Suede – Shipbuilding (Guitar)

Capo 1
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Chords

[Verse 1]
F#m     F         A
Is it worth it?

              Dm7                     E
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife

Em                F
    And a bicycle on the boy's birthday

E                            A
It's just a rumor that was spread around town

Dm7                   E
By the women and children

                    A
Soon we'll be shipbuilding
[Verse 2]
F#m      F        A
Well I ask you

                                     Dm7         E
The boy said, "Dad they're going to take me to task

Em            F
But I'll be back by Christmas"

E                             A
It's just a rumor that was spread around town

Dm7                             E
Somebody said that someone got filled in

F#m                  E
For saying that people get killed in

F#m                  E
The result of their shipbuilding
[Bridge]
A             G
With all the will in the world

          F
Diving for dear life

E                   A
When we could be diving for pearls
F#m F A Dm7 E Em
F    E   E   Esus4  E  Em    E
[Trumpet Solo]
[Verse 3]
E                             A
It's just a rumor that was spread around town

Dm7                E
A telegram or a picture postcard

F#m                           E
Within weeks they'll be re-opening the shipyard

F#m                 E
And notifying the next of kin

A
Once again
[Outro]
A                G
It's all we're skilled in

                 F        E    A
We will be shipbuilding

A             G
With all the will in the world

       F
Diving for dear life

E                   A
When we could be diving for pearls

A              G
With all the will in the world

        F
Diving for dear life

E                  A
When we could be diving for pearls