Вступление
Black Gold
Capo 2nd fret
Middle up tempo strumming.
[Verse 1]
There's good money don't you fear,
Said the man down by the pier,
For the sea is a life that is calling;
Won't you chase the new black gold,
Where once a herring shoal,
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
[Chorus]
Where the North Sea wind is blowing,
And the day is a lifetime too long,
Where we drill, sweat and toil to take the ocean's oil,
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
[Verse 2]
There are men from Scapa Flow,
And the kid from Sandy Row,
SEDCO men who look all spiff and sparkle;
On a money spending binge,
Joy riding on the rigs,
And you'll chase the new black gold without your gargle.
[Chorus]
Where the North Sea wind is blowing,
And the day is a lifetime too long,
Where we drill, sweat and toil to take the ocean's oil,
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
[Verse 3]
There's twelve hour shifts to do,
Playing nurse mate to the crew,
There's a loneliness and fear in empty oceans;
From the Shetlands to the Kesh,
They're chasing oil instead of fish,
For black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
[Chorus]
Where the North Sea wind is blowing,
And the day is a lifetime too long,
Where we drill, sweat and toil to take the ocean's oil,
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
[Verse 4]
For the rig's me second home,
Sitting pretty o'er the foam,
A way of life that's new to every nation;
And there's a hundred extra quid,
To go diving with the squid,
For black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
[Chorus] (x2)
Where the North Sea wind is blowing,
And the day is a lifetime too long,
Where we drill, sweat and toil to take the ocean's oil,
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.