The Bricklayers Song Chords

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Dear CSir I write this note to you to tGell you of my plCight

For Fat the time of wriCting it, IG'm not a pretty sight

My bFody is all bClack and blue, my fFace a deathly grAmey

And I wrCite this note to say why I am nGot at work toCday

While woCrking on the fourteenth floor some brGicks I had to clCear

But toFssing them down from sCuch a height wGas not a good idea

The forFeman wasn't vCery pleased, he Fis an awkward Amsod

And he saCid I had to cart them down the laGdders in me hCod

Well cleCaring all these bricks by hand, it wGas so very sClow

So I hoisFted up a baCrrel and seGcured a rope below

But Fin me haste to dCo the job, I wFas too blind to Amsee

That a baCrrel full of building bricks was heGavier than Cme

And sCo when I untied the rope the baGrrel fell like lCead

And cliFnging tightly Cto the rope, I staGrted up instead

I shoFt up like a rCocket, and to Fmy dismay I fAmound

That haClfway up I met the bloody baGrrel coming dCown

Well the baCrrel broke me shoulder, as Gto the ground it sCped

And wFhen I reached the Ctop I banged the puGlley with me head

But I cFlung on tightly nuCmb with shock from tFhis almighty bAmlow

While the baCrrel spilled out half its bricks some fourGteen floors belCow

CWhen these bricks had fallen from the baGrrel to the flCoor

I thFen outweighed the baCrrel and so staGrted down once more

But I clFung on tightly to tChe rope me bFody racked with pAmain

And haClfway down I met the bloody bGarrel once aCgain

Now the foCrce of this collision halfway doGwn the office bloCck

CaFused multiple abrCasions and a nasGty case of shock

But I clFung on tightly to tChe rope as I fFell towards the groAmund

And I laCnded on the broken bricks the baGrrel had scattered roCund.

Now Cas I lay there on the ground I thoGught I'd passed the wCorst

But the baFrrel hit the puClley wheel and thGen the bottom burst

A shFower of bricks rained doCwn on me I dFidn't have a hAmope

As I lCay there bleeding on the ground I let Ggo of the bloody ropeC

The baCrrel now being heavier so staGrted down once mCore

It laFnded right acrCoss me as I lGay there on the floor

It bFroke three ribs and mCy left arm and FI can only sAmay

I hCope you`ll understand why I am nGot at work tCoday