Blood Sweat And Water

	  		INTRO / Chorus 

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Come hell or high rivers, come droughts or come blizzards 
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The horses of Calgary will buck. 
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Through blood, sweat and water, ain't nothin' will stop us 
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The horses of Calgary will buck. 


VERSE 

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The banks of the rivers have crumbled, and the currents uprooted the trees. 
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But through my eyes no city, has looked quite as pretty, 
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as when Cow-Town rose up from it's knees 


Chorus 

     D                         G                D 
Come hell or high rivers, come droughts or come blizzards 
    D         A            D 
The horses of Calgary will buck. 
        D                             G            D 
Through blood, sweat and water, ain't nothin' will stop us 
    D         A            D  
The horses of Calgary will buck. 


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VERSE 
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Last year we all threw the party, but things kinda all got submersed. 
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It was a hell of a centennial, but this is what's memorable: 
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We'll remember the hundred-and-first. 


Chorus 

     D                         G                D 
Come hell or high rivers, come droughts or come blizzards 
    D         A            D 
The horses of Calgary will buck. 
        D                             G            D 
Through blood, sweat and water, ain't nothin' will stop us 
    D         A            D  
The horses of Calgary will buck. 



SOLO (Just like verse) 

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BRIDGE 

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The banks overflow, the bow in Elbow. 
        D         A            D 
But the horses of Calgary will buck. 

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And when the water subsided, I saw with some pride, 
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that the horses of Calgary will buck. 

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For all the surrounding ranch-land and small towns, 
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the horses of Calgary will buck. 

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For our Blackfoot relations or Siksika Nation, 
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the horses of Calgary will buck. 

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Through volunteer labours, through friends and through neighbours, 
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through blood, sweat and water, through the Mayor, his honour, 
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Through flood and downpoor, a city made sure, 
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that the horses at Stampede will buck. 



Chorus 

     D                         G                D 
Come hell or high rivers, come droughts or come blizzards 
    D         A            D 
The horses of Calgary will buck. 
        D                             G            D 
Through blood, sweat and water, ain't nothin' will stop us 
    D         A            D  
The horses of Calgary will buck. 



OUTRO  

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Well it will take more to stop 'em, then a little high water 

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