{t:Opeongo Line}
{st:Karen Taylor}
On the [Em]Opeongo line
I [D]drove a span of [Em]bays
One [Em]summer once up-[Bm]on a time,
For [Bm]Hoolihan and [Em]Hayes
Now [G]that the bays are [D]dead and gone,
And [Em]grim old age is [Bm]mine [Bm]
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A [Em]phantom team and teamster
Leave from [Bm]Renfrew rain or [Em]shine
[G]Dream-[D]in’ I was [Em]teaming [Em]
On the [G]O-[D]Opeongo [Em]Line [Em]
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On the [Em]Opeongo Line
I wore a [D]steady trail each [Em]day
[Em]Hauling lumber [Bm]from the camps
And [Bm]looking for my [Em]pay
Well the [G]years went by and my [D]dreams they left me
[Em]Poor as a cut jack [Bm]pine [Bm]
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Now a [Em]phantom team and teamster
Leave from [Bm]Renfrew rain or [Em]shine
[G]Dream-[D]in’ I was [Em]teamin’ [Em]
On the [G]O-[D]Opeongo [Em]Line [Em]
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On the [Em]Opeongo Line
I [D]cursed the heat and [Em]flies
I [Em]cursed the endless [Bm]winding road
The [Bm]bosses and their [Em]lies
But I [G]knew each tree and [D]rock and hill
Like [Em]they were friends of [Bm]mine [Bm]
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Now a [Em]phantom team and teamster
Leave from [Bm]Renfrew rain or [Em]shine
[G]Dream-[D]in’ I was [Em]teamin’ [Em]
On the [G]O-[D]Opeongo [Em]Line [Em]
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Now the [Em]Opeongo Line
Still [D]winds its weary [Em]way
But the [Em]logs go by as [Bm]fast as flight
And the [Bm]trail is paved with [Em]grey
And [G]now I sit here [D]all alone
Just [Em]waiting for my [Bm]time [Bm]
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To join the [Em]phantom team
That leaves from [Bm]Renfrew rain or [Em]shine
[G]Dream-[D]in’ I was [Em]teamin’ [Em]
On the [G]O-[D]Opeongo [Em]Line [Em]
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On the [Em]Opeongo Line
I [D]drove a span of [Em]bays
One [Em]summer once up-[Bm]on a time
For [Bm]Hoolihan and [Em]Hayes
Now [G]that the bays are [D]dead and gone
And [Em]grim old age is [Bm]mine [Bm]
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A [Em]phantom team and teamster
Come to [Bm]take this soul of [Em]mine
[G]Dream-[D]in’ I was [Em]teamin’ [Em]
On the [G]O-[D]Opeongo [Em]Line [Em]
[G]Dream-[D]in’ I was [Em]teamin’ [Em]
On the [G]↓ O-[D]↓Opeongo [Em]↓ Line
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