Key: G major
Verse 1
F
Bb
F
I'm losing will, love
My hands are soft as cotton gloves
Bb
F
Machine has eaten up my job
My meaning, my cause
Verse 2
F
Machine with the strength
Bb
F
of a hundred men
Can't feed and clothe my children
Bb
Can't greet a sailor coming in
F
Or know of desperation
Bb
F
Verse 3
Bb
F
I shovel coal down Spencer's dock
Gm
Bb
F
I took your dear into wed lock
Bb
F
And you did bear us a beautiful flock
River rock the machine
Bb
F
down on the docks
Bb
F
River rock the machine until it stops
Bb
Oh low
Verse 4
F
Liffey, show me gold
Bb
F
Like a heron I will go
Bb
F
Oh roaring Liffey when you're high
Bb
F
Like a cormorant I will dive
Verse 5
C
Bb
In the Galway glow at night we rise
F
Bb
We're gold enough to win back time
F
We're gold enough to
Bb
win back the pride
F
Bb
C
F
River rock the machine until it dies
Verse 6
Gm
Bb
Today, dear, I'm unemployed
F
Bb
F
Before I spoke, you read my eyes
Bb
F
I feared of nothing or no one
Bb
F
But I feel old and I'm so young
Verse 7
F
Bb
F
I miss the graft, I miss the boys
Bb
F
I plead for purpose in the void
Bb
F
Time is inward, ticking tighter
Gm
I wish my load was a mountain lighter
F
I
Verse 8
Bb
F
shovel coal down Spencer's dock
Bb
F
I took your dear into wedlock
Bb
F
And you did bear us a beautiful flock
River rock the machine
Bb
F
down on the docks
Bb
F
River rock the machine until it stops
Bb
Oh low
Verse 9
F
Liffey, show me gold
Bb
F
Like a heron I will go
Bb
F
Oh roaring Liffey when you're high
Bb
F
Like a cormorant I will dive
Verse 10
C
Bb
In the Galway glow at night we rise
F
Bb
We're gold enough to win back time
F
We're gold enough to
Bb
win back the pride
F
Bb
F
River rock the machine until it dies
Verse 11
F
River rock the machine
Bb
F
down on the docks
Bb
River rock the machine until it stops
F
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