Chords for Ian Campbell Folk Group - here come the navvies

[G] _ _ [Ab] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ I am the navigator and I come from [A] Council Park
And [E] I had to leave me native home [B] to find [Db] the travel [D] wag
[E] The crops were bad in Ireland and the tax too much [A] to pay
And [E] so here I am in England [Abm] digging up the [E] waterway
[Bm] Here come the navvies, I have to [A] earn their pay
[E] We work with our arms out and [Gbm] pay to clear the gutter away
[E] And when we put the puddle in with sweat we [A] wet the clay
And we'd [E] start a bank from England for us to [B] make the [E] _ waterway _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Oh I was a ploughman and I did a [A] decent job
[E] I worked from dawn till darkness [B] just to earn me a [D] bottle of balm
[E] And when the pay too late up they couldn't [A] pay me way
[E] And so here I am in England ploughing up the waterway
[Bm] Here come the navvies, I have to earn their [A] pay
[E] We work with our arms out and [B] pay to clear the [D] gutter away
[E] And when we put the puddle in with sweat [A] we wet the clay
And [E] we'd start a bank from England for us to make the waterway
[Bm] _ The _ _ [Abm] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ lads who build the waterway they are a [A] mighty crew
[E] And when we've sweated all day long we like [D] a drink or [E] two
The local folks don't think to us the same proud [A] to say
[E] In years to come our monument will be the waterway
[Bm] Here come the navvies, I have to [A] earn their pay
[E] We work with our arms out and pay [B] to clear the [D] gutter away
[E] And when we put the puddle in with [A] sweat we wet the clay
[E] And we'd start a bank from England for us to make the waterway _ _ _ _
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