Chords for Josh Okeefe - "Building Up and Tearing England Down" (Live from a Building Site, England)
Tempo:
117.7 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Am
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I have won a hero's name [F] With my Caldwine and [G] Costain
With Fitzpatrick, Murphy, Ash And Wimpy's [C] gang
I've been off and on the road [F] On me way to [C] draw the dole
When there's nothing left to do For Johnny Lang
I [Am]
used the thing that God [E] Made a mixer pickin' hard
[C] So a paddy might know Hell above the ground
I've known gangers big and tough [F] Tell me, tear that hole out [G] rough
[C] When you're building up [F] And tearing [C] England down
In a tunnel underground [F] A young limerick [G] man was found
[C] He was built into the new Victoria line When the bonus gang had passed
Sticking [F] from a [G] concrete cast [C] Was the face of little Charlie [G] [C] Joe Divine
[Am] A gang of man-magurk Said, [E] Big Paddy ain't to work
[C] When the gas main burst And he flew off the ground
I swore, he said, don't slack I'll not be [F] there until [G] I'm back
[C] Keep on building up And tearing England down
I [F] [G]
[C] was on the hydro dam On [F] a day that Jack [C] McCann
Got the better of his stammer in a week He fell from the shuttering jam
[F] Or that four-ounce [G] stuttering man He [C] was never, ever more inclined to speak
[Am] I remember Ron McCall [E] From the big flyover fall
[C] Into a concrete mixer spinning round Though it wasn't his intent
He [F] had a fine head [G] of cement [C] When he was building up
[G] And tearing [C] England down [F] I [G]
[C] remember Carrier Jack
[F] With a heart upon [G] his back [C] How he told us all
[F] He'd [G] set the world [C] on fire His face was never seen
Since his [F] shovel it caught [G] clean Through the middle of the big high [G]-tension [C] wire
[Am] So no more like Robin Hood [E] Would he roam through Cricklewood
[F] Or dance around the porbs in Camden Town [Em] But let no man [C] complain
For [F] no pat will die [G] in shame [C] When he's building up
And tearing England down So come all ye navvies bold
[F] Do not think that English [G] gold [C] Is just waiting to be [G] taken
[C] From each sod For the likes of you and me
Could never [F] get an [C] OBE Or a knighthood for good service to the HUD
[Am] There's a concrete master race For to [E] keep you in your place
[C] And a gang of men to kick you to the ground
If you ever try to take [F] Part of what the bosses [G] make
[C] When you're building up [F] And tearing [G]
England [F] down
[Fm] [A]
[C]
[N]
[Ab] [N]
With Fitzpatrick, Murphy, Ash And Wimpy's [C] gang
I've been off and on the road [F] On me way to [C] draw the dole
When there's nothing left to do For Johnny Lang
I [Am]
used the thing that God [E] Made a mixer pickin' hard
[C] So a paddy might know Hell above the ground
I've known gangers big and tough [F] Tell me, tear that hole out [G] rough
[C] When you're building up [F] And tearing [C] England down
In a tunnel underground [F] A young limerick [G] man was found
[C] He was built into the new Victoria line When the bonus gang had passed
Sticking [F] from a [G] concrete cast [C] Was the face of little Charlie [G] [C] Joe Divine
[Am] A gang of man-magurk Said, [E] Big Paddy ain't to work
[C] When the gas main burst And he flew off the ground
I swore, he said, don't slack I'll not be [F] there until [G] I'm back
[C] Keep on building up And tearing England down
I [F] [G]
[C] was on the hydro dam On [F] a day that Jack [C] McCann
Got the better of his stammer in a week He fell from the shuttering jam
[F] Or that four-ounce [G] stuttering man He [C] was never, ever more inclined to speak
[Am] I remember Ron McCall [E] From the big flyover fall
[C] Into a concrete mixer spinning round Though it wasn't his intent
He [F] had a fine head [G] of cement [C] When he was building up
[G] And tearing [C] England down [F] I [G]
[C] remember Carrier Jack
[F] With a heart upon [G] his back [C] How he told us all
[F] He'd [G] set the world [C] on fire His face was never seen
Since his [F] shovel it caught [G] clean Through the middle of the big high [G]-tension [C] wire
[Am] So no more like Robin Hood [E] Would he roam through Cricklewood
[F] Or dance around the porbs in Camden Town [Em] But let no man [C] complain
For [F] no pat will die [G] in shame [C] When he's building up
And tearing England down So come all ye navvies bold
[F] Do not think that English [G] gold [C] Is just waiting to be [G] taken
[C] From each sod For the likes of you and me
Could never [F] get an [C] OBE Or a knighthood for good service to the HUD
[Am] There's a concrete master race For to [E] keep you in your place
[C] And a gang of men to kick you to the ground
If you ever try to take [F] Part of what the bosses [G] make
[C] When you're building up [F] And tearing [G]
England [F] down
[Fm] [A]
[C]
[N]
[Ab] [N]
Key:
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E
C
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I have won a hero's name [F] With my Caldwine and [G] Costain
With Fitzpatrick, Murphy, Ash And Wimpy's [C] gang
_ _ _ I've been off and on the road [F] On me way to [C] draw the dole
When there's nothing left to do For Johnny Lang
_ _ I [Am] _
used the thing that God [E] Made a mixer pickin' hard
[C] So a paddy might know Hell above the ground
_ _ _ I've known gangers big and tough [F] Tell me, tear that hole out [G] rough
[C] When you're building up [F] And tearing [C] England down _ _ _
In a tunnel _ underground _ [F] A young limerick [G] man was found
[C] He was built into the new _ Victoria line When _ the bonus gang had passed
Sticking [F] from a [G] concrete cast [C] Was the face of little Charlie [G] _ [C] Joe Divine _
_ _ [Am] A gang of man-magurk Said, [E] Big Paddy ain't to work
[C] When the gas main burst And he flew off the ground
_ _ I swore, he said, don't slack I'll not be [F] there until [G] I'm back
[C] Keep on building up And tearing England down
I [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ was on the hydro dam On [F] a day that Jack [C] McCann _
Got the better of his stammer in a week _ _ _ He fell from the shuttering jam
[F] Or that four-ounce [G] stuttering man He [C] was never, ever more inclined to speak
_ _ _ [Am] I remember Ron McCall _ [E] From the big _ flyover fall
[C] Into a concrete mixer spinning round _ _ _ Though it wasn't his intent
He [F] had a fine head [G] of cement [C] When he was building up
[G] And tearing [C] England down [F] I _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ remember Carrier Jack
[F] With a heart upon [G] his back [C] How he told us all
[F] He'd [G] set the world [C] on fire His _ _ face was never seen
_ Since his [F] shovel it caught [G] clean Through the middle of the big high [G]-tension [C] wire
_ _ _ [Am] So no more like Robin Hood [E] Would he roam through Cricklewood
[F] Or dance around the porbs in Camden Town _ _ _ _ [Em] But let no man [C] complain
For [F] no pat will die [G] in shame [C] When he's building up
And tearing England down So _ come all ye navvies bold
[F] Do not think that English [G] gold [C] Is just waiting to be [G] taken
[C] From each sod _ _ For the likes of you and me
Could never [F] get an [C] OBE _ Or a knighthood for good service to the HUD _ _
_ [Am] There's a concrete master race For to [E] keep you in your place
[C] And a gang of men to kick you to the ground
If _ you ever try to take [F] Part of what the bosses [G] make
[C] When you're building up [F] And tearing [G] _ _
England _ _ [F] down _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ I have won a hero's name [F] With my Caldwine and [G] Costain
With Fitzpatrick, Murphy, Ash And Wimpy's [C] gang
_ _ _ I've been off and on the road [F] On me way to [C] draw the dole
When there's nothing left to do For Johnny Lang
_ _ I [Am] _
used the thing that God [E] Made a mixer pickin' hard
[C] So a paddy might know Hell above the ground
_ _ _ I've known gangers big and tough [F] Tell me, tear that hole out [G] rough
[C] When you're building up [F] And tearing [C] England down _ _ _
In a tunnel _ underground _ [F] A young limerick [G] man was found
[C] He was built into the new _ Victoria line When _ the bonus gang had passed
Sticking [F] from a [G] concrete cast [C] Was the face of little Charlie [G] _ [C] Joe Divine _
_ _ [Am] A gang of man-magurk Said, [E] Big Paddy ain't to work
[C] When the gas main burst And he flew off the ground
_ _ I swore, he said, don't slack I'll not be [F] there until [G] I'm back
[C] Keep on building up And tearing England down
I [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ was on the hydro dam On [F] a day that Jack [C] McCann _
Got the better of his stammer in a week _ _ _ He fell from the shuttering jam
[F] Or that four-ounce [G] stuttering man He [C] was never, ever more inclined to speak
_ _ _ [Am] I remember Ron McCall _ [E] From the big _ flyover fall
[C] Into a concrete mixer spinning round _ _ _ Though it wasn't his intent
He [F] had a fine head [G] of cement [C] When he was building up
[G] And tearing [C] England down [F] I _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ remember Carrier Jack
[F] With a heart upon [G] his back [C] How he told us all
[F] He'd [G] set the world [C] on fire His _ _ face was never seen
_ Since his [F] shovel it caught [G] clean Through the middle of the big high [G]-tension [C] wire
_ _ _ [Am] So no more like Robin Hood [E] Would he roam through Cricklewood
[F] Or dance around the porbs in Camden Town _ _ _ _ [Em] But let no man [C] complain
For [F] no pat will die [G] in shame [C] When he's building up
And tearing England down So _ come all ye navvies bold
[F] Do not think that English [G] gold [C] Is just waiting to be [G] taken
[C] From each sod _ _ For the likes of you and me
Could never [F] get an [C] OBE _ Or a knighthood for good service to the HUD _ _
_ [Am] There's a concrete master race For to [E] keep you in your place
[C] And a gang of men to kick you to the ground
If _ you ever try to take [F] Part of what the bosses [G] make
[C] When you're building up [F] And tearing [G] _ _
England _ _ [F] down _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [N] _