The Wark O The Weavers chords

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[INTRO]
[C] xxx [G] xxx [C] xxx

[VERSE]
We're a' met taegither here tae [F] sitx and tae [C] crackx
Wi' oor glasses in oor hands and oor [F] warkx upon oor [G] backx
There's [C] naex a trade among them a' could [F] eitherx mend or [C] makx
If it wisnae for the wark o' the [G] weax [C] versx

[CHORUS]
If it wisnae for the [G] weavers,x [Am] whatx a' would they [Em] do?x
For [F] theyx wadnae [C] haex claith [F] madex o' oor [G] woo'x
[C] Theyx wadnae hae a coat, [F] neitherx black nor [C] bluex
Gin it was a' nae for the wark o' the [G] weax [C] versx

[VERSE]
The hireman chiels they mock us and the [F] crackx a' a[C]bootsx
They say we are thin-faced an' [F] sennemx in their [G] bootsx
But [C] yetx for a' their mockery, they [F] cannaex dae with[C]ootsx
Nor they cannae want the wark o' the [G] weax [C] versx

[CHORUS]
Gin it wisnae for the [G] weavers,x [Am] whatx a' would they [Em] do?x
For [F] theyx wadnae [C] haex claith [F] madex o' oor [G] woo'x
[C] Theyx wadnae hae a coat, [F] neitherx black nor [C] bluex
Gin it was a' nae for the wark o' the [G] weax [C] versx

[VERSE]
There's aricht and there's slaters and there's [F] glaziersx and [C] a'x
There's doctors and there's menisters and [F] themx that live for [G] lawx
And oor [C] friendsx in Sooth America, tho' [F] themx we never [C] sawx
But we ken they wear the wark o' the [G] weax [C] versx

[CHORUS]
Gin it wisnae for the [G] weavers,x [Am] whatx a' would they [Em] do?x
[F] Theyx wadnae [C] haex claith [F] madex o' oor [G] woo'x
[C] Theyx wadnae hae a coat, [F] neitherx black nor [C] bluex
Gin it was a' nae for the wark o' the [G] weax [C] versx

[VERSE]
There's oor sailors and oor sodgers, we [F] kenx they're a' [C] boldx
But if they had nae claes to wear, they [F] couldnaex fecht for [G] coldx
The [C] highx and low, the rich and puir, a'[F]bodyx young an' [C] oldx
They winnae want the wark o' the [G] weax [C] versx

[CHORUS]
If it wisnae for the [G] weavers,x [Am] whatx a' would they [Em] do?x
[F] Theyx wadnae [C] haex claith [F] madex o' oor [G] woo'x
[C] Theyx wadnae hae a coat, [F] neitherx black nor [C] bluex
Gin it was a' nae for the wark o' the [G] weax [C] versx

[VERSE]
There's folks that's independent o' [F] otherx tradesmen's [C] workx
The women need nae barber and the [F] dykersx need nae [G] clerkx
But [C] nanex o' them can dae wi'oot a [F] cuttyx or a [C] sarkx
Nor they cannae want the wark o' the [G] weax [C] versx

[CHORUS]
Gin it wisnae for the [G] weavers,x [Am] whatx a' would they [Em] do?x
[F] Theyx wadnae [C] haex claith [F] madex o' oor [G] woo'x
[C] Theyx wadnae hae a coat, [F] neitherx black nor [C] bluex
Gin it was a' nae for the wark o' the [G] weax [C] versx

[VERSE]
The weavin' is a trade, boys, that [F] nivverx can [C] failx
As lang as what we try tae keep [F] onex another [G] halex
Sae [C] letx us aye be merry ower a [F] pintx o' gud [C] alex
And drink tae the health o' the [G] weax [C] versx

[CHORUS]
If it wisnae for the w[G]eavers,x w[Am]hatx a' would they d[Em]o?xx
[F]Theyx wadnae [C] haex claith [F] madex o' oor [G] woo'x
[C] Theyx wadnae hae a coat, [F] neitherx black nor [C] bluex
Gin it was a' nae for the wark o' the [G] weax [C] versx
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Am X
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Em X
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