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Verse 1
(E minor) Show some respect on this
deck for the dear departed,
(C major) Gather ye's round let's be bound
by the work we started,
(E minor) Save all your strength for the
length of the task before us,
(C major) Think on that ship on the slipway
they can't ignore us.
(A minor) It's what he would have wanted,
(D major) he'll not be disappointed,
(G major) Each of us well appointed,
(E major) we've all but been anointed,
(A minor) Such was our occupa (D major) tion,
this means of our salvation,
(G major) We'll make a rope out of our dream (Gaug)
s and hopes and tribulations.
(C major) We'll weave these strands together,
we'll splice a (C minor) rope and tether,
(G major) And though we won't know whether,
(Esus4) it's fair or stormy (E minor) weather,
(A minor) We'll quit this quay,
And we'll (D major) cast this net of souls
upon (G major) the sea. (G minor)
Verse 2
(E minor) Pick up your tools,
we're not fools to be treated lightly,
(C major) We'll weld our souls to the bulkheads,
secure them tightly,
(E minor) We'll use the skills and the crafts
that our fathers taught us,
(C major) We work with pride, (F sharpaug) not as slaves,
(C major) no one ever bought us.
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Verse 3
(A minor) We'll weave a net of our dreams (D major)
and our hopes between us,
(G major) We'll be the envy of that sorry (E major) bunch
who'll wish they'd been us,
(A minor) We'll form a web of steel,
a (D major) structure that will not be broken,
(G major) We'll be the heroes of the day (Gaug)
Verse 4
whenever tales are spoken.
(C major) And as the dance gets faster,
we'll (C minor) build a double mas (C major) ter,
(G major) No vessel will outlast her, (E minor)
no other ship gets (B minor) past her,
(A minor) We'll quit this quay,
And we'll (Dsus4) cast this net
of souls (D major) upon (G major) the sea. (G minor)
Verse 5
(F minor) Come (Caug) strike the floor (F minor) (Caug) with
your feet (F minor) all you lads and lasses,
(D flat major) And if you're too old to dance,
you can raise your glasses,
(F minor) Just come on in, (Caug) take a spin, (F minor)
in your dreams ye've held her.
(D flat major) What are ye? Man or a mouse,
or a shipyard (Fdim) welder?
Verse 6
(B flat minor) Shy bairns get nowt for waiting,
(E flat major) so why ye hesitating?
(A flat major) Ships don't get built debating,
(F major) or launched just contemplating.
(B flat minor) Wear out your old shoe leather,
(E flat major) we're in this dance together,
(A flat major) We'll pull the blades and feather,
(Caug) in fair or clement weather.
(D flat major) Each one of us connected,
all trades and skills (D flat minor) respected,
(A flat major) Always to be expected,
(F minor) we will not be deflected,
(B flat minor) We'll quit this quay,
And we'll (E flat major) cast this net of souls
upon (A flat major) the sea. (F minor) (A flat minor) (Fdim)
Verse 7
(F minor) Na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na (D flat major) na na (E flat major) na na na na na na (D flat major) na na na na
Na na (F minor) na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na (D flat major) na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
(B flat minor) Na na na na na na na
Verse 8
Na na na (E flat major) (A flat major) na na na na
Na na na (F major) na na na (B flat minor) na
Na na na na, la (E flat major) la la (A flat major)
La la (F minor) (Gaug) (A flat minor) (Fdim) la la la la la (A flat minor)
Verse 9
(G flat minor) Show some (D flataug) respect, (G flat minor) fill the deck,
(D flataug) get the (G flat minor) lassies (D flataug) twirling,
(D major) 'Cos (A minor) they ex (D major) pect (Caug) to be swept (D major)
off (A minor) their feet (D major) and whirling,
(G flat minor) Life (D flataug) is a (G flat minor) dance,
a romance (D flataug) where ye take (G flat minor) your chances, (D flataug)
(D major) Just don't be left (G flatdim) on the shores
of regret (D major) ful glances.
(B minor) We may not (E major) drive Rolls Royces,
we're hardly spoilt for choices,
(A major) If we're to pay invoices,
(G flat major) we'll need to raise (G flataug) our voices.
(B minor) Our strength is in communion,
(E major) this boilermakers' union,
(A major) The shipwright welders' guilds,
with (D flataug) every working station filled.
Verse 10
(D major) These bonds we've spliced to (A major) gether,
(D minor) will face all kinds of weather,
(A major) Considered altogether,
(G flat minor) and sailing Hell for leather,
(B minor) We'll quit this quay,
And we'll (Esus4) cast (E major) this net of (Esus4) souls (E major)
upon the (A major) sea. (G flat minor) (G flatsus4)
(G flat minor) (B minor)
Where will you be,
When we cast (Esus4) (A major) this net of souls
(E major) upon the sea?
Outro 1
(A major) (A minor) (G flatdim)
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