This is a correction of phoenix1984's upload Capo wherever's comfortable for your voice - it's in different places in every recording I've heard. C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CDear (x32010@1)Sir I write this note to you to tell you of my plight F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GFor (320003@1)at the time of writing it, I'm not a pretty sight F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) AmMy (x02210@1)body is all black and blue, my face a deathly grey C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)I write this note to say why I am not at work today C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CWhile (x32010@1)working on the fourteenth floor some bricks I had to clear F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GBut (320003@1)tossing them down from such a height was not a good idea F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) AmThe (x02210@1)foreman wasn't very pleased, he is an awkward sod C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)he said I had to cart them down the ladders in me hod C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CWell (x32010@1)clearing all these bricks by hand, it was so very slow F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GSo (320003@1)I hoisted up a barrel and secured a rope below F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) AmBut (x02210@1)in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CThat (x32010@1)a barrel full of building bricks was heavier than me C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)so when I untied the rope the barrel fell like lead F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)clinging tightly to the rope, I started up instead F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) AmI (x02210@1)shot up like a rocket, and to my dismay I found C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CThat (x32010@1)halfway up I met the bloody barrel coming down C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CWell (x32010@1)the barrel broke me shoulder, as to the ground it sped F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)when I reached the top I banged the pulley with me head F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) AmBut (x02210@1)I clung on tightly numb with shock from this almighty blow C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CWhile (x32010@1)the barrel spilled out half its bricks some fourteen floors below C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CWhen (x32010@1)these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1)But I clung on tightly to the rope me body racked with pain C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)halfway down I met the bloody barrel once again C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CNow (x32010@1)the force of this collision halfway down the office block F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GCaused (320003@1)multiple abrasions and a nasty case of shock F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) AmBut (x02210@1)I clung on tightly to the rope as I fell towards the ground C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)I landed on the broken bricks the barrel had scattered round. C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CNow (x32010@1)as I lay there on the ground I thought I'd passed the worst F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GBut (320003@1)the barrel hit the pulley wheel and then the bottom burst F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) AmA (x02210@1)shower of bricks rained down on me I didn't have a hope C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CAs (x32010@1)I lay there bleeding on the ground I let go of the bloody rope C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CThe (x32010@1)barrel now being heavier so started down once more F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GIt (320003@1)landed right across me as I lay there on the floor F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) AmIt (x02210@1)broke three ribs and my left arm and I can only say C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CI (x32010@1)hope you`ll understand why I am not at work today
