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Intro
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Verse 1
Is it worth it,
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife,
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday?
It's just a rumour that was spread around town,
By the women and children,
Soon we'll be shipbuilding | / / / / |
Verse 2
Well, I ask you, the boy said,
"Dad, they're going to take me to task,
But I'll be back by Christmas!"
It's just a rumour that was spread around town,
Somebody said that someone got filled in...
...For saying that people get killed in...
...The result of this shipbuilding-------!
Bridge
G/B G/A G * G7/F
With all the will in the world,
G/B G/A G * D#
Div - ing for dear life,
When we could be diving for pearls
Break 1
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Verse 3
It's just a rumour that was spread around town,
A telegram or a picture postcard,
Within weeks they'll be re - opening the shipyards,
And notifying the next of kin, once again
Verse 4
G/B G/A G * G7/F
It's all we're skilled in,
G/B G/A G * D# D7 G
We will be shipbuilding-------,
G/B G/A G * Fsus4
With all the ...will in the world,
Gm/A# G/A G * D# Dsus4 D Dsus2
Div - ing for dear life,
When we could be diving for pearls-----------!
Break 2
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Verse 5
G/B G/A G * G7/F
It's all we're skilled in,
G/B G/A G * D# D7 G
We will be shipbuilding-------,
G/B G/A G * Fsus4
With all the ...will in the world,
Gm/A# G/A G * D# Dsus4 D Dsus2
Div - ing for dear life-----------,
When we could be diving for pearls
Coda
When we could be diving for pearls,
When we could be div - ing for pearls
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A#dim7 G/F# D/F# G Em
<3 of 5> <12 of 16> <7 of 20> <2 of 27> <3 of 26>
Gaug G7/F D# Fsus4 D#dim7
<14 of 20> <8 of 30> <3 of 16> <2 of 15> <3 of 3>
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A rare video of Elvis playing this on guitar,
it's the 2nd song at [3:38]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUCUnHLaduE
Instead of the progression that's used originally
on piano, Elvis uses this progression on guitar
in Verses 1, 2 and the break...
Em = xx2000 or 022000
Emmaj7 = xx1000 or 021000
Em7/D = xx0000 or xx0030
C#m7b5 = 042000
I think, he played the G7/F as [120003] or [12003x]
which I don't find as easy on the ear as the voicing
in my tab.
Instead of Cm/D#, he plays a conventional Cm [335543]
with his thumb on the bottom G, but he's probably
only muting it and doesn't appear to hit it.
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See all →These need nothing beyond Am, C, D, Em, Em/D#, Em/D, C#dim, Dm, Cm7, G, Cmaj7, G7, Eb6, Gm.
