JAMES KEELAGHAN - STONECUTTER CHORDS

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James Keelaghan - Stonecutter ## NOTE 1: - = Quick Chord Change ## ## NOTE 2: ~ = Walk-Up from Am to C ## INTRO: C Em D-G D G (3x) C Em D-G D

If you're ^Gdown by Queen and Britain streets You'll ^Dfind Stonecutter's ^GLane

The house that my Grandfather built

Where ^DI was born and ^Graised ^CMy Granddad was a ^Gmason And my ^Dfather in his ^Ctime When my time ^Dcame I ^Gsigned as an ap^Cprentice lad

INTERLUDE: Em D-G D G C Em D-G D G The early Nineteen Hundreds

Were a ^Drich, fat after^Gnoon We were cutting stone like demons No ^Dwork was done too ^Gsoon We were ^Chired out on ^Gseven jobs And ^Dso to take the ^Cslack We put out ^Dadver^Gtisements for ap^Cprentice lads

INTERLUDE: Em D-G D G C Em D-G D BRIDGE: You'd never find a better crew

^CThey knew what work ^Gwas ^D Cornices and lintels They laid ^Cstone like they were ^Ggods To ^Dhear the hammers ring out Am ~ C You'd think it was a song

In ^GAugust, Nineteen Fourteen In the ^Dsultry summer ^Gheat

They took a vote in Ottawa

The ^Ddrums began to ^Gbeat ^CHonour, glory, ^Gus or them The ^Dstory doesn't ^Cchange To a man they ^Dall en^Glisted, my ap^Cprentice lads

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I ^Gdidn't say that I agreed 'Cause ^DI knew what war ^Gwas

It was worker killing worker

For some ^Dpolitician's ^Gcause And ^Coff to battle ^Gthey all marched They ^Dgassed them at Cam^Cbrai The dogs of ^Dwar had ^Gdone for my ap^Cprentice lads

INTERLUDE: Em D-G D G C Em D-G D BRIDGE: In Nineteen Sixteen fire broke out

^CParliament was ^Grazed The ^Dcall went out for masons To re^Cbuild and to re-^Glay It was the ^Dcontract of a lifetime Am ~ C The house upon the hill

So they ^Gcame out from Vancouver They came ^Ddown from Montre^Gal

Master masons everyone

They were ^Danswering their ^Gcall There was ^Cno man under ^Gthirty No ^Dman whose work I didn't ^Cknow The fields of ^DFrance had ^Gswallowed the ap^Cprentice lads

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It's ^GNineteen Twenty-One now I'm ^Dstanding at the ^Gpeak

About to cap the Peace Tower off

There's ^Dno one here can ^Gspeak The ^Cmortar for th^Gat stone we mixed With ^Dclay from Flanders' ^CFields Laid it ^Din it's ^Gplace for those ap^Cprentice lads Yeah, we laid it ^Din it's ^Gplace for those ap^Cprentice lads

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