The Dubliners - Building up and tearing england down
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Tuning: E A D G B E
SONG: BUILDING UP AND TEARING ENGLAND DOWN
ARTIST: THE DUBLINERS
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
BUILDING UP AND TEARING ENGLAND DOWN
THE DUBLINERS
INTRO:
A
VERSE:
Oh, I wAon a hero's name with McADlpine and CostEain
With FAitz Patrick, Murphy ADsh and the WEimpy's gAang
I've been Aoften on the road on me wDay to draw the dEole
When there's nAothing left to Ddo for JEohnny LaAing
BREAK:
And I uF#msed to think that God made the C#mixer, pick and hod
So a F#mPaddy might no hC#ell above the gF#mround
VERSE:
LOW E STRING -2---4-
I've had gAanger's big and tough
Tell me tDear that hole out roEugh
CHORUS:
When you're bAuilding up and tDearing EEngland dAown
VERSE:
In a tAunnel under ground a young LDimerick man was fEound
He was bAuilt into the nDew VEictoria lAine
When the bAonus gang had passed sticking fDrom the concrete cEast
Was the fAace of little ChDarlie JEoe DivAine
BREAK:
And the F#mganger man McGurk said big C#Paddy hates the work
When the F#mgas main blew and C#he flew off the gF#mround
VERSE:
LOW E STRING -2---4-
Oh they sAwore he'd send down slack
And I'll not be thDere until I'm bEack
CHORUS:
Keep on bAuilding up and tDearing EEngland dAown
VERSE:
I was Aon the shuttering dam on the dDay that Jack McCEann
Got the bAetter of his stDammer Ein a wAeek
He fell fArom the shuttering dam
And that pDoor old stuttering mEan
He was nAever ever mDore incElined to spAeak
BREAK:
And I F#msaw old Balls McColl with a C#big fly over haul
InF#mto a concrete C#mixer spinning F#mround
VERSE:
LOW E STRING -2---4-
Though it wAasn't his intent
He got a fDine head of cemEent
CHORUS:
When he was bAuilding up and tDearing EEngland dAown
VERSE:
I remAember carrier Jack with his hDod upon his bEack
How he swAore one day he'd sDet the woErld on fAire
Well his fAace they've never seen
Since his shDovel it cut clEean
To the mAiddle of the bDig high tEension wAires
BREAK:
Oh the F#mmore like Robin Hood well he wC#rung trough Cricklewood
Or dF#mance around the pC#ubs in Camdon F#mTown
VERSE:
LOW E STRING -2---4-
Oh but lAet no man proclaim
Sure old PDad' could die in vEain
CHORUS:
When he's bAuilding up and tDearing EEngland dAown
INSTRUMENTAL:
A D A E
A D A E A
F#m D A E A D A E A
F#m D A E A D A E A
F#m D A E A D A E A
VERSE:
So come aAll you navvy's bold
Do not thDink that English gEold
Is just wAaiting to be tDaken fErom each sAod
By the lAikes of you and me will never gDet an O.B.EE
Or a knAighthood for good sDervice Eto the hAod
BRIDGE:
It's the cF#moncrete master race
That would kC#eep you in your place
And a F#mganger man to kC#ick you to the gF#mround
VERSE:
LOW E STRING -2---4-
If you Aever try to take
Part of wDhat the bosses mEake
CHORUS:
When you're bAuilding up and tDearing EEngland dAown