Gordon Bok – Cannery Shed (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am D G [Chorus]
D G
I worked all my life in the cannery shed

    C      D            G
And if I'm dying or you think I'm dead

G
Don't bury my bones, but put me instead

     C          D       G
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
D   G
The cannery shed perches over the river

          C            D        G
Where the winter winds blow, we freeze and we shiver

G
When the boss comes around, I might have to give her

    C             D       G
My opinion of the cannery shed
[Chorus]
D G
I worked all my life in the cannery shed

    C      D            G
And if I'm dying or you think I'm dead

G
Don't bury my bones, but put me instead

     C          D       G
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
D  G
We chop off the heads and we chop off the tails

C             D           G
Scoop out the guts and we throw 'em in the pails

G
We won't get a rest till the next schooner sails

         C           D       G
From the dock at the cannery sheds
[Chorus]
D G
I worked all my life in the cannery shed

    C      D            G
And if I'm dying or you think I'm dead

G
Don't bury my bones, but put me instead

     C          D       G
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
D       G
There's no time to talk and there's no time to linger

C           D            G
Better move sharp or you might lose a finger

G
It'd turn your stomach if you knew everything

            C             D       G
That's been canned in the cannery shed
[Chorus]
D G
I worked all my life in the cannery shed

    C      D            G
And if I'm dying or you think I'm dead

G
Don't bury my bones, but put me instead

     C          D       G
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
D       G
Now, La Faye went away and he wrote me a letter

  C            D           G
I tucked it up high in the sleeve of my sweater

G
I slipped and it fell and it ended in the shredder

    C             D       G
Got canned in the cannery shed
[Chorus]
D G
I worked all my life in the cannery shed

    C      D            G
And if I'm dying or you think I'm dead

G
Don't bury my bones, but put me instead

     C          D       G
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
D        G
Now, the cannery boy, he's a very happy fella

      C          D             G
If he gets him a girl from the town of Stella

G
I would if I could, but I'm not going to tell ya

          C             D       G
What goes on behind the cannery shed
[Chorus]
D G
I worked all my life in the cannery shed

    C      D            G
And if I'm dying or you think I'm dead

G
Don't bury my bones, but put me instead

     C          D       G
In a can in the cannery shed