Chords for Building Up And Tearing England Down | Piaras Ó Lorcáin (Live from Kinsale)
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
I have won in hero's name, with [F] my gal, Pine [G] and Costain, With Fitzpatrick, [F] Murphy's Ash [C] and Wimpy's Gang.
I've enough games on the road, on [F] me way to the [G] Rathedol, [C] When there's nothing left [F] to do for [C] Johnny Lang.
[C] Now [Am] I used to think [F] that God [Dm] built a mixer, but [E] can't hold, [Am] So that Paddy might [G] know hell above the [Dm] grill.
[F] And I've [C] had gangers big and tough, tell [F] me tear it all [G] out rough, When [C] you're building up [F] and tearing [C] England down.
In the tunnel under ground, a [F] young Limerick [G] man was found, He was built [F] into the [G] new [C] Victoria line.
[F] And when the bonus gang had passed, [F] sticking through a [G] concrete cast, [C] Was the face of [Am] little [G] Charlie Joe Divine.
[Am] And the ganger [F] man McGurk, [Dm] having had he [E] ate the war, [Am] When the gas pipe [G] burst and he flew off [A] the grill.
[F] [G] Oh and they [C] say, he said, don't slack, I'll not be [F] there until [G] I'm back, Keep on building up [F] and [G] tearing England down.
I've enough games on the road, on [F] me way to the [G] Rathedol, [C] When there's nothing left [F] to do for [C] Johnny Lang.
[C] Now [Am] I used to think [F] that God [Dm] built a mixer, but [E] can't hold, [Am] So that Paddy might [G] know hell above the [Dm] grill.
[F] And I've [C] had gangers big and tough, tell [F] me tear it all [G] out rough, When [C] you're building up [F] and tearing [C] England down.
In the tunnel under ground, a [F] young Limerick [G] man was found, He was built [F] into the [G] new [C] Victoria line.
[F] And when the bonus gang had passed, [F] sticking through a [G] concrete cast, [C] Was the face of [Am] little [G] Charlie Joe Divine.
[Am] And the ganger [F] man McGurk, [Dm] having had he [E] ate the war, [Am] When the gas pipe [G] burst and he flew off [A] the grill.
[F] [G] Oh and they [C] say, he said, don't slack, I'll not be [F] there until [G] I'm back, Keep on building up [F] and [G] tearing England down.
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_ _ _ I have won in hero's name, with [F] my gal, Pine [G] and _ Costain, With _ Fitzpatrick, [F] Murphy's Ash [C] and _ Wimpy's Gang.
_ _ _ _ I've enough games on the road, on [F] me way to the [G] Rathedol, [C] When there's nothing left [F] to do for [C] Johnny Lang.
[Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ Now [Am] I used to think [F] that God _ [Dm] built a _ mixer, but [E] can't hold, [Am] So that Paddy might [G] know hell above the [Dm] grill.
_ [F] _ _ And I've [C] had gangers big and tough, tell [F] me tear it all [G] out rough, When [C] you're building up [F] and tearing [C] England down.
_ _ _ _ In the tunnel under ground, a [F] young Limerick [G] man was found, He was built [F] into the [G] new [C] Victoria line.
_ _ _ [F] And when the bonus gang had passed, [F] sticking through a [G] concrete cast, [C] Was the face of [Am] little [G] Charlie Joe Divine. _
_ _ _ _ [Am] And the ganger [F] man McGurk, _ [Dm] having had he [E] ate the war, _ [Am] When the gas pipe [G] burst and he flew off [A] the grill.
_ [F] _ _ [G] Oh and they [C] say, he said, don't slack, I'll not be [F] there until [G] I'm back, Keep on building up [F] and [G] tearing England down.
_ [C] _ _ I was on the hydro dam, oh that did it Jack [G] McCann, He [C] got the better of [F] this, a [G] martyr in a week. _
_ _ _ He [C] fell from that shuttering jam, and that [F] poor old [G] stuttering man, He [C] was never ever more [G] than kind to speak. _
_ _ _ And [A] I saw old Paul [F] _ McCall, [Dm] from the big flyover [E] _ fall, _ [Am] Into the concrete [G] _ mixer [A] spinning _ round.
[F] _ [C] And though it was not his intent, he got [F] a fine head of [G] cement, When he [C] was building up and tearing England down.
_ _ _ _ _ Remember _ carrier Jack, with [F] his hat upon [G] his back, [C] _ Though he swore only [F] he'd set [G] the world [C] on fire.
_ _ _ [G] What [C] is this we've never seen, since [F] a shovel it [G] got laid, Through the middle _ [F] of a late, [G] high ancient wire. _
_ _ _ And [A] no more like [F] Robin Hood, will [Dm] he roam through [E] _ _ Cricklewood, [Am] Or dance into [G] the pubs of [Dm] Camden _ [G]
Town.
[F] _ _ [C] _ That would let Dorman come play, [F] for no pat will die [G] in shame, When [C] he's building up and tearing England _ down.
_ _ _ So come all you navvies, Paul, _ [F] who do think that [G] English gold, _ [C] Is just waiting to be plucked from every sod. _
_ _ _ For the likes of you and me, could [F] never get an [G] OBE, _ _ Or a knighthood for [F] good [G] service to the hud. _
_ _ They [Am] have a concrete [F] master race, who will keep you in [E] your _ place, [Am] And a gangerman [G] to kick [C] you to the [D] _ ground.
_ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ If [C] you ever try to take, part [F] of what the bosses [G]
make, When [C] you're building up and [G] tearing England [F] down.
_ [C] _
_ So keep building up [Am] and [G] tearing England [C] _ down.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ Thanks for watching,
_ _ _ _ I've enough games on the road, on [F] me way to the [G] Rathedol, [C] When there's nothing left [F] to do for [C] Johnny Lang.
[Dm] _
_ [C] _ _ Now [Am] I used to think [F] that God _ [Dm] built a _ mixer, but [E] can't hold, [Am] So that Paddy might [G] know hell above the [Dm] grill.
_ [F] _ _ And I've [C] had gangers big and tough, tell [F] me tear it all [G] out rough, When [C] you're building up [F] and tearing [C] England down.
_ _ _ _ In the tunnel under ground, a [F] young Limerick [G] man was found, He was built [F] into the [G] new [C] Victoria line.
_ _ _ [F] And when the bonus gang had passed, [F] sticking through a [G] concrete cast, [C] Was the face of [Am] little [G] Charlie Joe Divine. _
_ _ _ _ [Am] And the ganger [F] man McGurk, _ [Dm] having had he [E] ate the war, _ [Am] When the gas pipe [G] burst and he flew off [A] the grill.
_ [F] _ _ [G] Oh and they [C] say, he said, don't slack, I'll not be [F] there until [G] I'm back, Keep on building up [F] and [G] tearing England down.
_ [C] _ _ I was on the hydro dam, oh that did it Jack [G] McCann, He [C] got the better of [F] this, a [G] martyr in a week. _
_ _ _ He [C] fell from that shuttering jam, and that [F] poor old [G] stuttering man, He [C] was never ever more [G] than kind to speak. _
_ _ _ And [A] I saw old Paul [F] _ McCall, [Dm] from the big flyover [E] _ fall, _ [Am] Into the concrete [G] _ mixer [A] spinning _ round.
[F] _ [C] And though it was not his intent, he got [F] a fine head of [G] cement, When he [C] was building up and tearing England down.
_ _ _ _ _ Remember _ carrier Jack, with [F] his hat upon [G] his back, [C] _ Though he swore only [F] he'd set [G] the world [C] on fire.
_ _ _ [G] What [C] is this we've never seen, since [F] a shovel it [G] got laid, Through the middle _ [F] of a late, [G] high ancient wire. _
_ _ _ And [A] no more like [F] Robin Hood, will [Dm] he roam through [E] _ _ Cricklewood, [Am] Or dance into [G] the pubs of [Dm] Camden _ [G]
Town.
[F] _ _ [C] _ That would let Dorman come play, [F] for no pat will die [G] in shame, When [C] he's building up and tearing England _ down.
_ _ _ So come all you navvies, Paul, _ [F] who do think that [G] English gold, _ [C] Is just waiting to be plucked from every sod. _
_ _ _ For the likes of you and me, could [F] never get an [G] OBE, _ _ Or a knighthood for [F] good [G] service to the hud. _
_ _ They [Am] have a concrete [F] master race, who will keep you in [E] your _ place, [Am] And a gangerman [G] to kick [C] you to the [D] _ ground.
_ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ If [C] you ever try to take, part [F] of what the bosses [G]
make, When [C] you're building up and [G] tearing England [F] down.
_ [C] _
_ So keep building up [Am] and [G] tearing England [C] _ down.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ Thanks for watching,