Chords for Hot Asphalt
Tempo:
125.2 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
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Am
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Okay, thank you this time a song again of immigration and this one tells of the men who had to leave Ireland to look for work in the UK [Db] during the very bleak years of the 40s and 50s
and the only [Gb] work available to them at that time was with pick and shovel and through this they [Db] helped to build the canals, they helped build the railways
is dedicated to the men [Dm] who helped to build the roadways [E] and laid the hot asphalt
[D] [Dm] [Bb] [Dm]
[C] [Dm] [Am] [Bb]
[Dm] come listen all me [F] jolly lads I'm glad to [C] find you well
[Am] will tell
[C] be gob
and the only [Gb] work available to them at that time was with pick and shovel and through this they [Db] helped to build the canals, they helped build the railways
is dedicated to the men [Dm] who helped to build the roadways [E] and laid the hot asphalt
[D] [Dm] [Bb] [Dm]
[C] [Dm] [Am] [Bb]
[Dm] come listen all me [F] jolly lads I'm glad to [C] find you well
[Am] will tell
[C] be gob
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Okay, thank you this time a song again of immigration and this one tells of the men who had to leave Ireland to look for work in the UK [Db] during the very bleak years of the 40s and 50s
and the only [Gb] work available to them at that time was with pick and shovel and through this they [Db] helped to build the canals, they helped build the railways
and this song is dedicated to the men [Dm] who helped to build the roadways [E] and laid the hot asphalt
[Dm] Oh _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ come listen all me [F] jolly lads I'm glad to [C] find you well
[Dm] I kindly gather round me [C] and the story I [Am] will tell
[Dm] For I got the [F] situation and be gora and [C] be gob
[Dm] I can whisper I've a weekly [C] wage of [Dm] 19 bob
[F] This well must come October since I left me native home
[Dm] After helping the Killarney [C] boys to bring the [Am] harvest home
[Dm] But now I wear a gansey [F] and around me [C] weighs the pelt
[Dm] And the gaffer on the squad that [C] makes the hot [Dm] ash pelt
[F] We laid it in the hollis, we laid it in the plant
And [Dm] if it doesn't last forever [C] sure I swear I'll [Am] ate me hat
[Dm] I wandered up and down this [F] world but sure it [C] never fell
[Dm] And the surface that was equal [C] to the hot [Dm] ash pelt _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] Well the other night the [F] copper comes and says to [C] me Maguire
[Dm] Would you kindly let me light me [C] pipe then while you're buying a fire
[Dm] He plonks himself right down and [F] puts his hot nails [C] up the grave
[Dm] He says I'm a decent man you [C] better go and [Dm] mind your dave
[F] He ups and me and downs at me I'm up to all your pranks
[Dm] But I know your boiler came up [C] from the tip of [Am] Rarey Ranks
[Dm] I tipped him on the shoulder [F] and I gave him [C] such a belt
[Dm] I knocked him into the boiler [C] full of the hot [Dm] ash pelt
We [F] laid it in the hollis, we laid it in the plant
[Dm] And if it doesn't last forever [C] sure I swear I'll [Am] ate me hat
[Dm] I wandered up and down this [F] world but sure it [C] never fell
[Dm] And the surface that was equal [C] to the hot [Dm] ash pelt
Well _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ we quickly pulled him out [F] again and threw him [C] in the tub
[Dm] I was soaked with warm water [C] we began to [Am] rope and scrub
[Dm] But the devil that ting had turned [F] and it turned his [C] hair to stone
[Dm] I'm a derriere of the rupture [Am] you could hear the [Dm] copper moan
I [F] think it says O'Reilly that he's looking like [Dm] Elvick
And blame me if I'm not [C] inclined to clean him [Am] with me pick [Dm] ass
As I it would be easy [F] to boil him [C] till he melts
[Dm] And to store him nice and easy [C] in the hot [Dm] ash pelt
We [F] laid it in the hollis, we laid it in the plant
[Dm] And if it doesn't last forever [C] sure I swear [Am] I'll ate me hat
[Dm] I wandered up and down this [F] world but sure it [C] never fell
[Dm] And the surface that was equal [C] to the hot [Dm] ash pelt _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ You may talk about your sailors, [F] your solicitors [C] and the rest
[Dm] Your shoemakers and your tailors [C] but we paid [Am] a lady's best
[Dm] There's not a single one of [F] them that my [C] old heart could melt
[Dm] Then the boys around the boiler [C] making the hot [Dm] ash pelt
With [F] the rubbing and the scrubbing sure they caught me dead it cold
[Dm] For scientific [C] purposes me body [Am] it was stolen [Dm] in the Calvin Grove
You see [F] me poised I'm hanging [C] in me pelt
[Dm] As a monument to the Irish [Am] making the hot [Dm] ash pelt
[F] We laid it in the hollis, we laid it in the plant
And if it doesn't last forever [C] sure I swear [Am] I'll ate me hat
[Dm] I wandered up and down this world but sure [C] it never fell
[Dm] And the surface that was equal [C] to the hot [Dm] ash pelt
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
and the only [Gb] work available to them at that time was with pick and shovel and through this they [Db] helped to build the canals, they helped build the railways
and this song is dedicated to the men [Dm] who helped to build the roadways [E] and laid the hot asphalt
[Dm] Oh _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ come listen all me [F] jolly lads I'm glad to [C] find you well
[Dm] I kindly gather round me [C] and the story I [Am] will tell
[Dm] For I got the [F] situation and be gora and [C] be gob
[Dm] I can whisper I've a weekly [C] wage of [Dm] 19 bob
[F] This well must come October since I left me native home
[Dm] After helping the Killarney [C] boys to bring the [Am] harvest home
[Dm] But now I wear a gansey [F] and around me [C] weighs the pelt
[Dm] And the gaffer on the squad that [C] makes the hot [Dm] ash pelt
[F] We laid it in the hollis, we laid it in the plant
And [Dm] if it doesn't last forever [C] sure I swear I'll [Am] ate me hat
[Dm] I wandered up and down this [F] world but sure it [C] never fell
[Dm] And the surface that was equal [C] to the hot [Dm] ash pelt _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] Well the other night the [F] copper comes and says to [C] me Maguire
[Dm] Would you kindly let me light me [C] pipe then while you're buying a fire
[Dm] He plonks himself right down and [F] puts his hot nails [C] up the grave
[Dm] He says I'm a decent man you [C] better go and [Dm] mind your dave
[F] He ups and me and downs at me I'm up to all your pranks
[Dm] But I know your boiler came up [C] from the tip of [Am] Rarey Ranks
[Dm] I tipped him on the shoulder [F] and I gave him [C] such a belt
[Dm] I knocked him into the boiler [C] full of the hot [Dm] ash pelt
We [F] laid it in the hollis, we laid it in the plant
[Dm] And if it doesn't last forever [C] sure I swear I'll [Am] ate me hat
[Dm] I wandered up and down this [F] world but sure it [C] never fell
[Dm] And the surface that was equal [C] to the hot [Dm] ash pelt
Well _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ we quickly pulled him out [F] again and threw him [C] in the tub
[Dm] I was soaked with warm water [C] we began to [Am] rope and scrub
[Dm] But the devil that ting had turned [F] and it turned his [C] hair to stone
[Dm] I'm a derriere of the rupture [Am] you could hear the [Dm] copper moan
I [F] think it says O'Reilly that he's looking like [Dm] Elvick
And blame me if I'm not [C] inclined to clean him [Am] with me pick [Dm] ass
As I it would be easy [F] to boil him [C] till he melts
[Dm] And to store him nice and easy [C] in the hot [Dm] ash pelt
We [F] laid it in the hollis, we laid it in the plant
[Dm] And if it doesn't last forever [C] sure I swear [Am] I'll ate me hat
[Dm] I wandered up and down this [F] world but sure it [C] never fell
[Dm] And the surface that was equal [C] to the hot [Dm] ash pelt _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ You may talk about your sailors, [F] your solicitors [C] and the rest
[Dm] Your shoemakers and your tailors [C] but we paid [Am] a lady's best
[Dm] There's not a single one of [F] them that my [C] old heart could melt
[Dm] Then the boys around the boiler [C] making the hot [Dm] ash pelt
With [F] the rubbing and the scrubbing sure they caught me dead it cold
[Dm] For scientific [C] purposes me body [Am] it was stolen [Dm] in the Calvin Grove
You see [F] me poised I'm hanging [C] in me pelt
[Dm] As a monument to the Irish [Am] making the hot [Dm] ash pelt
[F] We laid it in the hollis, we laid it in the plant
And if it doesn't last forever [C] sure I swear [Am] I'll ate me hat
[Dm] I wandered up and down this world but sure [C] it never fell
[Dm] And the surface that was equal [C] to the hot [Dm] ash pelt
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _