[INTRO]
[Am] [D] [G]
[CHORUS]
[D]I [G]worked all my life in the cannery shed
And [C]if I'm [D]dying or you [G]think I'm dead
[G]Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
In a [C]can in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[VERSE]
[D]The [G]cannery shed perches over the river
Where the [C]winter winds [D]blow, we [G]freeze and we shiver
[G]When the boss comes around, I might have to give her
My o[C]pinion of the [D]cannery [G]shed
[CHORUS]
[D]I [G]worked all my life in the cannery shed
And [C]if I'm [D]dying or you [G]think I'm dead
[G]Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
In a [C]can in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[VERSE]
[D]We [G]chop off the heads and we chop off the tails
[C]Scoop out the [D]guts and we [G]throw 'em in the pails
[G]We won't get a rest till the next schooner sails
From the [C]dock at the [D]cannery [G]sheds
[CHORUS]
[D]I [G]worked all my life in the cannery shed
And [C]if I'm [D]dying or you [G]think I'm dead
[G]Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
In a [C]can in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[VERSE]
[D]There's [G]no time to talk and there's no time to linger
[C]Better move [D]sharp or you [G]might lose a finger
[G]It'd turn your stomach if you knew everything
That's been [C]canned in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[CHORUS]
[D]I [G]worked all my life in the cannery shed
And [C]if I'm [D]dying or you [G]think I'm dead
[G]Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
In a [C]can in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[VERSE]
[D]Now, La [G]Faye went away and he wrote me a letter
I [C]tucked it up [D]high in the [G]sleeve of my sweater
[G]I slipped and it fell and it ended in the shredder
Got [C]canned in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[CHORUS]
[D]I [G]worked all my life in the cannery shed
And [C]if I'm [D]dying or you [G]think I'm dead
[G]Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
In a [C]can in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[VERSE]
[D]Now, the [G]cannery boy, he's a very happy fella
If he [C]gets him a [D]girl from the [G]town of Stella
[G]I would if I could, but I'm not going to tell ya
What goes [C]on behind the [D]cannery [G]shed
[CHORUS]
[D]I [G]worked all my life in the cannery shed
And [C]if I'm [D]dying or you [G]think I'm dead
[G]Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
In a [C]can in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[Am] [D] [G]
[CHORUS]
[D]I [G]worked all my life in the cannery shed
And [C]if I'm [D]dying or you [G]think I'm dead
[G]Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
In a [C]can in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[VERSE]
[D]The [G]cannery shed perches over the river
Where the [C]winter winds [D]blow, we [G]freeze and we shiver
[G]When the boss comes around, I might have to give her
My o[C]pinion of the [D]cannery [G]shed
[CHORUS]
[D]I [G]worked all my life in the cannery shed
And [C]if I'm [D]dying or you [G]think I'm dead
[G]Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
In a [C]can in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[VERSE]
[D]We [G]chop off the heads and we chop off the tails
[C]Scoop out the [D]guts and we [G]throw 'em in the pails
[G]We won't get a rest till the next schooner sails
From the [C]dock at the [D]cannery [G]sheds
[CHORUS]
[D]I [G]worked all my life in the cannery shed
And [C]if I'm [D]dying or you [G]think I'm dead
[G]Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
In a [C]can in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[VERSE]
[D]There's [G]no time to talk and there's no time to linger
[C]Better move [D]sharp or you [G]might lose a finger
[G]It'd turn your stomach if you knew everything
That's been [C]canned in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[CHORUS]
[D]I [G]worked all my life in the cannery shed
And [C]if I'm [D]dying or you [G]think I'm dead
[G]Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
In a [C]can in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[VERSE]
[D]Now, La [G]Faye went away and he wrote me a letter
I [C]tucked it up [D]high in the [G]sleeve of my sweater
[G]I slipped and it fell and it ended in the shredder
Got [C]canned in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[CHORUS]
[D]I [G]worked all my life in the cannery shed
And [C]if I'm [D]dying or you [G]think I'm dead
[G]Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
In a [C]can in the [D]cannery [G]shed
[VERSE]
[D]Now, the [G]cannery boy, he's a very happy fella
If he [C]gets him a [D]girl from the [G]town of Stella
[G]I would if I could, but I'm not going to tell ya
What goes [C]on behind the [D]cannery [G]shed
[CHORUS]
[D]I [G]worked all my life in the cannery shed
And [C]if I'm [D]dying or you [G]think I'm dead
[G]Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
In a [C]can in the [D]cannery [G]shed
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