Corries - The bricklayers song

^FDear Sir I write this note to yo^Gu to tell you of my pl^Fight ^FFor at the time of writing it I'm^F not a pretty s^Gight ^FMy body is all b^Flack and blue, my f^Gace a deathly gr^Fey And I wr^Fite this note to s^Fay why I am n^Got at work to^Fday

^FWhile working on the fourteenth floor some br^Gicks I had to cl^Fear ^FBut tossing them down from s^Fuch a height was n^Got a good idea The for^Feman wasn't v^Fery pleased he i^Gs an arkward s^Fod And he sa^Fid I had to c^Fart them down the la^Gdders in me h^Fod

^FWell clearing all these bricks by hand it w^Gas so very sl^Fow So I hois^Fted up a barrel and ^Fsecured a rope be^Glow But in ^Fme haste to ^Fdo the job, I was ^Gto blind to s^Fee That a ba^Frrel full of bui^Flding bricks was hea^Gvier than ^Fme

^FAnd so when I untied the rope the ba^Grrel fell like l^Fead And cli^Fnging tightly to t^Fhe rope I started ^Gup instead I sho^Ft up like a r^Focket, and to my dis^Gmay I f^Found That ha^Flfway up I m^Fet the bloody ba^Grrel coming d^Fown

^FWell the barrel broke me shoulder ^Gas to the ground it s^Fped And w^Fhen I reached the top ^FI banged the pulley w^Gith me head But I c^Flung on tightly nu^Fmb with shock from t^Ghis almighty b^Flow While the ba^Frrel spilled out h^Falf it's bricks some fou^Grteen floors be^Flow

^FWhen these bricks had fallen from the ba^Grrel to the fl^Foor I th^Fen outweighed the ba^Frrel and so sta^Grted down once more But I cl^Fung on tightly to t^Fhe rope me b^Gody racked with p^Fain And ha^Flfway down I ^Fmet the bloody ba^Grrel once ag^Fain

^FNow the force of this collision halfway d^Gown the office bl^Fock Caused mul^Ftiple abra^Fsions and a nasty^G case of shock But I cl^Fung on tightly to t^Fhe rope as I f^Gell towards the gro^Fund And I la^Fnded on the br^Foken bricks the ba^Grrel had scattered ro^Fund.

^FNow as I lay there on the ground I thought I^G'd passed the wo^Frst But the ba^Frrel hit the pu^Flley wheel and then t^Ghe bottom burst A sh^Fower of bricks ra^Fined down on me I d^Gidn't have a h^Fope As I l^Fay there bleeding o^Fn the ground I let go of t^Ghe bloody r^Fope

^FThe barrel now being heavier so sta^Grted down once m^Fore It la^Fnded right across m^Fe as I lay th^Gere on the floor It b^Froke three ribs a^Fnd my left arm a^Gnd I can only s^Fay I h^Fope you`ll under^Fstand why I am n^Got at work t^Foday