Shipbuilding

[Verso 1]
 
C                    G/B  Am 
   Is it worth it? 
    G                               F 
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife 
C/E           Dm/F                 G/D 
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday 
             G             Am                C/G 
It's just a rumor that was spread around town 
                 G 
By the women and children 
                 Am 
Soon we'll be shipbuilding 


Dm F/C Bdim G G#dim 
 


[Verso 2]
 
C        G/B        Am 
    Well I ask you 
               G                         F 
The boy said, "Dad they're going to take me to task 
C/E             Dm/F               G/D 
    But I'll be home by Christmas" 
             G             Am            C/G 
It's just a rumor that was spread around town 
                   G                     Am 
Somebody said that someone got filled in 
                  G                  Am/C 
For saying that people get killed in 
                 G/D           C/G 
The result of this shipbuilding 
 


[Ponte]
 
             Bb/F 
With all the will in the world 
           G#/D#     G/D 
Diving for dear life 
                 C/G 
When we could be diving for pearls 


C/G Em/G 

Am/E C/E F/C G#/D# G/D 
 


[Verso 3]
 
G/D         G              Am 
It's just a rumor that was spread around town 
F                G 
A telegram or a picture postcard 
Am                      G/B 
Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyard 
Am/C              G/D 
And notifying the next of kin 
C/E 
Once again 
 


[Ponte]
 
               Bb/F 
It's all we're skilled in 
           G#           G 
We will be shipbuilding 
           G#           G 
We will be shipbuilding 
           G#           G     C/G 
We will be shipbuilding 

C/G          Bb 
With all the will in the world 
           G#        G 
Diving for dear life 

When we could be diving for pearls 

G 
C