Shipbuilding chords by Elvis Costello

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                Ofir Zwebner
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Shipbuilding
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Elvis Costello, Clive Langer
From EC's _Punch the Clock_
(P) 1983

The Robert Wyatt version from 1982 is very much the same, only shorter.
The key is transposed two and a half tones up, his version is in Am.

Lyrics are from the _Punch the Clock_ inner sleeve


Am:    x-0-2-2-1-0
C:     x-3-2-0-1-0
D:     x-x-0-2-3-2   On most of the song:  x-5-7-7-7-5
Dm:    x-x-0-2-3-1   But may also be:      x-5-7-7-6-5
Em:    0-2-2-0-0-0   On the first times:   x-x-2-0-0-0
Em/D#: x-x-1-0-0-0
Em/D:  x-x-0-0-0-0
G:     3-5-5-4-3-3
C#dim: x-x-2-3-2-3   Also fits:       A7:  x-0-2-0-2-0
Cm7:   x-3-5-3-4-3
Cmaj7: x-3-5-4-5-3   Easier to play:       x-3-2-0-0-0
G7:    3-5-3-4-6-3
Gm:    3-5-5-3-3-3
Eb7    x-7-9-7-9-7   Can be played C#dim as well - I don't know.




Am | C | D | D |


Em      Em/D#
Is it worth it
Em/D         C#dim                  D
A new winter coat and ...
Dm            Cm7                 D
And a bicycle on ...
                            G
It's just a rumour that ...
C                D
By the women ...
              G
Soon we'll ...


Em     Em/D#
Well I ...
Em/D          C#dim                        D
The boy said "Dad they're ...
Dm          Cm7             D
But I'll be back ...
                            G
It's just a rumour that was ...
Cmaj7              D
Somebody said that ...
Cmaj7           D
For saying that people ...
Cmaj7         D                G
The result of this s...
nc           G7
With all the ...
           Eb6
Diving for ...
D                G
When we could be ...

Em               Em/D#            Em/D            C#dim

D                Dm              Cm7

D                           G
It's just a rumour that was ...
Cmaj7           D
A telegram or a ...
Cmaj7                      D
Within weeks they'll be re...
Cmaj7             D
And notifying the ...
G
Once again
               G7
It's all we're ...
           Eb6         D           G
We will be shi...
             Gm
With all the will ...
           Eb6          D        D        D
Diving for ...D                Em
When we could ....
Em/D#            Em/D            C#dim

D                Dm              Cm7          D

G                Cmaj7           D            Cmaj7

D                Cmaj7           D            G

               G7
It's all we're ...
           Eb6         D           G
We will be sh...
             Gm
With all the ...
           Eb6          D        D        D
Diving for ...
D                D                D        D
When we could be ...
D                D                D        D
When we could be di...
D                   Em
When we could be ....