Текст песни с аккордами
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[Verse 1]
C F G
I have won a heroes name with McAlpine and Costain,
C F G C
With Fitzpatrick, Murphy, Ashe and Wimpey's gang.
F G
I've been often on the road, on my way to draw the dole,
C F G C
When there's nothing left to do for Johnny Laing.
Am F Em
I used to think that God made the mixer pick and hod,
Am G F
So that Paddy might know hell above the ground.
C F G
I've had gangers big and tough tell me tear it all out rough,
C F G C
When you're building up and tearing England down.
[Verse 2]
C F G
I remember Carrier Jack with his hod upon his back,
C F G C
How he swore one day he'd set the world on fire.
F G
But his face they've never seen since his shovel it cut clean,
C F G C
Through the middle of a big high tension wire.
Am F Em
I saw auld Balls Mccaul, from the big flyover fall,
Am G F
Into a concrete mixer spinning round,
C F G
Although it was not his intent, he got a fine head of cement,
C F G C
When he was building up and tearing England down.
[Verse 3]
C F G
I was on the hydro dam the day that Pat Mccann
C F G C
Got the better of his stammer in a week.
F G
He fell from the shuttering jam and that poor auld stuttering man,
C F G C
He was never ever more inclined to speak.
Am F Em
No more like Robin Hood will he roam through Cricklewood,
Am G F
Or dance around the pubs of Camden Town.
C F G
But let no man complain, no Paddy dies in vain,
C F G C
When he's building up and tearing England down.
[Solo]
C F G
C F G C
F G
C F G C
[Verse 4]
C F G
In a tunnel underground a young Limerick man was found,
C F G C
He was built into the new Victoria Line.
F G
When the pouring gang had past, sticking through the concrete cast,
C F G C
Was the face of little Charlie Joe Devine.
Am F Em
And the ganger man McGurk said big Paddy ate the work,
Am G F
When the gas main burst and he flew off the ground
C F G
Oh they swear he said "Don't slack, I'll not be here until I'm back"
C F G C
Keep on building up and tearing England down.
[Verse 5]
C F G
So come all you navvies bold, who think that English gold,
C F G C
Is just waiting to be taken from each sod.
F G
Or that the likes of you and me could ever get an OBE,
C F G C
Or a knighthood for good service to the hod.
Am F Em
They've the concrete master race, to keep you in your place,
Am G F
and a ganger man to kick you to the ground.
C F G
If you ever try to take part of what the bosses make,
C F G C
When they're building up and tearing England down.
C F G
If you ever try to take part of what the bosses make,
C F G C
When they're building up and tearing England down.
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