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