The Bricklayers Song
Key: CEnglish
Verse
Dear CSir I write this note to you to Gtell you of my Cplight
For Fat the time of wriCting it, I'm D7not a pretty Gsight
My Fbody is all Cblack and blue, my Fface a deathly Amgrey
And I Cwrite this note to say why I am Gnot at work toCday
Verse
While Cworking on the fourteenth floor some Gbricks I had to Cclear
But Ftossing them down from Csuch a height was D7not a good Gidea
The foFreman wasn't Cvery pleased, he Fis an awkward Amsod
And he Csaid I had to cart them down the Gladders in me Chod
Verse
Well Cclearing all these bricks by hand, it Gwas so very Cslow
So I hoisFted up a Cbarrel and D7secured a rope Gbelow
But Fin me haste to Cdo the job, I Fwas too blind to Amsee
That a Cbarrel full of building bricks was Gheavier than Cme
Verse
And Cso when I untied the rope the Gbarrel fell like Clead
And Fclinging tightly Cto the rope, I D7started up Ginstead
I Fshot up like a Crocket, and to Fmy dismay I Amfound
That Chalfway up I met the bloody Gbarrel coming Cdown
Verse
Well the Cbarrel broke me shoulder, as Gto the ground it Csped
And Fwhen I reached the Ctop I banged the D7pulley with me Ghead
But I Fclung on tightly Cnumb with shock from Fthis almighty Amblow
While the Cbarrel spilled out half its bricks some fourGteen floors beClow
Verse
CWhen these bricks had fallen from the Gbarrel to the Cfloor
I Fthen outweighed the Cbarrel and so D7started down once Gmore
But I Fclung on tightly to Cthe rope me Fbody racked with Ampain
And Chalfway down I met the bloody Gbarrel once aCgain
Verse
Now the Cforce of this collision halfway Gdown the office Cblock
FCaused multiple aCbrasions and a D7nasty case of Gshock
But I Fclung on tightly to Cthe rope as I Ffell towards the Amground
And I Clanded on the broken bricks the Gbarrel had scattered Cround.
Verse
Now Cas I lay there on the ground I Gthought I'd passed the Cworst
But the Fbarrel hit the Cpulley wheel and D7then the bottom Gburst
A Fshower of bricks rained Cdown on me I Fdidn't have a Amhope
As I Clay there bleeding on the ground I let Ggo of the bloody rope C
Verse
The Cbarrel now being heavier so Gstarted down once Cmore
It Flanded right aCcross me as I D7lay there on the Gfloor
It Fbroke three ribs and Cmy left arm and FI can only Amsay
I Chope you'll understand why I am Gnot at work Ctoday