Shipbuilding
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Elvis Costello, Clive Langer
From EC's _Punch the Clock_
(P) 1983
The Robert Wyatt version from 1982 is very much the same, only shorter.
The key is transposed two and a half tones up, his version is in Am.
Lyrics are from the _Punch the Clock_ inner sleeve
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2 On most of the song: x-5-7-7-7-5
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1 But may also be: x-5-7-7-6-5
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0 On the first times: x-x-2-0-0-0
Em/D#: x-x-1-0-0-0
Em/D: x-x-0-0-0-0
G: 3-5-5-4-3-3
C#dim: x-x-2-3-2-3 Also fits: A7: x-0-2-0-2-0
Cm7: x-3-5-3-4-3
Cmaj7: x-3-5-4-5-3 Easier to play: x-3-2-0-0-0
G7: 3-5-3-4-6-3
Gm: 3-5-5-3-3-3
Eb7 x-7-9-7-9-7 Can be played C#dim as well - I don't know.
[Am] | [C] | [D] | [D] |
[Em] [Em/D#]
Is it worth it
[Em/D] [C#dim] [D]
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife
[Dm] [Cm7] [D]
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday
[G]
It's just a rumour that was spread around town
[C] [D]
By the women and children
[G]
Soon we'll be shipbuilding
[Em] [Em/D#]
Well I ask you
[Em/D] [C#dim] [D]
The boy said "Dad they're going to make me to task
[Dm] [Cm7] [D]
But I'll be back by christmas"
[G]
It's just a rumour that was spread around town
[Cmaj7] [D]
Somebody said that someone got filled in
[Cmaj7] [D]
For saying that people get killed in
[Cmaj7] [D] [G]
The result of this shipbuilding
nc [G7]
With all the will in the world
[Eb6]
Diving for dear life
[D] [G]
When we could be diving for pearls
[Em] [Em/D#] [Em/D] [C#dim]
[D] [Dm] [Cm7]
[D] [G]
It's just a rumour that was spread around town
[Cmaj7] [D]
A telegram or a picture postcard
[Cmaj7] [D]
Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyards
[Cmaj7] [D]
And notifying the next of kin
[G]
Once again
[G7]
It's all we're skilled in
[Eb6] [D] [G]
We will be shipbuilding
[Gm]
With all the will in the world
[Eb6] [D] [D] [D]
Diving for dear life
[D] [Em]
When we could be diving for pearls
[Em/D#] [Em/D] [C#dim]
[D] [Dm] [Cm7] [D]
[G] [Cmaj7] [D] [Cmaj7]
[D] [Cmaj7] [D] [G]
[G7]
It's all we're skilled in
[Eb6] [D] [G]
We will be shipbuilding
[Gm]
With all the will in the world
[Eb6] [D] [D] [D]
Diving for dear life
[D] [D] [D] [D]
When we could be diving for pearls
[D] [D] [D] [D]
When we could be diving for pearls
[D] [Em]
When we could be diving for pearls
