Corries - The bricklayers song

^GDear Sir I write this note to yo^Du to tell you of my pl^Gight ^CFor at the time of writing it I'm^G not a pretty s^Dight ^CMy body is all b^Glack and blue, my f^Dace a deathly gr^Cey And I wr^Gite this note to s^Cay why I am n^Dot at work to^Gday

^GWhile working on the fourteenth floor some br^Dicks I had to cl^Gear ^CBut tossing them down from s^Guch a height was n^Dot a good idea The for^Ceman wasn't v^Gery pleased he i^Ds an arkward s^Cod And he sa^Gid I had to c^Cart them down the la^Ddders in me h^God

^GWell clearing all these bricks by hand it w^Das so very sl^Gow So I hois^Cted up a barrel and ^Gsecured a rope be^Dlow But in ^Cme haste to ^Gdo the job, I was ^Dto blind to s^Cee That a ba^Grrel full of bui^Clding bricks was hea^Dvier than ^Gme

^GAnd so when I untied the rope the ba^Drrel fell like l^Gead And cli^Cnging tightly to t^Ghe rope I started ^Dup instead I sho^Ct up like a r^Gocket, and to my dis^Dmay I f^Cound That ha^Glfway up I m^Cet the bloody ba^Drrel coming d^Gown

^GWell the barrel broke me shoulder ^Das to the ground it s^Gped And w^Chen I reached the top ^GI banged the pulley w^Dith me head But I c^Clung on tightly nu^Gmb with shock from t^Dhis almighty b^Clow While the ba^Grrel spilled out h^Calf it's bricks some fou^Drteen floors be^Glow

^GWhen these bricks had fallen from the ba^Drrel to the fl^Goor I th^Cen outweighed the ba^Grrel and so sta^Drted down once more But I cl^Cung on tightly to t^Ghe rope me b^Dody racked with p^Cain And ha^Glfway down I ^Cmet the bloody ba^Drrel once ag^Gain

^GNow the force of this collision halfway d^Down the office bl^Gock Caused mul^Ctiple abra^Gsions and a nasty^D case of shock But I cl^Cung on tightly to t^Ghe rope as I f^Dell towards the gro^Cund And I la^Gnded on the br^Coken bricks the ba^Drrel had scattered ro^Gund.

^GNow as I lay there on the ground I thought I^D'd passed the wo^Grst But the ba^Crrel hit the pu^Glley wheel and then t^Dhe bottom burst A sh^Cower of bricks ra^Gined down on me I d^Didn't have a h^Cope As I l^Gay there bleeding o^Cn the ground I let go of t^Dhe bloody r^Gope

^GThe barrel now being heavier so sta^Drted down once m^Gore It la^Cnded right across m^Ge as I lay th^Dere on the floor It b^Croke three ribs a^Gnd my left arm a^Dnd I can only s^Cay I h^Gope you`ll under^Cstand why I am n^Dot at work t^Goday