Shipbuilding Chords by Robert Wyatt

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_ Is it [C] worth it?
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A new [Ab] winter coat and shoes for [G] the wife _
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[Gm] And a bicycle [Ab] on the boy's birthday
[G] _ It's just a rumour that was spread [C] around town
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By the women [G] and children
Soon we'll [C] be _ _ shipbuilding _ _ _ _
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Well [C] I ask you
_ _ [F] The _ boy [Ab] said that they're going to take [G] me to task
_ _ [Bb] But _ _ _ I'll [Fm] be back by Christmas
[G] _ It's just a rumour [C] that was spread around town
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Somebody said [G] that someone got filled [F] in _
For saying [G] that people get killed [F] in
The result [G] of the _ _ [C] shipbuilding _ _
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_ We [Bb] pull the wheel in the _ _ world
_ [G] Diving [Ab] for dear _ life
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When we could be [C] diving for both _ _ _
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[Fm] _ _ _ [G] _ It's just a rumour that [F] was [C] spread around town
[F] A telegram or [G] a picture _ _ [F] postcard
Within we felt the [G] _ reopening the _ [F] shipyard
And _ notifying [G] the next of kin
[C] And once _ _ again _ _
It's [Gm] all we're [C] skilled _ _ _ in
[Gm] We will [Ab] be _ _ shipbuilding
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_ [C] _ We _ _
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[Gm] pull the [Eb] wheel in the [Bb] _
_ world
[Eb] _ [Gm] Diving [Ab] for dear life
[G] _ _ [C] When we could be diving [G] for _ [C] both _ _ _ _ _
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