Dm
[Verse 1]
Dm C Am Dm
When first I did appear upon this native soil
Dm Gm C Dm
All up and down this country at labor I did toil
Dm C Am Dm
I slumbered in the moonlight and I rose with the sun
Dm Gm C Dm
I rambled through the canyons where the cold rivers run
[Verse 2]
Dm C Am Dm
When first I did come down where the land meets the sea
Dm Gm C Dm
The people said who are you and what would your name be
Dm C Am Dm
I said I have no home and I am no man's son
Dm Gm C Dm
'Twas inland I was born and from inland that I come
[Chorus]
Am Dm
In the good land I was young and I was strong
Am Dm
No one dared to call me son
Am
Happy just to see my day's work done
Dm
See my day's work done
[Interlude]
C Am Dm
[Verse 3]
Dm C Am Dm
So I swung an axe as a timberjack and I worked the Quebec mines
Dm Gm C Dm
And on the golden prairie I rode the big combines
Dm C Am Dm
I sailed the maritime waters of many a seaport town
Dm Gm C Dm
Built the highways and the byways to the western salmon grounds
[Interlude]
Am Dm
[Verse 4]
Dm C Am Dm
I've gazed upon the good times I've seen the bad times, too
Dm Gm C Dm
Felt many a cold and bitter wind and many a mornin' dew
Dm C Am Dm
I've watched the country growin' like a fair and mighty thing
Dm Gm C Dm
And on the still of a summer night I've heard the mountains ring
[Chorus]
Am Dm
In the good land I was young and I was strong
Am Dm
No one dared to call me son
Am
Happy just to see my day's work done
Dm
See my day's work done
[Interlude]
C Am Dm
[Verse 5]
Dm C Am Dm
But now the seeds are planted and the gates are open wide
Dm Gm C Dm
The old ways are forgotten there's no place left to hide
Dm C Am Dm
And the legacy I'm leavin' you is not very hard to find
Dm Gm C Dm
You'll see it all around you at this crossroads of time
C Dm
In the sweet soil it's a-growin' at the crossroads of time
