Mary Black – Men Of Worth (Guitar)
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G Leave the land behind, laddie, better days to find C G Am D7 The companies have the money and they'll soon teach you the skills G Green fields far away, lads, the forties and the brae C G Em D G Be a madman or a roustabout, they'll soon teach you to drill D C G But who will tend me sheep when I'm far o'er the deep? C G Am D7 On the Neptune or the Sea Quest when the snow comes to the hills G la la la la lala la la la la laa C G Em D G la la la la la lala laa la la la la la laaa G Leave the fishing trade, lads, there's money to be made C G Am D7 The hand-line and the Shetland yawl are of a bygone day G Come to Aberdeen, lads; sights you've never seen! C G Em D G Be a welder on the pipeline or a fitter at McBay D C G But when the job is o'er and your boat rots on the shore C G Am D7 How will you feed your family when the companies go away? G La la la la lala la la la la laa C G Em D G La la la la la lala laa la la la la la laaa G There's harbours to be built, lads, rigs to tow and tilt C G Am D7 To rest upon the ocean bed, like pylons in the sea G Pipelines to be laid and a hundred different trades C G Em D G That will pay a decent living wage to the likes of you and me D C G I know you're men of 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 your way G From Flotta to Kishorn a new industry is born C G Em D G Now Peterhead and Cromarty will never be the same D C G I know you're men of 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 your way G La la la la lala la la la la laa C G Em D G La la la la la lala laa la la la la la laaa