
As they waved goodbye to their fathers
F/AF/A 
A minorAm
We came from the North,
C majorC G+G
and we came from the South
FF G+G
with picks and with spades
FF
and a new kind of order
G+G FF 
DmDm
showing no fear of what lies up ahead
Am/E FF C majorC
They'll never see the likes of us again
| C majorC | FF / Bb majorBb | C majorC | Bb majorBb | 7 TIMES
Driving the last spike,
lifting and laying the track
with blistering hands,
the sun burning your back
Oh but I can hear my childrens' cry
I can see the tears in their eyes
| C majorC | FF / Bb majorBb | C majorC | Bb/CBb/C | C majorC | Bb/CBb/C | C majorC | G+G | G7G7 |
memories of those I've left behind
still ringing in my ears
Well I'll always remember that night,
As they waved goodbye to their fathers
F/AF/A A minorAm C majorC G+G
We followed the rail, we slept under the stars
FF G+G FF
digging in darkness, and living with danger
G+G FF DmDm
showing no fear of what lies up ahead
Am/E FF C majorC
They'll never see the likes of us again
Theme (1 tone lower)
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[FF] [A minorAm] [Bb majorBb] [FF] [Bb majorBb] [C majorC] [DmDm] [
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7] [C majorC] [Bb majorBb] [C majorC]
[D MajorD]
can you hear me
can you see
[FF]
Don't you hear me
[G+G]
don't you see
{C}
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