Show some respect chords by Sting
Verse 1
Em
Show some respect on this
deck for the dear departed,
C
Gather ye's round let's be bound
by the work we started,
Em
Save all your strength for the
length of the task before us,
C
Think on that ship on the slipway
they can't ignore us.
Am
It's what he would have wanted,
D
he'll not be disappointed,
G
Each of us well appointed,
E
we've all but been anointed,
Am
D
Such was our occupation,
this means of our salvation,
G
Gaug
We'll make a rope out of our dream
s and hopes and tribulations.
C
We'll weave these strands together,
Cm
we'll splice a rope and tether,
G
And though we won't know whether,
Esus4
Em
it's fair or stormy weather,
Am
We'll quit this quay,
D
And we'll cast this net of souls
G
Gm
upon the sea.
Verse 2
Em
Pick up your tools,
we're not fools to be treated lightly,
C
We'll weld our souls to the bulkheads,
secure them tightly,
Em
We'll use the skills and the crafts
that our fathers taught us,
C
F#aug
We work with pride, not as slaves,
C
no one ever bought us.
Verse 3
Am
D
We'll weave a net of our dreams
and our hopes between us,
G
E
We'll be the envy of that sorry bunch
who'll wish they'd been us,
Am
We'll form a web of steel,
D
a structure that will not be broken,
G
Gaug
We'll be the heroes of the day
Verse 4
whenever tales are spoken.
C
And as the dance gets faster,
Cm
C
we'll build a double master,
G
Em
No vessel will outlast her,
Bm
no other ship gets past her,
Am
We'll quit this quay,
Dsus4
And we'll cast this net
D
G
Gm
of souls upon the sea.
Verse 5
Fm
Caug
Fm
Caug
Come strike the floor with
Fm
your feet all you lads and lasses,
Db
And if you're too old to dance,
you can raise your glasses,
Fm
Caug
Fm
Just come on in, take a spin,
in your dreams ye've held her.
Db
What are ye? Man or a mouse,
Fdim
or a shipyard welder?
Verse 6
Bbm
Shy bairns get nowt for waiting,
Eb
so why ye hesitating?
Ab
Ships don't get built debating,
F
or launched just contemplating.
Bbm
Wear out your old shoe leather,
Eb
we're in this dance together,
Ab
We'll pull the blades and feather,
Caug
in fair or clement weather.
Db
Each one of us connected,
Dbm
all trades and skills respected,
Ab
Always to be expected,
Fm
we will not be deflected,
Bbm
We'll quit this quay,
Eb
And we'll cast this net of souls
Ab
Fm
Abm
Fdim
upon the sea.
Verse 7
Fm
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Db
Eb
Db
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Fm
Na na na na na na na na na na na na
Db
Na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Bbm
Na na na na na na na
Verse 8
Eb
Ab
Na na na na na na na
F
Bbm
Na na na na na na na
Eb
Ab
Na na na na, la la la
Fm
Gaug
Abm
Fdim
Abm
La la la la la la la
Verse 9
Gbm
Dbaug
Gbm
Show some respect, fill the deck,
Dbaug
Gbm
Dbaug
get the lassies twirling,
D
Am
D
Caug
D
'Cos they expect to be swept
Am
D
off their feet and whirling,
Gbm
Dbaug
Gbm
Life is a dance,
Dbaug
Gbm
Dbaug
a romance where ye take your chances,
D
Gbdim
Just don't be left on the shores
D
of regretful glances.
Bm
E
We may not drive Rolls Royces,
we're hardly spoilt for choices,
A
If we're to pay invoices,
Gb
Gbaug
we'll need to raise our voices.
Bm
Our strength is in communion,
E
this boilermakers' union,
A
The shipwright welders' guilds,
Dbaug
with every working station filled.
Verse 10
D
A
These bonds we've spliced together,
Dm
will face all kinds of weather,
A
Considered altogether,
Gbm
and sailing Hell for leather,
Bm
We'll quit this quay,
Esus4
E
Esus4
E
And we'll cast this net of souls
A
Gbm
Gbsus4
upon the sea.
Gbm
Bm
Where will you be,
Esus4
A
When we cast this net of souls
E
upon the sea?
Outro 1
A
Am
Gbdim
A
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