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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
EADGBe
 G chord 32|||3
 chord x32|1|
 D chord xx|232
 (VERSE 1)
 The canals  and the bridges,  the embankments  and cuts,
 They blasted  and dug  with their sweat  and their guts
 They never  drank water  but whiskey  by pints
 And the shanty  towns rang  with their songs  and their fights.
 (CHORUS)
 Navigator,  navigator,  rise up  and be strong,
 The morning  is here  and there's work  to be done.
 Take your pick  and your shovel  and the bold  dynamite
 For to shift  a few tons  of this earthly  delight,
 Yes to shift  a few tons  of this earthly  delight.
 (VERSE 2)
 They died  in their hundreds,  with no sign  to mark where,
 Save the brass  in the pocket  of the entrepreneur.
 By landslide  and rock  blast they got buried  so deep,
 That in death  if not life  they'll have peace  while they sleep.
 (CHORUS)
 (VERSE 3)
 Their mark  on this land  is still seen  and still laid.
 The way  for a commerce  where vast fortunes  were made.
 The supply  of an empire  where the sun  never sets,
 Which is now  deep in darkness  but the railway's  there yet..
 (CHORUS)

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Readable chord sheet for Navigator by The Pogues

EADGBe
G chord  32|||3
[C] chord  x32|1|
D chord  xx|232

(VERSE 1)
The ca[G]nals and the [G]bridges, the em[G]bankments and [C]cuts, [C]

They [G]blasted and [G]dug with their [C]sweat and their [D]guts  [D]

They [G]never drank [G]water but [G]whiskey by [C]pints [C]

And the [G]shanty towns [G]rang with their [D]songs and their [G]fights.

(CHORUS)
Navi[G]gator, navi[G]gator, rise [C]up and be [G]strong,

The [G]morning is [G]here and there's [C]work to be [D]done.

Take your [G]pick and your [G]shovel and the [C]bold dyna[G]mite

For to [G]shift a few [C]tons of this [D]earthly de[G]light,

Yes to [G]shift a few [C]tons of this [D]earthly de[G]light.  [G]

(VERSE 2)
They [G]died in their [G]hundreds, with no [C]sign to mark [G]where, [G]

Save the [G]brass in the [G]pocket of the [C]entrepre[D]neur. [D]

By [G]landslide and [G]rock blast they got [C]buried so [G]deep, [G]

That in [G]death if not [C]life they'll have [D]peace while they [G]sleep.
(CHORUS)

(VERSE 3)
Their [G]mark on this [G]land is still [C]seen and still [G]laid.  [G]

The [G]way for a [G]commerce where vast [C]fortunes were [D]made. [D]

The su[G]pply of an [G]empire where the [C]sun never [G]sets, [G]

Which is [G]now deep in [C]darkness but the [D]railway's there [G]yet..
(CHORUS)

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