What Have We Got chords by Sting

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Verse:
D MajorD
Good people give ear to me story,
           C majorC      D MajorD
pay attention, and none of your lip,
for I've brought you five lads and their daddy,
         C majorC      D MajorD
intending to build ye's a ship.

D MajorD
Wallsend is wor habitation,
           C majorC      D MajorD
it's the place we was all born and bred
and there's nay finer lads in the nation
           C majorC    D MajorD
and none are more gallantly led.

G+G

Chorus:
A augmentedA             D MajorD        E MajorE
What have we got, but the buzzer in the morning?
     A augmentedA             D MajorD      E MajorE
Aye, and what have we got, but the laying of a keel?
    A augmentedA             D MajorD        E MajorE
And what have we got, but the cranes above us soaring?
A augmentedA            D MajorD       E MajorE       A augmentedA
The commotion and the clamour in the welding of the steel?


Chorus:
A augmentedA             D MajorD        E MajorE
What have we got, but the mist upon the river?
     A augmentedA             D MajorD      E MajorE
Tell me, what have we got, but the noise inside the hold?
    A augmentedA             D MajorD        E MajorE
Oh, what have we got, but the arse end of the weather?
A augmentedA            D MajorD       E MajorE       A augmentedA
Where we work in horizontal rain, and shiver in the cold.


Verse:
BB
What do ye got? (What do we got?)
               F#F#
What do ye got? (What do we got?)
      G# minorG#m
You've got nowt.
   G# minorG#m F#F# BB
We've got nowt else.

BB
What do ye got? (What do we got?)
               F#F#
What do ye got? (What do we got?)
      G# minorG#m
You've got nowt.
   G# minorG#m F#F# BB
We've got nowt else.

Chorus:
A augmentedA             D MajorD        E MajorE
What have ye got, but the singing in the cables?
    A augmentedA             D MajorD      E MajorE
Oh, what have ye got, but the ringing in your ears?
   A augmentedA             D MajorD        E MajorE
Aye, what have ye got, but the telling of the fables?
     A augmentedA       D MajorD            E MajorE         A augmentedA
And the memories of the ships, that we've been building donkey's years.


Verse:
BB
What do ye got? (What do we got?)
               F#F#
What do ye got? (What do we got?)
      G# minorG#m
You've got nowt.
   G# minorG#m F#F# BB
We've got nowt else.

BB
What do ye got? (What do we got?)
               F#F#
What do ye got? (What do we got?)
      G# minorG#m
You've got nowt.
   G# minorG#m F#F# BB
We've got nowt else.


Bridge:
F#m7F#m7
Aye, you've got to die of something,
F# minorF#m
It's written in your fate,
F#m7F#m7
Ye may as well die of a Tuesday,
F# minorF#m
And woe betide you're late.


Instrumental:
F# minorF#m / B7B7 / F#m7F#m7 / F# minorF#m


Chorus:
G+G             C majorC         D MajorD
What have ye got, all you men what's fit and able?
G+G             C majorC         D MajorD
What have ye got, for the straining in your neck?
G+G              C majorC         D MajorD
What have ye got, when you're laid out on the table?
     E minorEm       D MajorD       C majorC        G+G
And the snapping of a cable when the rigging hits the deck?


Chorus:
G+G             C majorC      D MajorD
What have ye got, but the loyalty of brothers?
G+G             C majorC       D MajorD
What have ye got, but this union of the dock?
G+G             C majorC         D MajorD
What have ye got, a bacon sandwich from your mother?
     E minorEm    D MajorD       C majorC        A augmentedA
Not a promise of another with the punching of the clock.


Verse:
A augmentedA
What do ye got? (What do we got?)
               E MajorE
What do ye got? (What do we got?)
F# minorF#m
You've got nowt
F# minorF#m     E MajorE  A augmentedA
We've got nowt else.

A augmentedA
What do ye got? (What do we got?)
               E MajorE
What do ye got? (What do we got?)
F# minorF#m
You've got nowt
F# minorF#m     E MajorE  A augmentedA
We've got nowt else.

BB
What do ye got? (What do we got?)
               F#F#
What do ye got? (What do we got?)
G# minorG#m
You've got nowt.
   G# minorG#m  F#F#   BB
We've got... nowt... else.