Chords for Victorian Work Song Lyrics

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100.75 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

Eb

F

Cm

C

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Victorian Work Song Lyrics chords
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[Fm] In good old Queen Victoria's [G] day, industrial revolution
meant bosses said, please, [C] we need more employees, we [Fm] need a dissolution.
[Bb] Who will [B] climb our chimneys?
[Cm] Who will [Db] power our grids?
[Dm] Victorian [G] families so desperately poor, [Cm] they'll let us [Eb] employ [Dm] their [F] kids for
[Bb]
[Eb] From [F] very young [Bb] ages, our chimneys do [Cm] clean, paid [F] pitiful [Gm] wages.
What?
[Gb] [Bb] Pins make you work [C] faster, [Eb] if we go [Bb] too big, [Cm] get sacked by [F] the master.
[Bb]
[Fm] Now you're all in my employ, [G]
cleaning in the factory.
We're not [C] very strong, and the hours are long.
[Fm] This work is unsatisfactory.
[Bb] Learn not [B] to get caught in spokes, [Cm] or trap our [Db] hand in gauges.
[Dm] To stop machines [G] and get you [Cm] out will cost [Eb] you a week's [Dm] wages.
[F] [Bb]
Worktack!
[Eb] There's no health or [F] safety, [Bb] so if we get hurt, [Eb] just [F] replace me.
[Gm]
Worktack!
[Gb] [Bb] [C] Sorry.
[Eb]
[Bb] [Cm] [F]
[D] Now that I [Gm] am short [D] of cash, I [Eb] have two big [Bb] pockets.
[G] Wallets from gentlemen, [C] and [D] ladies' lockets.
Small enough [Gm] to get away, [D] hardly [Eb] ever caught.
[Bb] And if we are [G] wicked, you see, [C] to cry [F] is what we're taught.
[Bb] Boo hoo.
Work terrible!
[Eb] [F] Dangerous and demeaning.
[Bb] No time to clean.
[Eb] Get back to your [F]
cleaning.
[Gm] Work terrible!
[Gb] [Bb] What a mess we [C] are.
[Eb] School, [Gm] glorious school.
[Dbm] Wonderful [G] school.
[Cm] Marvellous [C] school.
[F] Wish we went to
[Bb]
[Cm] [Gm] [Ab]
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Bb
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Eb
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F
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Cm
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C
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Bb
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Eb
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F
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [Fm] In good old Queen Victoria's [G] day, industrial _ revolution
meant bosses said, please, [C] we need more employees, we [Fm] need a _ dissolution.
[Bb] Who will [B] climb our chimneys?
[Cm] Who will [Db] power our grids?
_ [Dm] Victorian [G] families so desperately poor, [Cm] they'll let us [Eb] employ [Dm] their [F] kids _ for_
[Bb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] From [F] very young [Bb] ages, our chimneys do [Cm] clean, paid [F] pitiful [Gm] wages.
What?
_ [Gb] _ [Bb] Pins make you work [C] faster, [Eb] if we go [Bb] too big, [Cm] get sacked by [F] the master.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] Now you're all in my employ, [G]
cleaning in the factory.
We're not [C] very strong, and the hours are long.
[Fm] This work is _ unsatisfactory.
[Bb] Learn not [B] to get caught in spokes, [Cm] or trap our [Db] hand in gauges.
[Dm] To stop machines [G] and get you [Cm] out will cost [Eb] you a week's [Dm] wages.
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
Worktack!
_ [Eb] There's no health or [F] safety, [Bb] so if we get hurt, _ [Eb] just [F] replace me.
[Gm]
Worktack!
[Gb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] Sorry.
[Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _
[D] Now that I [Gm] am short [D] of cash, I [Eb] have two big [Bb] pockets.
[G] Wallets from gentlemen, [C] and [D] ladies' lockets.
Small enough [Gm] to get away, [D] hardly [Eb] ever caught.
[Bb] And if we are [G] wicked, you see, [C] to cry [F] is what we're taught.
[Bb] Boo hoo.
Work terrible!
_ [Eb] _ [F] Dangerous and demeaning.
[Bb] No time to clean.
[Eb] Get back to your [F]
cleaning.
[Gm] Work terrible!
[Gb] _ [Bb] What a mess we [C] are.
[Eb] School, [Gm] glorious school.
[Dbm] Wonderful [G] school.
[Cm] Marvellous [C] school.
[F] Wish we went to_
_ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab]