Tablature ship building - Elvis Costello

          



 {t:Shipbuilding}

  {st:Elvis Costello}

  #from the album Punch the Clock

  #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]Is it wo[Em/D#]rth it

  [Em/D]A new winter [C#dim]coat and shoes for the [D]wife

  [Dm]And a bicycle [Cm7]on the boy's birthda[D]y

  It's just a rumour that was [G]spread around town

  [C]By the women and [D]children

  Soon we'll be [G]shipbuilding

  

  [Em]Well I [Em/D#]ask you

  [Em/D]The boy said "[C#dim]Dad they're going to make me [D]to task

  [Dm]But I'll be [Cm7]back by christma[D]s"

  It's just a rumour that was [G]spread around town

  [Cmaj7]Somebody said that [D]someone got filled in

  [Cmaj7]For saying that [D]people get killed in

  [Cmaj7]The result of [D]this shipbuilding[G]

  nc           G7

  With all the will in the world

  Diving for [Eb6]dear life

  [D]When we could be [G]diving for pearls

  

  [Em][Em/D#][Em/D][C#dim]

  [D][Dm][Cm7]

  [D]It's just a rumour that was [G]spread around town

  [Cmaj7]A telegram or a [D]picture postcard

  [Cmaj7]Within weeks they'll be re-[D]opening the shipyards

  [Cmaj7]And notifying the [D]next of kin

  [G]Once again

  It's all we're [G7]skilled in

  We will be [Eb6]shipbuilding[D][G]

  With all the [Gm]will in the world

  Diving for [Eb6]dear life[D][D][D]

  [D]When we could be [Em]diving for pearls

  [Em/D#][Em/D][C#dim]

  [D][Dm][Cm7][D]

  [G][Cmaj7][D][Cmaj7]

  [D][Cmaj7][D][G]

  It's all we're [G7]skilled in

  We will be [Eb6]shipbuilding[D][G]

  With all the [Gm]will in the world

  Diving for [Eb6]dear life[D][D][D]

  [D]When we could be [D]diving for pearls[D][D]

  [D]When we could be [D]diving for pearls[D][D]

  [D]When we could be div[Em]ing for pearls

   


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 Ship building, de Elvis costello 

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