intro: Eb5 Eb5 F#5 C#5 Heard of a land held by a troubled hand Eb5 F#5 C#5 Where the whiskey runs the coal Eb5 F#5 C#5 Don't you dare go ask the newsman B5 Eb5 Cause he'll tell you everything He don't know Eb5 F#5 C#5 She was the daughter of the second american revolution Eb5 F#5 C#5 Eb5 A tall girl with a stones constitution F#5 C#5 And when she looked into their eyes to see B5 Eb5 She know she ain't never going back to what she believe B5 C#5 To what you believe F#5 Bb5 So go and riddle me over I'm a man got nothing to show for Eb5 C#5 My work in the ground In this here londontown F#5 Bb5 So go and riddle me over I'm a man got nothing to show for Eb5 C#5 My work in the ground Got my back to the fire B5 Bb5 Eb5 But it ain't the bridges that are falling down They said they would never fight no more After the day she went away What in the world are we all fighting for If we don't give they're going to take So go and riddle me over I'm a man got nothing to show for My work in the ground In this here londontown So go and riddle me over I'm a man got nothing to show for My work in the ground C#5 Got my back to the fire and my feet on the ground B5 Bb5 But it ain't the bridges that are falling down (play verse chords over bridge) It's just another It's just a Go and riddle me over Go and riddle me over I'm a man got nothing to show for My work in the ground Got my back to the fire But it ain't the bridges that are falling down (play verse chords over outro) Say that again You say that again Oh what's left to hold in place
