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J.P. Cormier - Highland Dream




CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO: Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  (2x)

  Chord diagramC majorC                        Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramC majorC
I work on the railroad, my name is Peyton
                           Chord diagramFF Chord diagramC majorC
I come from the East, far away
          Chord diagramFF                           Chord diagramAm7Am7
Where the Cape Breton hills touch the starlit waters
   Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G
My home peaceful there lays
  Chord diagramC majorC                        Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC
I came to the West for the work was plenty
                       Chord diagramFF Chord diagramC majorC
Building the steel highway
     Chord diagramFF                      Chord diagramAm7Am7
So I left all I own and the lass who loved me
Chord diagramG+G                       Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC
Vowing to come home one day


CHORUS:
                  Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramC majorC
And last night we walked o'er the mountains
               Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramC majorC
Through sunset fields touched with gold
            Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramE minorEm
And all the birds sang her name
               Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramCsus4Csus4 Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
In my highland dream I was once again home


           Chord diagramC majorC                      Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramC majorC
'Neath the hot prairie sun I will swing this hammer
                       Chord diagramFF Chord diagramC majorC
One dollar, one mile a day
        Chord diagramFF                           Chord diagramAm7Am7
And I'd lay the rails down from the Rockies to Mabou
  Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G
Myself, to see my love's face
        Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramC majorC
Oh, the iron road runs to the East like silver
                              Chord diagramFF Chord diagramC majorC
Polished by our own sweat and tears
    Chord diagramFF                       Chord diagramAm7Am7
And many are those who have worked 'til they've fallen
     Chord diagramG+G                          Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC
They came with their dreams and died here


CHORUS:
                  Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramC majorC
But last night we walked o'er the mountains
               Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramC majorC
Through sunset fields touched with gold
            Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramE minorEm
And all the birds sang her name
               Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramCsus4Csus4 Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
In my highland dream I was once again home


        Chord diagramC majorC                     Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramC majorC
Oh, the winter is nigh and my strength is waning
                          Chord diagramFF Chord diagramC majorC
The fever has reddened my brow
      Chord diagramFF                        Chord diagramAm7Am7
But a full skin of gold I have earned with my labour
Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G
Just a few days from home now


        Chord diagramC majorC                        Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramC majorC
Oh, the black midnight holds the promise of morning
                           Chord diagramFF Chord diagramC majorC
But the sunrise I'll never see
      Chord diagramFF                          Chord diagramAm7Am7
Lord, take my soul back o'er the mountains of Mabou
   Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC
To see if she waited for me


CHORUS:
                  Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramC majorC
For last night we walked o'er the mountains
               Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramC majorC
Through sunset fields touched with gold
            Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramE minorEm
And all the birds sang her name
               Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramCsus4Csus4 Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC
In my highland dream I was once again home
                  Chord diagramA minorAm                       Chord diagramE minorEm
And just like the birds, my soul sings her name
               Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramCsus4Csus4  Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC
In my highland dream I have made it home

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