Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Shipbuilding (Bass Tab)

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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   is it   worth it  a new winter coat and shoes     for       the    wife

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   and a bicycle on the boy's birthday

[Chorus 1]
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    it's just a rumor that's spread around

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   By the women and children             Soon we'll be shipbuilding

[Verse 2]
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Well I ask you The boy said "Dad they're going to make me to task

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But I'll be back by christmas"

[Chorus 2]
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    it's just a rumor that's spread around

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  Somebody said that someone got filled in

[Bridge 1]
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   For saying that people get killed in

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    The result of this shipbuilding

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    With all the will in the world

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    Diving for dear life

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    When we could be diving for pearls

[Trumpet Solo 1] (same as verse)
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[Chorus 3]
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    it's just a rumor that's spread around town

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    A telegram or a picture postcard

[Bridge 2]
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    Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyards

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    And notifying the next of kin          once again

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It's all we're skilled in

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    We will be shipbuilding

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    Diving for dear life

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    When we could be diving for pearls

[Trumpet Solo 2]
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[Verse 3]
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It's all we're skilled in

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    We will be shipbuilding

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    Diving for dear life

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    When we could be diving for pearls

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   when we could be                diving for pearls....