WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Archie Fisher - Men O Worth Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
D G C G D7 G
[Verse]
G
Leave the land behind, laddie, there's better days to find
C G Am D7
The companies have the money and they'll soon teach you the skill
G
There's green fields far away, laddie, the forties and the brae
C G D7 G
Be a mudman or a roustabout, ye'll soon learn how to drill
D C G
But who will tend the sheep when I'm far o'er the deep?
C G Am D7
On the Neptune or the Seaquest when the snow comes to the hill
[Instrumental]
G
C G D7 G
[Verse]
G
Leave the fishin' trade, laddie, there's money tae be made
C G Am D7
The handline and the Shetland yawl are from a bygone day
G
Come tae Aberdeen, laddie, sights ye've never seen
C G D7 G
Be a welder on the pipeline or a fitter at Nigg Bay
D C G
When the job is o'er and my boat rots on the shore
C G Am D7
How will I feed my family when the companies move away?
[Instrumental]
G
C G D7 G
[Verse]
G
There's harbours to be built, lad, rigs to tow an tilt
C G Am D7
They rest upon the ocean bed like pylons in the sea
G
There's pipelines to be laid an' a hundred different trades
C G D7 G
That will pay a decent livin' wage to the likes o' you and me
D C G
I ken ye're men o' worth, you're the best that's in the north
C G Am D7
Not men of greed, but men who need the work that's come yer way
G
From Flutta tae Kishorn a new industry is born
C G D7 G
Now Peterhead and Cromarty will never be the same
[Outro]
D G C G D7
G
C G D7 G
