GB7EmAm7D7G
Oh I laid down your railroads, every mile of track.
B7EmAm7D7G
With the muscles on my arm and the sweat upon my back.
G7CGCG
And now the trains are rolling, they roll to every shore
CGA7D
You tell me that my job is through, there ain't no work no more.
GB7EmAm7D7G
Though I laid down your highways all across the land.
B7EmAm7D7G
With the ringing of the steel and the power of my hands.
G7CGCG
And now the roads are there like ribbons in the sky,
CGA7D
You tell me that my job is through but still I wonder why.
EmBm
For the wages were low and the hours were long
EmD7
And the labour was all I could bear.
EmBm
Now you've got new machines for to take my place
Am7D7
And you tell me it's not mine to share.
GB7EmAm7D7G
Though I laid down your factories and laid down your fields,
B7EmAm7D7G
With my feet on the ground and my back to your wheels.
G7CGCG
And now the smoke is rising, the steel is all a-glow,
CGD7G
I'm walking down a jobless road and where am I to go.
(repeat)
EmAmD7G
Tell me, where am I to go.
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