Shipbuilding Chords & Lyrics - Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Artist: Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Intro: [Am] [Am/G] [D7] [D]
[Em]Is it w[Em/D#]orth it [Em/D]
A new winter [C#dim]coat and shoes for the [D]wife [Dm]
And a bicycle [Cm7]on the boy's birthday [D]
It's just a rumour that was sp[G]read around town [C]
By the women and chil[D]dren
Soon we'll be [G]shipbuildin[G]g [Em]
[Em/D#]Well I as[Em/D]k you
The boy said 'D[C#dim]ad they're going to take me to ta[D]sk [Dm]
but I'll be b[Cm7]ack by christmas' [D]
It's just a rumour that was sp[G]read around town [C]
SomD#ody said that so[D]meone got filled in [C]
For saying that peo[D]ple get killed in [C]
The result of th[D]is shipbuilding [G]
With all the w[G7]ill in the world
Diving for d[D#6]ear life [D]
When we could be div[G]ing for pearls
Solo: [Em] [Em/D#] [Em/D] [C#dim] [D] [Dm] [Cm7] [D]
It's just a rumour that was sp[G]read around town [C]
A telegram or a [D]picture postcard [C]
Within weeks they'll be re-o[D]pening the shipyards [C]
And notifying the n[D]ext of kin
O[G]nce again
It's all we're sk[G7]illed in
We will be [D#6]shipbuilding [D] [G]
With all the [Gm]will in the world
Diving for [D#6]dear life [D]
When we could be d[Em]iving for pearls
Solo 2: [Em/D#] [Em/D] [C#dim] [D] [Dm] [Cm7] [D] [G] [C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D] [G]
It's all we're sk[G7]illed in
We will be [D#6]shipbuilding [D] [G]
With all the [Gm]will in the world
Diving for [D#6]dear life [D]
[D]When we could be diving for pearls
[D]When we could be diving for pearls
[D]When we could be d[Em]iving for pearls
[Em]Is it w[Em/D#]orth it [Em/D]
A new winter [C#dim]coat and shoes for the [D]wife [Dm]
And a bicycle [Cm7]on the boy's birthday [D]
It's just a rumour that was sp[G]read around town [C]
By the women and chil[D]dren
Soon we'll be [G]shipbuildin[G]g [Em]
[Em/D#]Well I as[Em/D]k you
The boy said 'D[C#dim]ad they're going to take me to ta[D]sk [Dm]
but I'll be b[Cm7]ack by christmas' [D]
It's just a rumour that was sp[G]read around town [C]
SomD#ody said that so[D]meone got filled in [C]
For saying that peo[D]ple get killed in [C]
The result of th[D]is shipbuilding [G]
With all the w[G7]ill in the world
Diving for d[D#6]ear life [D]
When we could be div[G]ing for pearls
Solo: [Em] [Em/D#] [Em/D] [C#dim] [D] [Dm] [Cm7] [D]
It's just a rumour that was sp[G]read around town [C]
A telegram or a [D]picture postcard [C]
Within weeks they'll be re-o[D]pening the shipyards [C]
And notifying the n[D]ext of kin
O[G]nce again
It's all we're sk[G7]illed in
We will be [D#6]shipbuilding [D] [G]
With all the [Gm]will in the world
Diving for [D#6]dear life [D]
When we could be d[Em]iving for pearls
Solo 2: [Em/D#] [Em/D] [C#dim] [D] [Dm] [Cm7] [D] [G] [C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D] [G]
It's all we're sk[G7]illed in
We will be [D#6]shipbuilding [D] [G]
With all the [Gm]will in the world
Diving for [D#6]dear life [D]
[D]When we could be diving for pearls
[D]When we could be diving for pearls
[D]When we could be d[Em]iving for pearls
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