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Men Of Worth - Mary Black Chords

Chords: G, C, D, Am

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Genre: folk, pop, soul


[Intro]
G C D

[Verse]
G
Leave the land behind, laddie, you've better days to find
C G Am D
The companies have the money and they'll soon teach you the skills
G
Green fields far away, lads, the forties and the brae
C G D G
Be a mudman or a roustabout, they'll soon teach you to drill

[Verse]
D C G
But who will tend the sheep when I'm far o'er the deep?
C G Am D
On the Neptune or the Seaquest when the snow comes to the hill
G
La la la la la lala, la la la la laa
C G D G
La la la la la lala, laa la la la la la laaa

[Verse]
G
Leave the fishing trade, lads, there's money to be made
C G Am D
The hand-line and the Shetland yawl are from a bygone day
G
Come to Aberdeen, lads, sights you've never seen
C G D G
Be a welder on the pipeline or a fitter at Nigg Bay

[Verse]
D C G
But when the job is o'er and your boat rots on the shore
C G Am D
How will you feed your family when the companies go away?
G
La la la la la lala, la la la la laa
C G D G
La la la la la lala, laa la la la la la laaa

[Instrumental]
G C G Am D
G C G D G
D C G C G Am D
G C G D G

[Verse]
G
There's harbours to be built, lads, rigs to tow and tilt
C G Am D
To rest upon the ocean bed, like pylons in the sea
G
Pipelines to be laid and a hundred different trades
C G D G
That'll pay a decent living wage to the likes of you and me

[Verse]

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