{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1864060,"song":"The Shipyard Apprentice","artist":"Barbara Dickson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11415659-the-shipyard-apprentice-chords-by-barbara-dickson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1864060?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Barbara Dickson - The Shipyard Apprentice\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTRO:] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1:]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was born in the shadow of a Fairfield crane [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the blast of a freighter's horn[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas the very first sound that reached my ears[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the morning I was born[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAs I lay and I listened to the shipyard sounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nComing out of the unknown[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was lulled to sleep by a mother tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat was to be my own[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2:]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore I grew to one year old[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI heard the sirens scream[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs a city watched in the blacked-out night[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA wandering searchlight beam[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd then one day I awoke and rose[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo my first day of peace[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I learned that the battle to stay alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas never going to cease[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3:]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I sat in the school from nine to four[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I dreamed of the world outside[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the riveters and the platers watch[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTheir ships slip to the Clyde[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhere the girls are placing stone on stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd can watch his Labourer's Row[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy time will come to walk with them[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the land I love to know[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4:]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then one day when they set me free[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll be walking like a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWi' my purses weighted in my boots[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the shadow o'er the clan[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the oil and the grease will stain my skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nForever on my hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA living sign that I've been set free[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat I've become a man[/tab]","plain_text":"Barbara Dickson - The Shipyard Apprentice\n\n\n\n[INTRO:] C\n\n[VERSE 1:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4:]","chords":["C","G","Dm","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}