The Bricklayers Song
CorriesVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
Dear Sir I write this note to you to tell you of my plight
For at the time of writing it, I'm not a pretty sight
My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly grey
And I write this note to say why I am not at work today
While working on the fourteenth floor some bricks I had to clear
But tossing them down from such a height was not a good idea
The foreman wasn't very pleased, he is an awkward sod
And he said I had to cart them down the ladders in me hod
Well clearing all these bricks by hand, it was so very slow
So I hoisted up a barrel and secured a rope below
But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
That a barrel full of building bricks was heavier than me
And so when I untied the rope the barrel fell like lead
And clinging tightly to the rope, I started up instead
I shot up like a rocket, and to my dismay I found
That halfway up I met the bloody barrel coming down
Well the barrel broke me shoulder, as to the ground it sped
And when I reached the top I banged the pulley with me head
But I clung on tightly numb with shock from this almighty blow
While the barrel spilled out half its bricks some fourteen floors below
When these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor
I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more
But I clung on tightly to the rope me body racked with pain
And halfway down I met the bloody barrel once again
Now the force of this collision halfway down the office block
Caused multiple abrasions and a nasty case of shock
But I clung on tightly to the rope as I fell towards the ground
And I landed on the broken bricks the barrel had scattered round.
Now as I lay there on the ground I thought I'd passed the worst
But the barrel hit the pulley wheel and then the bottom burst
A shower of bricks rained down on me I didn't have a hope
As I lay there bleeding on the ground I let go of the bloody rope
The barrel now being heavier so started down once more
It landed right across me as I lay there on the floor
It broke three ribs and my left arm and I can only say
I hope you`ll understand why I am not at work today
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Readable chord sheet for The Bricklayers Song by Corries
Dear [C]Sir I write this note to you to t[G]ell you of my pl[C]ight For [F]at the time of wri[C]ting it, I[G]'m not a pretty sight My b[F]ody is all b[C]lack and blue, my f[F]ace a deathly gr[Am]ey And I wr[C]ite this note to say why I am n[G]ot at work to[C]day While wo[C]rking on the fourteenth floor some br[G]icks I had to cl[C]ear But to[F]ssing them down from s[C]uch a height w[G]as not a good idea The for[F]eman wasn't v[C]ery pleased, he [F]is an awkward [Am]sod And he sa[C]id I had to cart them down the la[G]dders in me h[C]od Well cle[C]aring all these bricks by hand, it w[G]as so very s[C]low So I hois[F]ted up a ba[C]rrel and se[G]cured a rope below But [F]in me haste to d[C]o the job, I w[F]as too blind to [Am]see That a ba[C]rrel full of building bricks was he[G]avier than [C]me And s[C]o when I untied the rope the ba[G]rrel fell like l[C]ead And cli[F]nging tightly [C]to the rope, I sta[G]rted up instead I sho[F]t up like a r[C]ocket, and to [F]my dismay I f[Am]ound That ha[C]lfway up I met the bloody ba[G]rrel coming d[C]own Well the ba[C]rrel broke me shoulder, as [G]to the ground it s[C]ped And w[F]hen I reached the [C]top I banged the pu[G]lley with me head But I c[F]lung on tightly nu[C]mb with shock from t[F]his almighty b[Am]low While the ba[C]rrel spilled out half its bricks some four[G]teen floors bel[C]ow [C]When these bricks had fallen from the ba[G]rrel to the fl[C]oor I th[F]en outweighed the ba[C]rrel and so sta[G]rted down once more But I cl[F]ung on tightly to t[C]he rope me b[F]ody racked with p[Am]ain And ha[C]lfway down I met the bloody b[G]arrel once a[C]gain Now the fo[C]rce of this collision halfway do[G]wn the office blo[C]ck Ca[F]used multiple abr[C]asions and a nas[G]ty case of shock But I cl[F]ung on tightly to t[C]he rope as I f[F]ell towards the gro[Am]und And I la[C]nded on the broken bricks the ba[G]rrel had scattered ro[C]und. Now [C]as I lay there on the ground I tho[G]ught I'd passed the w[C]orst But the ba[F]rrel hit the pu[C]lley wheel and th[G]en the bottom burst A sh[F]ower of bricks rained do[C]wn on me I d[F]idn't have a h[Am]ope As I l[C]ay there bleeding on the ground I let [G]go of the bloody rope[C] The ba[C]rrel now being heavier so sta[G]rted down once m[C]ore It la[F]nded right acr[C]oss me as I l[G]ay there on the floor It b[F]roke three ribs and m[C]y left arm and [F]I can only s[Am]ay I h[C]ope you`ll understand why I am n[G]ot at work t[C]oday