Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
G+G C majorC G+G
I'm losing will love.
G+G C majorC G+G
My hands are soft as cotton gloves
G+G C majorC G+G
Machine has eaten up my job
G+G C majorC G+G
My meaning, my cause
G+G C majorC G+G
Machine with the strength of a hundred men
G+G C majorC G+G
Can't feed and clothe my children
G+G C majorC G+G
Can't greet a sailor coming in
G+G C majorC G+G
Or know of desperation
G+G C majorC G+G
I shovel coal down Spencer's dock
G+G C majorC G+G
I took your dear into Wedlock
G+G C majorC G+G
And you did bear us a beautiful flock
G+G C majorC G+G
River rock the machine down on the dock
G+G C majorC G+G
River rock the machine until it stops
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
And low Liffey show me gold
C majorC G+G
Like a heron I will go
C majorC G+G
Oh roaring Liffey when you're high
C majorC G+G
Like a cormorant I will dive
D MajorD C majorC
The gold wind glow I will rise
G+G C majorC
With gold enough to win back time
G+G C majorC
With gold enough to win back pride
G+G C majorC G+G
River rock the machine until it dies
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC G+G
Today dear I'm unemployed
G+G C majorC G+G
Before I spoke you read my eyes
G+G C majorC G+G
I feared of nothing or no one
G+G C majorC G+G
But I feel old and I'm so young
G+G C majorC G+G
I miss the graft I miss the boys
G+G C majorC G+G
I long for purpose in the void
G+G C majorC G+G
Time is inward ticking tighter
G+G C majorC G+G
I wish my load was a mountain lighter
G+G C majorC G+G
I shovel coal down Spencer's dock
G+G C majorC G+G
I took your dear into Wedlock
G+G C majorC G+G
And you did bear us a beautiful flock
G+G C majorC G+G
River rock the machine down on the dock
G+G C majorC G+G
River rock the machine until it stops
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
And low Liffey show me gold
C majorC G+G
Like a heron I will go
C majorC G+G
Oh roaring Liffey when you're high
C majorC G+G
Like a cormorant I will dive
D MajorD C majorC
The gold will glow I will rise
G+G C majorC
With gold enough to win back time
G+G C majorC
With gold enough to win back pride
G+G C majorC G+G
River rock the machine until it dies
Outro:
G+G C majorC G+G
River rock the machine down on the dock
G+G C majorC G+G
River rock the machine until it stops