Chords for The Bricklayers Song
Tempo:
96.8 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
A#
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] [A#]
[F] [A#] [Dm] Okay, [F] here's a song about an Irishman who had a little [C] bad luck.
[F] And I've been told this is a true story.
Dear sir, I write this note to [C] you to tell you [F] of me plight.
[A#] For at the [Am] time of writing [G] I am not a [C] pretty sight.
[A#] Me body [F] is all black and blue, [A#] me face a [Dm] deathly gray.
[F] And I write this note to tell you [C] why I'm not at work [F] today.
While working on the fourteenth [Cm] floor some bricks I [F] had to clear.
[A#] But to toss them [F] down from such a height [G] was not a good [C] idea.
[A#] The foreman [F] wasn't very pleased, [A#] he is an [Dm] awkward sod.
[F] He said I'd have to cart them [C] down the ladders [F] in me hot.
Now shifting all those [C] bricks by hand it was so [F] very slow.
[A#] So I hoisted [Am] up a barrel [G] and secured a [C] rope below.
[A#] But in me [F] haste to do the job [A#] I was too [Dm] blind to see.
[F] That a barrel full of building [Cm] bricks is heavier [F] than me.
[C#] [F#] And so when I untied the [C#] rope the barrel fell [F#] like lead.
[B] And clinging [A#m] tightly to the rope [G#] I started up [C#] instead.
[B] I shot up [F#] like a rocket [B] till to my dismay [D#m] I found.
[F#] That half way up I met the [C#] bloody barrel [F#] coming down.
Now the barrel broke me shoulder as through the ground it sped.
[B] And when I [A#m] reached the top I [G#] banged the pulley [C#] with me head.
[B] I clung on [F#m] tightly numb with [B] shock from this almighty [D#m] blow.
[F#] And the barrel spilled out half the [C#] bricks fourteen [F#] floors below.
Now when these bricks had fallen [C#] from the barrel [F#] through the floor.
[B] I then [A#m] outweighed the barrel and [G#] so started down [C#] once more.
[B] Still clinging [F#] tightly to the rope [B] me body [D#m] wracked with pain.
[F#]
Half way down I met the bloody [C#] barrel [F#] once again.
[D] Now [G] the force of this collision half [D] way down the [G] office block.
[C] Caused multiple [Bm]
contusions [A] and a nasty state [D] of shock.
[C] Still clinging [G] tightly to the rope [C] I fell toward [Em] the ground.
[G] And landed on the broken bricks [D] the barrel had [G] scattered round.
Well I lay there groaning on the [D] ground I thought I'd [G] passed the worst.
[C] But the barrel hit [G] the pulley wheel [A] and then the bottom [D] burst.
[C] A shower of bricks [G] rained down on me [C] I didn't have [Em] a home.
[G] For as I lay there bleeding I [D] let go the bloody [G] rope.
The barrel being unsecured [D] then started down [G] once more.
[C] And it landed [Bm] right across me [A] as I lay there [D] on the floor.
[C] It broke three ribs [G] and my left arm [C] and I can [Em] only say.
[G] That I hope you understand why [D] Murphy's not at work [C] today.
[G]
[F] [A#] [Dm] Okay, [F] here's a song about an Irishman who had a little [C] bad luck.
[F] And I've been told this is a true story.
Dear sir, I write this note to [C] you to tell you [F] of me plight.
[A#] For at the [Am] time of writing [G] I am not a [C] pretty sight.
[A#] Me body [F] is all black and blue, [A#] me face a [Dm] deathly gray.
[F] And I write this note to tell you [C] why I'm not at work [F] today.
While working on the fourteenth [Cm] floor some bricks I [F] had to clear.
[A#] But to toss them [F] down from such a height [G] was not a good [C] idea.
[A#] The foreman [F] wasn't very pleased, [A#] he is an [Dm] awkward sod.
[F] He said I'd have to cart them [C] down the ladders [F] in me hot.
Now shifting all those [C] bricks by hand it was so [F] very slow.
[A#] So I hoisted [Am] up a barrel [G] and secured a [C] rope below.
[A#] But in me [F] haste to do the job [A#] I was too [Dm] blind to see.
[F] That a barrel full of building [Cm] bricks is heavier [F] than me.
[C#] [F#] And so when I untied the [C#] rope the barrel fell [F#] like lead.
[B] And clinging [A#m] tightly to the rope [G#] I started up [C#] instead.
[B] I shot up [F#] like a rocket [B] till to my dismay [D#m] I found.
[F#] That half way up I met the [C#] bloody barrel [F#] coming down.
Now the barrel broke me shoulder as through the ground it sped.
[B] And when I [A#m] reached the top I [G#] banged the pulley [C#] with me head.
[B] I clung on [F#m] tightly numb with [B] shock from this almighty [D#m] blow.
[F#] And the barrel spilled out half the [C#] bricks fourteen [F#] floors below.
Now when these bricks had fallen [C#] from the barrel [F#] through the floor.
[B] I then [A#m] outweighed the barrel and [G#] so started down [C#] once more.
[B] Still clinging [F#] tightly to the rope [B] me body [D#m] wracked with pain.
[F#]
Half way down I met the bloody [C#] barrel [F#] once again.
[D] Now [G] the force of this collision half [D] way down the [G] office block.
[C] Caused multiple [Bm]
contusions [A] and a nasty state [D] of shock.
[C] Still clinging [G] tightly to the rope [C] I fell toward [Em] the ground.
[G] And landed on the broken bricks [D] the barrel had [G] scattered round.
Well I lay there groaning on the [D] ground I thought I'd [G] passed the worst.
[C] But the barrel hit [G] the pulley wheel [A] and then the bottom [D] burst.
[C] A shower of bricks [G] rained down on me [C] I didn't have [Em] a home.
[G] For as I lay there bleeding I [D] let go the bloody [G] rope.
The barrel being unsecured [D] then started down [G] once more.
[C] And it landed [Bm] right across me [A] as I lay there [D] on the floor.
[C] It broke three ribs [G] and my left arm [C] and I can [Em] only say.
[G] That I hope you understand why [D] Murphy's not at work [C] today.
[G]
Key:
C
G
F
A#
F#
C
G
F
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [A#] _ _ [Dm] Okay, [F] here's a song about an Irishman who had a little [C] bad luck.
[F] _ And I've been told this is a true story.
_ Dear sir, I write this note to [C] you to tell you [F] of me plight.
[A#] For at the [Am] time of writing [G] I am not a [C] pretty sight.
[A#] Me body [F] is all black and blue, [A#] me face a [Dm] deathly gray.
[F] And I write this note to tell you [C] why I'm not at work [F] today.
_ While working on the fourteenth [Cm] floor some bricks I [F] had to clear.
[A#] But to toss them [F] down from such a height [G] was not a good [C] idea.
[A#] The foreman [F] wasn't very pleased, [A#] he is an [Dm] awkward sod.
[F] He said I'd have to cart them [C] down the ladders [F] in me hot. _
Now shifting all those [C] bricks by hand it was so [F] very slow.
[A#] So I hoisted [Am] up a barrel [G] and secured a [C] rope below.
[A#] But in me [F] haste to do the job [A#] I was too [Dm] blind to see.
[F] That a barrel full of building [Cm] bricks is heavier [F] than me.
[C#] _ [F#] And so when I untied the [C#] rope the barrel fell [F#] like lead.
[B] And clinging [A#m] tightly to the rope [G#] I started up [C#] instead.
[B] I shot up [F#] like a rocket [B] till to my dismay [D#m] I found.
[F#] That half way up I met the [C#] bloody barrel [F#] coming down.
_ _ Now the barrel broke me shoulder as through the ground it sped.
[B] And when I [A#m] reached the top I [G#] banged the pulley [C#] with me head.
[B] I clung on [F#m] tightly numb with [B] shock from this almighty [D#m] blow.
[F#] And the barrel spilled out half the [C#] bricks fourteen [F#] floors below.
_ Now when these bricks had fallen [C#] from the barrel [F#] through the floor.
[B] I then [A#m] outweighed the barrel and [G#] so started down [C#] once more.
[B] Still clinging [F#] tightly to the rope [B] me body [D#m] wracked with pain.
[F#]
Half way down I met the bloody [C#] barrel [F#] once again. _ _
_ _ _ [D] Now [G] the force of this collision half [D] way down the [G] office block.
[C] Caused multiple [Bm]
contusions [A] and a nasty state [D] of shock.
[C] Still clinging [G] tightly to the rope [C] I fell toward [Em] the ground.
[G] And landed on the broken bricks [D] the barrel had [G] scattered round.
_ Well I lay there groaning on the [D] ground I thought I'd [G] passed the worst.
[C] But the barrel hit [G] the pulley wheel [A] and then the bottom [D] burst.
[C] A shower of bricks [G] rained down on me [C] I didn't have [Em] a home.
[G] For as I lay there bleeding I [D] let go the bloody [G] rope. _ _
_ _ _ _ The barrel being unsecured [D] then started down [G] once more.
[C] And it landed [Bm] right across me [A] as I lay there [D] on the floor.
[C] It broke three ribs [G] and my left arm [C] and I can [Em] only say.
_ [G] That I hope you understand why [D] Murphy's not at work [C] today. _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [A#] _ _ [Dm] Okay, [F] here's a song about an Irishman who had a little [C] bad luck.
[F] _ And I've been told this is a true story.
_ Dear sir, I write this note to [C] you to tell you [F] of me plight.
[A#] For at the [Am] time of writing [G] I am not a [C] pretty sight.
[A#] Me body [F] is all black and blue, [A#] me face a [Dm] deathly gray.
[F] And I write this note to tell you [C] why I'm not at work [F] today.
_ While working on the fourteenth [Cm] floor some bricks I [F] had to clear.
[A#] But to toss them [F] down from such a height [G] was not a good [C] idea.
[A#] The foreman [F] wasn't very pleased, [A#] he is an [Dm] awkward sod.
[F] He said I'd have to cart them [C] down the ladders [F] in me hot. _
Now shifting all those [C] bricks by hand it was so [F] very slow.
[A#] So I hoisted [Am] up a barrel [G] and secured a [C] rope below.
[A#] But in me [F] haste to do the job [A#] I was too [Dm] blind to see.
[F] That a barrel full of building [Cm] bricks is heavier [F] than me.
[C#] _ [F#] And so when I untied the [C#] rope the barrel fell [F#] like lead.
[B] And clinging [A#m] tightly to the rope [G#] I started up [C#] instead.
[B] I shot up [F#] like a rocket [B] till to my dismay [D#m] I found.
[F#] That half way up I met the [C#] bloody barrel [F#] coming down.
_ _ Now the barrel broke me shoulder as through the ground it sped.
[B] And when I [A#m] reached the top I [G#] banged the pulley [C#] with me head.
[B] I clung on [F#m] tightly numb with [B] shock from this almighty [D#m] blow.
[F#] And the barrel spilled out half the [C#] bricks fourteen [F#] floors below.
_ Now when these bricks had fallen [C#] from the barrel [F#] through the floor.
[B] I then [A#m] outweighed the barrel and [G#] so started down [C#] once more.
[B] Still clinging [F#] tightly to the rope [B] me body [D#m] wracked with pain.
[F#]
Half way down I met the bloody [C#] barrel [F#] once again. _ _
_ _ _ [D] Now [G] the force of this collision half [D] way down the [G] office block.
[C] Caused multiple [Bm]
contusions [A] and a nasty state [D] of shock.
[C] Still clinging [G] tightly to the rope [C] I fell toward [Em] the ground.
[G] And landed on the broken bricks [D] the barrel had [G] scattered round.
_ Well I lay there groaning on the [D] ground I thought I'd [G] passed the worst.
[C] But the barrel hit [G] the pulley wheel [A] and then the bottom [D] burst.
[C] A shower of bricks [G] rained down on me [C] I didn't have [Em] a home.
[G] For as I lay there bleeding I [D] let go the bloody [G] rope. _ _
_ _ _ _ The barrel being unsecured [D] then started down [G] once more.
[C] And it landed [Bm] right across me [A] as I lay there [D] on the floor.
[C] It broke three ribs [G] and my left arm [C] and I can [Em] only say.
_ [G] That I hope you understand why [D] Murphy's not at work [C] today. _ _
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