The Pogues – Navigator (Ukulele)

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The canals, and the bridges, the embankments and cuts,

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They blasted and dug with their sweat and their guts,

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They never drank water but whiskey by pints,

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And the shanty towns rang with their songs and their fights.

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Navigator, Navigator, rise up and be strong,

               F                C          G7
The morning is here and there's work to be done,

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Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamite,

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For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight,

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Yes, to shift a few tons of this earthly delight.

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They died in their hundreds with no sign to mark where

                      F         C           G7
Save the brass in the pocket of the entrepreneur.

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By landslide and rockblast they got buried so deep

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That in death if not life they'll have peace while they sleep.

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Navigator, Navigator, rise up and be strong,

               F                C          G7
The morning is here and there's work to be done,

C                              F                G7
Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamite,

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For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight,

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Yes, to shift a few tons of this earthly delight.

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Their mark on this land is still seen and still laid

              F                   C             G7
The way for a commerce where vast fortunes were made

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The supply of an Empire where the sun never set

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Which is now deep in darkness, but the railway's there yet.

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Navigator, Navigator, rise up and be strong,

               F                C          G7
The morning is here and there's work to be done,

C                              F                G7
Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamite,

C                  F            C          G
For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight,

C                   F            C          G
Yes, to shift a few tons of this earthly delight.