Driving The Last Spike (Banks/Collins/Rutherford, main lyricist Collins)
Album : We can't dance
transcribed from the live version on "the way we walk vol II : the longs"
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The first tonality is in G



Repetitive guitar riff
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      let ring
-----------3-------3\(5)~-3~~---
---------3---------3\(5)~-3~~---
--(sl)\5------------------------
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Synth intro [G]
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Chord notes from down to high


G  A  A  G  G  A  A  G  G  A  A  B  A  G  A   B
E  E  D  D  E  E  D  D  E  E  D  D  E  E  F#  F#
C  C  B  B  C  C  B  B  C  C  B  B  C  C  D   D




G          D/F#     Em    C/D
Leaving my family behind me


    Bm                 Em
not knowing what lay ahead


G          D/F#      Em            D/D
waving goodbye, as I left them in tears


Bm                   C
remembering all we'd said


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


Bm                           C
I asked Him for guidance and strength


G                D/F#       Em         D/D
but the simple beliefs of a simple man


Bm                          D
lay in His hands, and on my head




Theme : [G]  [Bm]  [C]  [G]
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 A B D   C   B   A   G   F#   E   C E G  B        D C   E G    E G F#
    [C]         [D]          [Em]       [Cmaj7]  [D6]  [C]    [D]




G           D/F#       Em         C/D
I gave everything that they wanted


   Bm                  Em
but still they wanted more


G              D/F#
we sweat and we toiled


Em                  C/D
good men lost their lives


  Bm                         C
I don't think they knew what for


  C
I sold them my heart


  D/C
I sold them my soul


  Bm                C
I gave everything I had



G           D/F#        Em        C/D
ah but they couldn't break my spirit


Bm                D
my dignity fought back,


    C         D       C
fightback



Chorus
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E
can you hear me
can you see


G
Don't you hear me


           A
don't you see




Riff in [Em]     Organ : [Em] [D]  [A]
                         [D] [A]   [G]


[Em]
We worked in gangs for all we were worth
the young boys pulling the wagons
we were digging the tunnel, shifting the earth
it was then that it happened.


[A]
No-one knew how the cracks appeared
but as it fell they all disappeared
stone fell like rain




Chorus
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E
can you hear me
can you see


G
Don't you hear me


           A
don't you see



[Bm] 4 Bars




Theme : [G]  [Bm]  [C]  [G]
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 A B D   C   B   A   G   F#   E   C E G  B        D C   E G    E G F#
    [C]         [D]          [Em]       [Cmaj7]  [D6]  [C]    [D]




Verse
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The smoke cleared, the dust it settled
No one knew how many had died
all around there were broken men
they'd said it was safe, they'd lied
you could hear the cries, you could smell the fear
but good fortune that day was mine
and it occurred to me the heart of a good man
it seems is hard to find.


Chorus
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E
can you hear me
can you see


G
Don't you hear me


           A
don't you see





{Guitar Interlude}




| C | F / Bb | C | Bb |   7 times


We worked, how we worked like
the devil for our pay
through the wind, through the snow,
and through the rain


Blasting and cutting through Gods country like a knife
sweat stinging my eyes, there has to be a better life


Ah but I can hear my childrens' cry
I can see the tears in their eyes
memories of those I've left behind
still ringing in my ears




| C | F / Bb | C | Bb/C | C | Bb/C | C | G | G7 |


Will I ever go back again
Will I ever see her face again
I'll never forget that night
As they waved goodbye to their fathers



F/A              Am
We came from the North,


       C             G
and we came from the South


     F              G
with picks and with spades


     F
and a new kind of order


G                       F          Dm
showing no fear of what lies up ahead


        Am/E          F             C
They'll never see the likes of us again



| C | F / Bb | C | Bb |  7 TIMES


Driving the last spike,
lifting and laying the track
with blistering hands,
the sun burning your back


Oh but I can hear my childrens' cry
I can see the tears in their eyes




| C | F / Bb | C | Bb/C | C | Bb/C | C | G | G7 |


memories of those I've left behind
still ringing in my ears
Well I'll always remember that night,
As they waved goodbye to their fathers


    F/A          Am             C          G
We followed the rail, we slept under the stars


F           G            F
digging in darkness, and living with danger


G                       F         Dm
showing no fear of what lies up ahead


        Am/E          F             C
They'll never see the likes of us again



Theme (1 tone lower)
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[F] [Am] [Bb] [F] [Bb] [C] [Dm] [Bbmaj7] [C] [Bb] [C]



[D]
can you hear me
can you see



[F]
Don't you hear me


          [G]
don't you see


{C}