Crossroads Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]When first I did ap
[G]pear upon this [Am]native soil
All up and down this [G]country at labor [Am]I did toil
I slumbered in the moon[G]light
and I rose [Am]with the sun
I rambled through [G]the canyons
where the cold [Am]rivers run

[Verse 2]
When [Am]first I did come [G]down [Am]where
the land meets the sea
The people said Who [G]are you
and what would your [Am]name be
I said I have [G]no home and I am no
[Am]man's son
'Twas inland I was born [G]and
from [Am]in land t[G]hat I [Am]come

[Verse 3]
In [G]the good [Em]land I was young
and I [Am]was strong
No one [G]dared to call me [Am]son
Happy just [G]to see my [Am]day's work done
[G]See my [Em]day's[Am] work
done
[G][Em][E][Am]

[Verse 4]
So I swung an [G]axe as a timberjack
And I [Am]worked the Quebec mines
And on the golden [G]prairie I
rode the big com[Am]bines
I sailed the maritime [G]waters of
many a sea[Am]port town
Built the highways and the by[G]ways to the
western sal[Am]mon grounds
[Em][Am]

[Verse 5]
I've gazed upon the good [G]times
[Am]I've seen the bad times too
Felt many a cold and [G]bitter wind
and many [Am]a mornin' dew
I've watched the country grow[G]in'
[Em]like [Am]a fair and mighty thing
And on the still of a sum[G]mer night
I've [Am]heard the mountains ring

[Verse 6]
In [Am]the good [Em]land I was young
and I [Am]was strong
No one [Asus4]dared to call me [G]son[Am]
Happy [G]just to see my day's [Am]work done
[G]See my [Em]day's[Am] work done
[G][Em]

[Interlude 1]
[E][Am]

[Verse 7]
But now the seeds are [Am]planted an
[G]d the gates are o[Am]pen wide
The old ways are forgotten [G]there's
no place [Am]left to hide
And the legacy [Em]I'm leavi[G]n' you
is not [Am]very hard to find
You'll see it all [G]around you
at this [Am]crossroads of time
In the sweet [G]soil it's a-growin' [Em]At At the crossroad
[G]s of t[Asus4]ime[Am][Asus4][Am]
[G][Am]