No Use Or Him - Eric Bogle Chords
Chords: C, G, F, Am
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[Intro]
C G C G F C G F C Am F C G C
[Verse]
C G C
My father was a big strong man, he worked hard all his life
G
He was always in the whisky glass and never out of strife
F C Am
He called no man his master, and very few his friend
F C G
A proud and stiff-necked man he was, he’d never bowed nor bend
F C G C
But they broke him in the end, when they'd no use for him
[Chorus]
C G C
For they took away his job when they'd no use for him any more
G
After nearly thirty years they kicked him out the door
F C Am
But they let him keep his railway jacket, overcoat, and cap
F C G
And a pension of nine bob a week, he was lucky to get that
F C G C
And they nearly broke his heart, when they'd no use for him
[Verse]
C G C
Now I spent much of my childhood days up in that signal box
G
High in my father's castle, twenty feet above the tracks
F C
And crash would go the signals as he flicked them with his hand
F C G
And the mighty cars of steam and steel would stop at his command
F C G C
And oh, but it was grand, when they had a use for him
[Chorus]
C G C
But they took away his job when they'd no use for him any more
G
After nearly thirty years they kicked him out the door
F C Am
But they let him keep his railway jacket, overcoat, and cap
F C G
And a pension of nine bob a week, he was lucky to get that
F C G C
And they nearly broke his heart, when they'd no use for him
[Verse]
C G C
When you're fifty-five years old and youre looking for some work
G
Nobody wants to know your face no-one gives you a start
F C Am
So I watched him growing older and more bitter every day
F C G
As his pride and self-respect, well they slowly drain away
F C G C
There was nothing I could say - they had no use for him
[Chorus]
C G C
For they took away his job when they'd no use for him any more
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