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Kilroy Was Here chords by
Ewan Maccoll
Ewan Maccoll
Peggy Seeger
Peggy Seeger

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Verse 1
G

Who was here

when they handed out the

heavy jobs?
D

Jobs with a hammer,
G

the pick and shovel.

Who choked in the foundry,
D

froze at the fish -dog
G
D
C
D

Eight days to the week
G

Who was here

with a mile of rock above him

Three foot seam in the darkness

crouching

Stinging sweat in his eyes,

powdered rock in his spittle,
D

A hundred minutes to the hour.
G

Who was here
D
G

in the furrowed field stooped over,

Pain shapes the question in
D
G

bone and muscle,
C
G

roots and hands competing,

fumbling, groping,
D

28 hours to the day.
G

Who is here in the world of steel and plumber,

D
G

feeding leviathan in his cavern,
C
G
D

Breathing the hot, sharp stink of metal
G
D
G
D

Five week s to the month
G

Hey, you dog's body,
D
G

what do they call you?
D

Who clears up the mess
G

when the fight is over?

Who carries the broom,

the mop, and the bucket
D
C
D

Thirty -six months to the year
G

Smooth -faced old boy,

men instructed him

Gelding's programmed his energy,

coached him running

by men whose arches had fallen,
D
G
D

dead men told him how to live.
G

Kail Roy, Kail Roy,

where has Kail Roy gone?

Kail Roy was here,
D
G

see there's his mark.
C
G

He came this way,

he was wearing his number.
D
C
D

Did nobody see him pass

Did

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