Grand Coulee Dam Lonnie Donegan
1. Now, the [G]world holds seven wonders as the [C]travellers always tell.
some [D]gardens and some towers, I [D7]guess you know them [G]well.
But now the greatest wonder is in [C]Uncle Sam's fair land,
it?s the [D]big Columbia river and the [D7]big Grand Coulee [G]Dam.
2. She [G]heads up the Canadian Rockies where the [C]rippling waters glide,
comes a-[D]roaring down the canyon for to [D7]meet that salty [G]tide
of the great Pacific Ocean where the [C]sun sets in the west,
in the [D]big Grand Coulee country in the [D7]land I love the [G]best.
3. In the [G]misty crystal glitter of that [C]wild and windward spray,
men have [D]fought the pounding waters and [D7]met a watery [G]grave.
While she tore their boats to splinters, she [C]gave men dreams to dream,
of the [D]day the Coulee Dam would cross that [D7]wild and restless [G]stream.
4. Now, Uncle [G]Sam took up the challenge in the [C]year of thirty three,
for the [D]farmer and the factory and [D7]all of you and [G]me.
He said: roll along, Columbia, you can [C]roll down to the sea
but [D]river, while you're rambling you can [D7]do some work for [G]me !
5. In the [G]misty crystal glitter of that [C]wild and windward spray,
men have [D]fought the pounding waters and [D7]met a watery [G]grave.
While she tore their boats to splinters, she [C]gave men dreams to dream,
of the [D]day the Coulee Dam would cross that [D7]wild and restless [G]stream.
6. Now from [G]Washington and Oregon you can [C]hear the factories hum,
making [D]chrome and making manganese and [D7]white aluminiu[G]m.
Now roars the Flying Fortress for to [C]fight for Uncle Sam,
along the [D]roaring King Columbia by the [D7]big Grand Coulee [G]dam.
7. In the [G]misty crystal glitter of that [C]wild and windward spray,
men have [D]fought the pounding waters and [D7]met a watery [G]grave.
While she tore their boats to splinters, she [C]gave men dreams to dream,
of the [D]day the Coulee Dam would cross that [D7]wild and restless [G]stream.
8. Now, the [G]world holds seven wonders as the [C]travellers always tell.
some [D]gardens and some towers, I guess you [D7]know them [G]well.
But now the greatest wonder is in [C]Uncle Sam's fair land,
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it?s the big Columbia river - - and the big Grand Coulee Dam.
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