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Shipbuilding
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Elvis Costello, Clive Langer
From EC’s _Punch the Clock_
(P) 1983
The Robert Wyatt version from 1982 is very much the same, only shorter.
The key is transposed two and a half tones up, his version is in Am.
Lyrics are from the _Punch the Clock_ inner sleeve
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2 On most of the song: x-5-7-7-7-5
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1 But may also be: x-5-7-7-6-5
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0 On the first times: x-x-2-0-0-0
Em/D#: x-x-1-0-0-0
Em/D: x-x-0-0-0-0
G: 3-5-5-4-3-3
C#dim: x-x-2-3-2-3 Also fits: A7: x-0-2-0-2-0
Cm7: x-3-5-3-4-3
Cmaj7: x-3-5-4-5-3 Easier to play: x-3-2-0-0-0
G7: 3-5-3-4-6-3
Gm: 3-5-5-3-3-3
Eb7 x-7-9-7-9-7 Can be played C#dim as well — I don’t know.
Am | C | D | D |
Em Em/D#
Is it worth it
Em/D C#dim D
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife
Dm Cm7 D
And a bicycle on the boy’s birthday
G
It’s just a rumour that was spread around town
C D
By the women and children
G
Soon we’ll be shipbuilding
Em Em/D#
Well I ask you
Em/D C#dim D
The boy said «Dad they’re going to make me to task
Dm Cm7 D
But I’ll be back by christmas»
G
It’s just a rumour that was spread around town
Cmaj7 D
Somebody said that someone got filled in
Cmaj7 D
For saying that people get killed in
Cmaj7 D G
The result of this shipbuilding
Nc G7
With all the will in the world
Eb6
Diving for dear life
D G
When we could be diving for pearls
Em Em/D# Em/D C#dim
D Dm Cm7
D G
It’s just a rumour that was spread around town
Cmaj7 D
A telegram or a picture postcard
Cmaj7 D
Within weeks they’ll be re-opening the shipyards
Cmaj7 D
And notifying the next of kin
G
Once again
G7
It’s all we’re skilled in
Eb6 D G
We will be shipbuilding
Gm
With all the will in the world
Eb6 D D D
Diving for dear life
D Em
When we could be diving for pearls
Em/D# Em/D C#dim
D Dm Cm7 D
G Cmaj7 D Cmaj7
D Cmaj7 D G
G7
It’s all we’re skilled in
Eb6 D G
We will be shipbuilding
Gm
With all the will in the world
Eb6 D D D
Diving for dear life
D D D D
When we could be diving for pearls
D D D D
When we could be diving for pearls
D Em
When we could be diving for pearls