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by the Corries<\/span><\/p>\n

[C] Dear Sir I write this note to you to [G] tell you of my [C] plight.  For [F] at the time of writing it I'm [C] not a pretty [G] sight.  [F] My body is all [C] black and blue, my [G] face a deathly [Am] grey - And I [C] write this note to [F] say why I am [G] not at work to-[C]-day.\r\nWhile [C] working on the fourteenth floor some [G] bricks I had to [C] clear... [F] But tossing them down from [C] such a height was [G] not a good idea.  The [F] foreman wasn't [C] very pleased he [G] is an arkward [Am] sod.  And he [C] said I had to [F] cart them down the [G] ladders in me [C] hod.  [C] - - - -<\/span> \r\n[C] Well clearing all these bricks by hand it [G] was so very [C] slow.  So I [F] hoisted up a barrel and [C] secured a rope [G] below.  [G] - - - -  But in [F] me haste to [C] do the job, I [G] was to blind to [Am] see, That a [C] barrel full of [F] building bricks was [G] heavier than [C] me.  [C] - - - -  \r\n[C] And so when I untied the rope the [G] barrel fell like [C] lead,  And [F] clinging tightly to the [C] rope I started [G] up instead.  [G] - - - -  I [F] shot up like a [C] rocket, and to [G] my dismay I [Am] found.  That [C] halfway up I [F] met the bloody [G] barrel coming [C] down.  [C] - - - - [C] - - - -\u00a0<\/span>\r\n[C] Well the barrel broke me shoulder as [G] to the ground it [C] sped.  And [F] when I reached the top [C] I banged the pulley [G] with me head.  [G] - - - -  But I [F] clung on tightly [C] numb with shock from [G] this almighty [Am] blow,  While the [C] barrel spilled out [F] half it's bricks some [G] fourteen floors [C] below.  [C] - - - - [C] - - - - \r\nWhen these [C] bricks had fallen from the [G] barrel to the [C] floor.  I [F] then outweighed the [C] barrel and so [G] started down once more. [G] - - - -  But I [F] clung on tightly [C] to the rope me [G] body racked with [Am] pain,  And [C] halfway down I [F] met the bloody [G] barrel once [C] again.  [C] - - - - [C] - - - -<\/span>  \r\nNow the [C] force of this collision halfway [G] down the office [C] block, caused [F] multiple a-[C]-brasions and a [G] nasty case of shock [G] - - - -  But I [F] clung on tightly [C] to the rope as I [G] fell down towards the [Am] ground, And I [C] landed on the [F] broken bricks the [G] barrel had scattered [C] round.  [C] - - - - \r\n[C] Now as I lay there on the ground I [G] thought I'd passed the [C] worst.  But the [F] barrel hit the [C] pulley wheel and [G] then the bottom burst. [G] - - - -   A [F] shower of bricks rained [C] down on me I [G] didn't have a [Am] hope.  As I [C] lay there bleeding on the [F] ground I let [G] go of the bloody [C] rope  [C] - - - - [C] - - - - <\/span>\r\n[C] The barrel now being heavier so [G] started down once [C] more.  It [F] landed right on [C] top of me as I [G] lay there on the floor.  It [F] broke three ribs and [C] my left arm and [G] I can only [Am] say - I [C] hope you'll under-[F]-stand why I am [G] not at work to-[C]-day. [C] - - - - <\/span><\/pre>\n
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by the Corries [C] Dear Sir I write this note to you to [G] tell you of my [C] plight. For [F] at the time of writing it I’m [C] not a pretty [G] sight. [F] My body is all [C] black and blue, my [G] face a deathly [Am] … CLICK TO VIEW SONGBricklayer, The<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310,313,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-stuff","category-rework","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27916"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33950,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27916\/revisions\/33950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}