Building Up And Tearing England Down chords by The Dubliners

Chords with lyrics

• Submitter: Donczarski53

Tuning: Standard tuning


SONG:  BUILDING UP AND TEARING ENGLAND DOWN
ARTIST: THE DUBLINERS
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
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   BUILDING UP AND TEARING ENGLAND DOWN
        THE DUBLINERS


INTRO:
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VERSE:
    A augmentedA            D MajorD       E MajorE
Oh, I won a hero's name with McAlpine and Costain
   A augmentedA          D MajorD      E MajorE    A augmentedA
With Fitz Patrick, Murphy Ash and the Wimpy's gang

     A augmentedA            D MajorD        E MajorE
I've been often on the road on me way to draw the dole
       A augmentedA       D MajorD    E MajorE    A augmentedA
When there's nothing left to do for Johnny Laing

BREAK:
    F# minorF#m              C#C#
And I used to think that God made the mixer, pick and hod
   F# minorF#m       C#C#       F# minorF#m
So a Paddy might no hell above the ground


VERSE:
LOW E MajorE STRING -2---4-
            A augmentedA
       I've had ganger's big and tough
     D MajorD          E MajorE
Tell me tear that hole out rough

CHORUS:
       A augmentedA        D MajorD   E MajorE    A augmentedA
When you're building up and tearing England down


VERSE:
   A augmentedA              D MajorD        E MajorE
In a tunnel under ground a young Limerick man was found
    A augmentedA       D MajorD  E MajorE    A augmentedA
He was built into the new Victoria line

     A augmentedA               D MajorD         E MajorE
When the bonus gang had passed sticking from the concrete cast
     A augmentedA        D MajorD   E MajorE   A augmentedA
Was the face of little Charlie Joe Divine

BREAK:
    F# minorF#m            C#C#
And the ganger man McGurk said big Paddy hates the work
     F# minorF#m        C#C#        F# minorF#m
When the gas main blew and he flew off the ground


VERSE:
LOW E MajorE STRING -2---4-
            A augmentedA
       Oh they swore he'd send down slack
         D MajorD       E MajorE
And I'll not be there until I'm back

CHORUS:
     A augmentedA        D MajorD   E MajorE    A augmentedA
Keep on building up and tearing England down



VERSE:
   A augmentedA               D MajorD        E MajorE
I was on the shuttering dam on the day that Jack McCann
     A augmentedA       D MajorD   E MajorE   A augmentedA
Got the better of his stammer in a week

     A augmentedA
He fell from the shuttering dam
     D MajorD          E MajorE
And that poor old stuttering man
    A augmentedA     D MajorD   E MajorE     A augmentedA
He was never ever more inclined to speak


BREAK:
   F# minorF#m             C#C#
And I saw old Balls McColl with a big fly over haul
 F# minorF#m      C#C#       F# minorF#m
Into a concrete mixer spinning round


VERSE:
LOW E MajorE STRING -2---4-
            A augmentedA
      Though it wasn't his intent
     D MajorD       E MajorE
He got a fine head of cement

CHORUS:
       A augmentedA        D MajorD   E MajorE    A augmentedA
When he was building up and tearing England down



VERSE:
   A augmentedA              D MajorD      E MajorE
I remember carrier Jack with his hod upon his back
     A augmentedA         D MajorD    E MajorE    A augmentedA
How he swore one day he'd set the world on fire

     A augmentedA
Well his face they've never seen
      D MajorD       E MajorE
Since his shovel it cut clean
    A augmentedA       D MajorD    E MajorE    A augmentedA
To the middle of the big high tension wires


BREAK:
    F# minorF#m              C#C#
Oh the more like Robin Hood well he wrung trough Cricklewood
  F# minorF#m       C#C#      F# minorF#m
Or dance around the pubs in Camdon Town


VERSE:
LOW E MajorE STRING -2---4-
            A augmentedA
        Oh but let no man proclaim
     D MajorD         E MajorE
Sure old Pad' could die in vain

CHORUS:
      A augmentedA        D MajorD   E MajorE    A augmentedA
When he's building up and tearing England down


INSTRUMENTAL:

A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
F# minorF#m D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE  A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
F# minorF#m D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE  A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
F# minorF#m D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE  A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA


VERSE:
     A augmentedA
So come all you navvy's bold
     D MajorD         E MajorE
Do not think that English gold
     A augmentedA       D MajorD   E MajorE     A augmentedA
Is just waiting to be taken from each sod

    A augmentedA               D MajorD     E MajorE
By the likes of you and me will never get an O.B.E
    A augmentedA         D MajorD   E MajorE    A augmentedA
Or a knighthood for good service to the hod


BRIDGE:
     F# minorF#m
It's the concrete master race
      C#C#
That would keep you in your place
   F# minorF#m      C#C#       F# minorF#m
And a ganger man to kick you to the ground


VERSE:
LOW E MajorE STRING -2---4-
           A augmentedA
        If you ever try to take
     D MajorD        E MajorE
Part of what the bosses make

CHORUS:
       A augmentedA        D MajorD   E MajorE    A augmentedA
When you're building up and tearing England down

Building Up And Tearing England Down chords

"Building Up and Tearing England Down" is the opening track of Irish folk band The Dubliners' "Prodigal Sons" album from 1983.

"Building Up and Tearing England Down" is written by Dominic Behan.