The Shipyards And Gdansk

Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste [Verse 1] D G Em In a dark and dreary corner in a bar outside the town. G A G A A Polish man was drinking, he looked a little down. D G Em I served him what he ordered, he paid me and said "Thanks. G A D My name is Yahtzee from Gdansk." [Chorus] G A D And the wife and children he has left behind G A They're playing Ring a Rosie in his mind G A D G Even tho' his gifted hands were not needed in his land G A D He still dreams of the shipyards and Gdansk. [Verse 2] D G Em "My father worked the shipyards, he gave to them his life. G A G A I followed in his footsteps, I thought it was my right. D G Em Till that cold Octobers morning in the year of zero four G A D They handed me my papers at the door." [Chorus] G A D And the wife and children he has left behind G A They're playing Ring a Rosie in his mind G A D G Even tho' his gifted hands were not needed in his land G A D He still dreams of the shipyards and Gdansk. [Verse 3] D G "Cause then I came to Ireland to build for me a life. G A G A (To feed the?) Celtic Tiger, my family and wife. D G Em Building walls in Tipperary, and roads in Dublin town. G A D And dreaming of the day I'm homeward bound." [Chorus] G A D And the wife and children he has left behind G A They're playing Ring a Rosie in his mind G A D G Even tho' his gifted hands were not needed in his land G A D He still dreams of the shipyards and Gdansk. [Solo] (Like Verse) D G Em G A G A D G Em G A D [Verse 4] D G Em Just as the bar was closing he lifted up his glass. G A G A "Here's a toast to Ireland, her future and her past, D G Em the flame that burnes within you in my heart will always dance G A D till I return to the shipyard and Gdansk." [Chorus] G A D And the wife and children he has left behind G A They're playing Ring a Rosie in his mind G A D G Even tho' his gifted hands were not needed in his land G A D He still dreams of the shipyards and Gdansk. G A D G Even tho' his gifted hands were not needed in his land G A D He still dreams of the shipyards and Gdansk.