Biography:
Tom Paxton (born Thomas Richard Paxton on October 31, 1937) is an American singer and writer of folk music whose songs have had enduring appeal (and include modern standards such as "The Last Thing on My Mind") known for a cynical, often political edge. In 2009, he received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Paxton was born in Chicago, Illinois, the youngest child of Burton and Esther Paxton. The Paxton family moved to Bristow, Oklahoma in 1948, where Tom grew to adulthood and which he still considers home.
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Other songs:
- Born On The Forth Of July
- Daily News
- You Can Eat Dog Food
- Born On The Fourth Of July
- Bottle Of Wine
- Buy A Gun For Your Son
- Cant Help But Wonder Where Im Bound
- Crazy John
- Did You Hear John Hurt
- George W Told The Nation
- Getting Up Early
- Going To The Zoo
- Goodman Schwerner And Chaney
- Hold On To
- I Dont Want A Bunny Wunny
- I Give You The Morning
- Im The Man That Built The Bridges
- In Florida
- It Aint Easy
- Jimmy Newman
- Johhny Got A Gun
- Johnny Got A Gun
- Last Thing On My Mind
- Leaving London
- Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation
- Marvellous Toy
- Marvelous Toy
- My Ladys A Wild Flying Dove
- My Son John
- Ramblin Boy
- Susie Most Of All
- The Last Thing On My Mind
- The Party
- The Willing Conscript
- This World Goes Round And Round
- Wasnt That A Party
- When Annie Took Me Home
- When You Shook Your Long Hair Down
- Yuppies In The Sky
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I'm The Man That Built the Bridges — Words and Music by Tom Paxton
With help from Chordify (amazing what you can do with technology these days!)
E B E
E A E
I cleared the rocks and timber from the wild New England shore,
E B
I labored long and hard to make it grow.
E A E
I built the first log cabins and I raised a family,
E B E
Told King George and all his Redcoats where to go.
[Chorus] A
I'm the man that built the bridges.
E
I'm the man that laid the track.
B
I'm the man that built this country
E
With my shoulders and my back.
A
I'm the man that built the power dams,
E
And oiled all the cars,
B
And I laid down the cornerstone
E
For this great land of ours.
E A E
I'm the boy that drove the wagons when the people headed west,
E B
Dug canals and pulled the barges on their way.
E A E
I built and ran the factories, cut the timber for your homes,
E B E
Drove the oxen when I cut and baled the hay.
[Chorus]
E A E
I built the old sod shanties and I raised the prairie towns,
E B
I made the railroad run from sea to sea.
E A E
I raised and drove the cattle to feed a growing land,
E B E
And the mining towns are there because of me.
[Chorus]
E A E
I stoked the mighty furnaces and rolled the flamin' steel,
E B
I operated oil rigs and wells.
E A E
And when the country needed them, I built the planes and tanks,
E B E
To send the tyrants down to fry in Hell.
[Chorus]
E A E
Well, my face may not be pretty and my clothes are not the best,
E B
And there ain't no bigshots in my family tree,
E A E
But if you're wonderin' who it was that made this country great,
E B E
You don't have to look no further, it was me.
[Chorus]
With help from Chordify (amazing what you can do with technology these days!)
E B E
E A E
I cleared the rocks and timber from the wild New England shore,
E B
I labored long and hard to make it grow.
E A E
I built the first log cabins and I raised a family,
E B E
Told King George and all his Redcoats where to go.
[Chorus] A
I'm the man that built the bridges.
E
I'm the man that laid the track.
B
I'm the man that built this country
E
With my shoulders and my back.
A
I'm the man that built the power dams,
E
And oiled all the cars,
B
And I laid down the cornerstone
E
For this great land of ours.
E A E
I'm the boy that drove the wagons when the people headed west,
E B
Dug canals and pulled the barges on their way.
E A E
I built and ran the factories, cut the timber for your homes,
E B E
Drove the oxen when I cut and baled the hay.
[Chorus]
E A E
I built the old sod shanties and I raised the prairie towns,
E B
I made the railroad run from sea to sea.
E A E
I raised and drove the cattle to feed a growing land,
E B E
And the mining towns are there because of me.
[Chorus]
E A E
I stoked the mighty furnaces and rolled the flamin' steel,
E B
I operated oil rigs and wells.
E A E
And when the country needed them, I built the planes and tanks,
E B E
To send the tyrants down to fry in Hell.
[Chorus]
E A E
Well, my face may not be pretty and my clothes are not the best,
E B
And there ain't no bigshots in my family tree,
E A E
But if you're wonderin' who it was that made this country great,
E B E
You don't have to look no further, it was me.
[Chorus]
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