Chords for Building Up and Tearing England Down - The Mary Wallopers
Tempo:
216.25 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Bm
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I ever won a hero's name [G] With McAlpine [A] and Costain
With [D] Fitzpatrick, [B] Murphy, Ash and the Whitebees [D] gang
I've been often on the road [G] On my way to [D] throw the [A] dole
When [D] there's nothing [Bm] left to do [A] for Johnny [D] Lang
[Bm] And I used to think [G] that God [F#m] Made the mixer pick and [F#] hod
So [Bm] that paddies [A] make no hell above the ground
I've [D] had gangers big and tough Tell [G] me tear it [F#] all [A] out rough
[D] When you're building [B] up and tearing it [D]
down
I remember Carrier Jack He [G] wore a hod upon his [A] back
[D] And he swore one [B] day he'd set the world [D] on fire
His face we've never seen Since [G] his shovel [F#m] it cut [A] clean
[D] Through the middle of [Bm] a big high [A] tension [D] wire
[Bm] And I saw [G] elbows recall [F#m] From the big flyover [F#] fall
[Bm] Into a [A] concrete mixer spinning [G] round
[D] Though it was not his intent He got [G] a fine head [A] of cement
[Bm] When he was building up and [A] tearing it [D] down
I was on the hydro dam [G] Had the day that Pat [A] McCann
[D] Got the better of his [A] stammer in a [D] week
He fell from the shuddering jam And [G] that poor [F#] old stuttering [A] man
[D] He was never ever [G] [A] more inclined [D] to speak
[Bm] And no more like [G] Robin Hood [F#m]
Will he roam through [F#] Cricklewood
[Bm] Or dance around [A] the pubs at Camden [G] Town
[D] Oh let no one complain Sure [G] nobody dies [A] in vain
[D] When they're building up and [A] tearing England [D] down
In that tunnel underground A [G] young limerick man was [A] found
He [D] was built [B] into the new Victoria [D] line
And when the bonus gag had passed Sticking [G] through the [A] concrete cast
[D] Was the face of [B] little Charlie Joe [D] Divine
And [Bm] the ganger man [G] McGurp [F#m] Said Big Paddy aides [F#] the work
When [Bm] a gas pipe [A] burst And he flew off the [G]
ground
[D] Well they swear he said don't slack I'll not [G] be there until [A] I'm back
Keep [D] on building [Em] up and [B] tearing England [D] down
So come all you nabby's bold Who [G] do think that [A] English gold
Is [D] just waiting to [G] be [A] plucked from [D] every sod
Or that the likes of you and me Will [G] ever get an [A] O.V..E. [D] Or a knighthood for good service [A] to [D] the hod [Bm] They've a concrete master [G] race There [F#m] to keep you in your [F#] place And [Bm] the ganger [A] man to kick you to the [G] ground [D] If you ever try to take Part [G] of what the bosses [A] make [D] When you're building up [G] and [A] tearing [D] England down If you ever try to take Part [G] of what the [A] bosses make When [D] you're building [Bm] up and [A] tearing England [D] down [A] [D]
[D]
With [D] Fitzpatrick, [B] Murphy, Ash and the Whitebees [D] gang
I've been often on the road [G] On my way to [D] throw the [A] dole
When [D] there's nothing [Bm] left to do [A] for Johnny [D] Lang
[Bm] And I used to think [G] that God [F#m] Made the mixer pick and [F#] hod
So [Bm] that paddies [A] make no hell above the ground
I've [D] had gangers big and tough Tell [G] me tear it [F#] all [A] out rough
[D] When you're building [B] up and tearing it [D]
down
I remember Carrier Jack He [G] wore a hod upon his [A] back
[D] And he swore one [B] day he'd set the world [D] on fire
His face we've never seen Since [G] his shovel [F#m] it cut [A] clean
[D] Through the middle of [Bm] a big high [A] tension [D] wire
[Bm] And I saw [G] elbows recall [F#m] From the big flyover [F#] fall
[Bm] Into a [A] concrete mixer spinning [G] round
[D] Though it was not his intent He got [G] a fine head [A] of cement
[Bm] When he was building up and [A] tearing it [D] down
I was on the hydro dam [G] Had the day that Pat [A] McCann
[D] Got the better of his [A] stammer in a [D] week
He fell from the shuddering jam And [G] that poor [F#] old stuttering [A] man
[D] He was never ever [G] [A] more inclined [D] to speak
[Bm] And no more like [G] Robin Hood [F#m]
Will he roam through [F#] Cricklewood
[Bm] Or dance around [A] the pubs at Camden [G] Town
[D] Oh let no one complain Sure [G] nobody dies [A] in vain
[D] When they're building up and [A] tearing England [D] down
In that tunnel underground A [G] young limerick man was [A] found
He [D] was built [B] into the new Victoria [D] line
And when the bonus gag had passed Sticking [G] through the [A] concrete cast
[D] Was the face of [B] little Charlie Joe [D] Divine
And [Bm] the ganger man [G] McGurp [F#m] Said Big Paddy aides [F#] the work
When [Bm] a gas pipe [A] burst And he flew off the [G]
ground
[D] Well they swear he said don't slack I'll not [G] be there until [A] I'm back
Keep [D] on building [Em] up and [B] tearing England [D] down
So come all you nabby's bold Who [G] do think that [A] English gold
Is [D] just waiting to [G] be [A] plucked from [D] every sod
Or that the likes of you and me Will [G] ever get an [A] O.V..E. [D] Or a knighthood for good service [A] to [D] the hod [Bm] They've a concrete master [G] race There [F#m] to keep you in your [F#] place And [Bm] the ganger [A] man to kick you to the [G] ground [D] If you ever try to take Part [G] of what the bosses [A] make [D] When you're building up [G] and [A] tearing [D] England down If you ever try to take Part [G] of what the [A] bosses make When [D] you're building [Bm] up and [A] tearing England [D] down [A] [D]
[D]
Key:
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Bm
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I ever won a hero's name [G] With _ _ McAlpine [A] and _ Costain
With [D] Fitzpatrick, [B] Murphy, Ash and the Whitebees [D] gang _ _ _
I've been often on the road _ [G] On my way to [D] throw the [A] dole
When [D] there's nothing [Bm] left to do [A] for Johnny [D] Lang
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] And I used to think [G] that God _ [F#m] Made the mixer pick and [F#] hod
So [Bm] that paddies [A] make no hell above the ground
_ _ _ I've _ _ [D] had gangers big and tough _ Tell [G] me tear it [F#] all [A] out rough
_ [D] When you're building [B] up and tearing it [D] _
down
_ _ _ _ _ I remember Carrier Jack He [G] wore a hod upon his [A] back _
[D] And he swore one [B] day he'd set the world [D] on fire _ _ _
_ _ His face we've never seen Since [G] his shovel [F#m] it cut [A] clean
_ [D] Through the middle of [Bm] a big high [A] tension [D] wire
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] And I saw _ [G] elbows recall [F#m] From the big _ flyover [F#] fall _
[Bm] Into a [A] concrete mixer spinning [G] round _ _ _ _
_ [D] Though it was not his intent He got [G] a fine head [A] of cement
_ [Bm] When he was building up and [A] tearing it [D] down
_ _ _ _ _ _ I was on the hydro dam _ [G] Had the day that Pat [A] McCann _
[D] Got the better of his [A] stammer in a [D] week _ _ _ _
_ _ He fell from the shuddering jam And [G] that poor [F#] old stuttering [A] man
_ [D] He was never ever [G] [A] more inclined [D] to speak
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] And no more like [G] Robin Hood _ [F#m]
Will he roam through _ [F#] _ Cricklewood
_ [Bm] Or dance around [A] the pubs at Camden [G] Town _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ Oh let no one _ complain Sure [G] nobody _ dies [A] in vain
_ [D] When they're building up and [A] tearing England [D] down
_ _ _ In _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ that tunnel _ underground _ A [G] young limerick man was [A] found
_ He [D] was built [B] into the new _ Victoria [D] line
_ _ _ _ _ And when the bonus gag had passed Sticking [G] through the [A] concrete cast _
[D] Was the face of [B] little Charlie Joe [D] Divine _ _ _ _
And [Bm] _ the ganger man [G] McGurp _ [F#m] Said Big Paddy aides [F#] the work
_ When [Bm] a gas pipe [A] burst And he flew off the [G]
ground
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Well they swear he said don't slack I'll not [G] be there until [A] I'm back
_ Keep [D] on building [Em] up and [B] tearing England [D] _ down _
_ _ _ So come all you nabby's bold Who [G] do think that [A] English gold
Is [D] just waiting to [G] be [A] plucked from [D] every sod
_ _ Or _ _ that the likes of you and me Will [G] ever get an [A] O.V..E. _ [D] Or a knighthood for good service [A] to [D] the hod _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] They've a concrete master [G] race There [F#m] to keep you in your [F#] _ place And [Bm] the ganger [A] man to kick you to the [G] ground _ _ _ _ _ [D] If you ever try to take _ Part [G] of what the bosses [A] make _ _ [D] When you're building up [G] and [A] tearing [D] England down _ _ _ _ If you ever try to take _ Part [G] of what the [A] bosses make _ When [D] you're building [Bm] up and [A] tearing England [D] _ down _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I ever won a hero's name [G] With _ _ McAlpine [A] and _ Costain
With [D] Fitzpatrick, [B] Murphy, Ash and the Whitebees [D] gang _ _ _
I've been often on the road _ [G] On my way to [D] throw the [A] dole
When [D] there's nothing [Bm] left to do [A] for Johnny [D] Lang
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] And I used to think [G] that God _ [F#m] Made the mixer pick and [F#] hod
So [Bm] that paddies [A] make no hell above the ground
_ _ _ I've _ _ [D] had gangers big and tough _ Tell [G] me tear it [F#] all [A] out rough
_ [D] When you're building [B] up and tearing it [D] _
down
_ _ _ _ _ I remember Carrier Jack He [G] wore a hod upon his [A] back _
[D] And he swore one [B] day he'd set the world [D] on fire _ _ _
_ _ His face we've never seen Since [G] his shovel [F#m] it cut [A] clean
_ [D] Through the middle of [Bm] a big high [A] tension [D] wire
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] And I saw _ [G] elbows recall [F#m] From the big _ flyover [F#] fall _
[Bm] Into a [A] concrete mixer spinning [G] round _ _ _ _
_ [D] Though it was not his intent He got [G] a fine head [A] of cement
_ [Bm] When he was building up and [A] tearing it [D] down
_ _ _ _ _ _ I was on the hydro dam _ [G] Had the day that Pat [A] McCann _
[D] Got the better of his [A] stammer in a [D] week _ _ _ _
_ _ He fell from the shuddering jam And [G] that poor [F#] old stuttering [A] man
_ [D] He was never ever [G] [A] more inclined [D] to speak
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] And no more like [G] Robin Hood _ [F#m]
Will he roam through _ [F#] _ Cricklewood
_ [Bm] Or dance around [A] the pubs at Camden [G] Town _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ Oh let no one _ complain Sure [G] nobody _ dies [A] in vain
_ [D] When they're building up and [A] tearing England [D] down
_ _ _ In _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ that tunnel _ underground _ A [G] young limerick man was [A] found
_ He [D] was built [B] into the new _ Victoria [D] line
_ _ _ _ _ And when the bonus gag had passed Sticking [G] through the [A] concrete cast _
[D] Was the face of [B] little Charlie Joe [D] Divine _ _ _ _
And [Bm] _ the ganger man [G] McGurp _ [F#m] Said Big Paddy aides [F#] the work
_ When [Bm] a gas pipe [A] burst And he flew off the [G]
ground
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Well they swear he said don't slack I'll not [G] be there until [A] I'm back
_ Keep [D] on building [Em] up and [B] tearing England [D] _ down _
_ _ _ So come all you nabby's bold Who [G] do think that [A] English gold
Is [D] just waiting to [G] be [A] plucked from [D] every sod
_ _ Or _ _ that the likes of you and me Will [G] ever get an [A] O.V..E. _ [D] Or a knighthood for good service [A] to [D] the hod _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] They've a concrete master [G] race There [F#m] to keep you in your [F#] _ place And [Bm] the ganger [A] man to kick you to the [G] ground _ _ _ _ _ [D] If you ever try to take _ Part [G] of what the bosses [A] make _ _ [D] When you're building up [G] and [A] tearing [D] England down _ _ _ _ If you ever try to take _ Part [G] of what the [A] bosses make _ When [D] you're building [Bm] up and [A] tearing England [D] _ down _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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