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Highland Dream by J.P. Cormier
Highland Dream
## NOTE: INTRO begins where the guitar comes in after the Fiddle bit ##
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO: C F C G (2x)
C F C
I work on the railroad, my name is Peyton
F C
I come from the East, far away
F Am7
Where the Cape Breton hills touch the starlit waters
G C G
My home peaceful there lays
C F C
I came to the West for the work was plenty
F C
Building the steel highway
F Am7
So I left all I own and the lass who loved me
G C F C
Vowing to come home one day
CHORUS:
G C
And last night we walked o'er the mountains
G C
Through sunset fields touched with gold
Am Em
And all the birds sang her name
F Csus4 G C F C G C F C G
In my highland dream I was once again home
C F C
'Neath the hot prairie sun I will swing this hammer
F C
One dollar, one mile a day
F Am7
And I'd lay the rails down from the Rockies to Mabou
G C G
Myself, to see my love's face
C F C
Oh, the iron road runs to the East like silver
F C
Polished by our own sweat and tears
F Am7
And many are those who have worked 'til they've fallen
G C F C
They came with their dreams and died here
CHORUS:
G C
But last night we walked o'er the mountains
G C
Through sunset fields touched with gold
Am Em
And all the birds sang her name
F Csus4 G C F C G C F C G
In my highland dream I was once again home
C F C
Oh, the winter is nigh and my strength is waning
F C
The fever has reddened my brow
F Am7
But a full skin of gold I have earned with my labour
G C G
Just a few days from home now
C F C
Oh, the black midnight holds the promise of morning
F C
But the sunrise I'll never see
F Am7
Lord, take my soul back o'er the mountains of Mabou
G C F C
To see if she waited for me
CHORUS:
G C
For last night we walked o'er the mountains
G C
Through sunset fields touched with gold
Am Em
And all the birds sang her name
F Csus4 G C F C
In my highland dream I was once again home
Am Em
And just like the birds, my soul sings her name
F Csus4 G C
In my highland dream I have made it home
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