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 G C
Dear Sir I write this note to you to tell you of my plight
F C G
For at the time of writing it, I'm not a pretty sight
F C F Am
My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly grey
C G C
And I write this note to say why I am not at work today
C G C
While working on the fourteenth floor some bricks I had to clear
F C G
But tossing them down from such a height was not a good idea
F C F Am
The foreman wasn't very pleased, he is an awkward sod
C G C
And he said I had to cart them down the ladders in me hod
C G C
Well clearing all these bricks by hand, it was so very slow
F C G
So I hoisted up a barrel and secured a rope below
F C F Am
But in me haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
C G C
That a barrel full of building bricks was heavier than me
C G C
And so when I untied the rope the barrel fell like lead
F C G
And clinging tightly to the rope, I started up instead
F C F Am
I shot up like a rocket, and to my dismay I found
C G C
That halfway up I met the bloody barrel coming down
C G C
Well the barrel broke me shoulder, as to the ground it sped
F C G
And when I reached the top I banged the pulley with me head
F C F Am
But I clung on tightly numb with shock from this almighty blow
C G C
While the barrel spilled out half its bricks some fourteen floors below
C G C
When these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor
F C G
I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more
F C F Am
But I clung on tightly to the rope me body racked with pain
C G C
And halfway down I met the bloody barrel once again
C G C
Now the force of this collision halfway down the office block
F C G
Caused multiple abrasions and a nasty case of shock
F C F Am
But I clung on tightly to the rope as I fell towards the ground
C G C
And I landed on the broken bricks the barrel had scattered round.
C G C
Now as I lay there on the ground I thought I'd passed the worst
F C G
But the barrel hit the pulley wheel and then the bottom burst
F C F Am
A shower of bricks rained down on me I didn't have a hope
C G C
As I lay there bleeding on the ground I let go of the bloody rope
C G C
The barrel now being heavier so started down once more
F C G
It landed right across me as I lay there on the floor
F C F Am
It broke three ribs and my left arm and I can only say
C G C
I hope you`ll understand why I am not at work today
