Genesis – Driving The Last Spike chords

[Intro]
C/G G C/G G
C/G G C/G G
C/G G C/G G
C/G G C/G G
C/G G C/G D/G


[Verse]
G          D/F#   Cmaj7/E   D7Leaving my family behind me

    Bm                   EmNot knowing what lay ahead

G          D/F#      Cmaj7/E         D7Waving goodbye, as I left them in tears

  Bm                   CRemembering all we'd said

  C                  D/CI looked to the sky, I offered my prayers

  Bm7                        CI asked Him for guidance and strength

        G           D/F#    Cmaj7/E   D7But the simple beliefs of a simple man

      Bm                   DLay in His hands, and on my head, my head

[Interlude]


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[Verse]

  G         D/F#            Cmaj7/E  D7I gave everything that they wanted

    Bm                  EmBut still they wanted more

   G            D/F#We sweat and we toiled

     Cmaj7/E         D7Good men lost their lives

  Bm                          CDon't think they knew what for

  CI sold them my heart

  D/CI sold them my soul

  Bm7               CI gave everything I had

       G             D/F#     Cmaj7/E  D7Ah but they couldn't break my spirit

   Bm             DMy dignity fought back

     Cadd9  Dadd9  Cadd9  Dadd9Fightback

[Chorus]

E   A/E G/E  A/ECan you hear me

E   A/E G/E A/F#Can you see

G6    A/G G6   A/GDon't you hear me

G6/A  A   G6/A ADon't you see


[Instrumental]


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[Bridge]

(Continue guitar riff above)

   E5                  D/E         A/EWe worked in gangs for all we were worth

    E5                     A/E G/EThe young boys pulling the wagons

        E5                   D/E          A/EWe were digging the tunnels, shifting the earth

E5                  A/E  G/EIt was then that it happened

A5                  G/A      ANo-one knew how the cracks appeared

    G/A   A             G/A   A   D/ABut as it fell they all disappeared

G/A        D/A  AStone fell like rain


[Chorus]

E   A/E G/E  A/ECan you hear me

E   A/E G/E A/F#Can you see

G6    A/G G6   A/GDon't you hear me

G6/A A  G6/A  ACan you breathe


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[Verse]
    G              D/F#        Cmaj7/E  D7The smoke cleared, the dust it settled

       Bm                 EmNo one knew how many had died

G     D/F#            Cmaj7/E  D7All around there were broken men

       Bm                           CThey'd said it was safe, and they'd lied

          C                         D/CYou could hear the cries, you could smell the fear

         Bm7                  CBut good fortune that day was mine

        G                      D/F#       Cmaj7/E  D7And it occurred to me that the heart of a good man

   Bm               DIt seems is hard to find


[Chorus]
E   A/E G/E  A/ECan you hear me

E   A/E G/E A/F#Can you see

G6    A/G G6   A/GDon't you hear me

G6/A  A   G6/A ADon't you see


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[Post-Chorus]
   D              GWe worked, how we worked like

    C             D   C  GThe devil for our pay

            D                 GThrough the wind, through the snow

C               D   C  GAnd through the rain

D            G                    C              D    C  GBlasting and cutting through Gods country like a knife

      D               G          C        D           CSweat stinging my eyes, there has to be a better life

       G             D              GAh but I can hear my children's cry

      C            D              CI can see the tears in their eyes

     G            D                 GMemories of those I've left behind

      C             D     CStill ringing in my ears

     G       D            GWill I ever go back again

       C            D6Will I ever see her face again

C/D                     Bm/DI'll always remember that night

        C/D       G/D          Dsus2    Asus4  A7As they waved goodbye to their fathers


[Interlude]
   G/B           BmWe came from the North

       D             A/C#And we came from the South

     G/B            F#m/AWith picks and with spades

      GAnd a new kind of order

A/G                     G       Em7Showing no fear of what lies up ahead

        C#m7          A7/E        D    G C D   G CThey'll never see the likes of us again


[Post-Chorus]
DDriving the last spike

G           C           D   G CLifting and laying the track

     DWith blistering hands

        G   C            D   CAnd the sun burning your back

       G             D              GOh but I can hear my children's cry

      C          D               CI can see the tears in their eyes

        G            D                GAh memories of those I've left behind

      C             D6Still ringing in my ears

C/D                         Bm/DWell I'll always remember that night

        C/D       G/D          Dsus2   Asus4  A7As they waved goodbye to their fathers

   G/B          Bm       D               A/C#We followed the rail, we slept under the stars

G/B        F#m/A        GDigging in darkness and living with danger

A/G                     G          Em7Showing no fear of what lies up ahead

        C#m7            A7/E      DThey'll never see the likes of us again


[Instrumental]

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[Chorus]
E   A/E G/E  A/ECan you hear me

E   A/E G/E A/F#Can you see

G6    A/G G6   A/GDon't you hear me

G6    A   G6/A ADon't you see

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