A Servant Of The Company - Brian Peters Chords
Chords: Am, G, C, A
More chords by Brian Peters
Genre: prog rock, art rock, experimental
[Verse 1]
Am G
Mi Daddy started off on the Old North Western
Am G
Mi Daddy left school at just 14
Am G
He got a job in the sheds at Longsight
C G Am
Working to keep all the engines clean
C G Am
Working to keep all the engines clean
[Verse 2]
Am G
He started as a fireman on the LMS Railway
Am G
The only way then that you got ahead
Am G
A 50 hour week on a 9 A Jinty
C G Am
Shunting up and down in the engine shed
C G Am
Shunting up and down in the engine shed
[Verse 3]
Am G
Well, mi Daddy passed fireman on the LMS Railway
Am G
And graduated in the course of time
Am G
To working like a navvy on a 4-6-4 tank
C G Am
Toiling away up the Buxton Line
C G Am
Toiling away up the Buxton Line
[Verse 4]
Am G
The Hungry 30’s on the LMS Railway
Am G
Found mi Daddy pretty well content
Am G
Newly in charge of a jolly old Jumbo
C G Am
Bucketing away into Stoke-on- Trent
C G Am
Bucketing away into Stoke-on- Trent
[Verse 5]
Am G
Thirty years’ work on the LMS Railway
Am G
Thirty years’ sweat, do you wonder why?
Am G
Well, I’ve got a photo, taken 1947
C G Am
Of mi Daddy on the footplate of HLL
C G Am
Of mi Daddy on the footplate of HLL
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