{"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":2405753,"song":"Killing Floor","artist":"Redgum","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11496020-killing-floor-chords-by-redgum/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2405753?type=chord","rating":4.36003,"votes":3,"content":"Redgum - Killing Floor\r\nI'm not goin to mark verse/chorus exe, I will just space for the stanzas (?)\r\nIf you have any improvements, say something in the comments, cheers!\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJoe spoke no english but he had a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he saved up most of his pay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo bring his wife and six kids from Lebanon[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd settle down here to stay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou could feel the prison of his loneliness[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe wouldn't see them for years[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe kept brandy behind the compressed air tanks[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd he gulped it when the coast was clear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNick the Greek collected tropical fish[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHad to be a character too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSmuggled in Pirhana just to break the law[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd he fed them on kangaroo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBob's pride was his handlebar moustache[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid he still combed out sand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPushed a tank through the Sahara desert[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo they made him the leading hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the summer night shifts were long and cool[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCharlie chain smoked cigars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/C#[/ch]                   [ch]D/B[/ch]            [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nDavid sweated in his speckled paint mask[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/F#[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs he gazed out at the stars[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCrazy Charlie was a Yugoslav[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis old straight eight Chevy could move[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis ambition was to live on a hippie commune[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen Dave told him about free love[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFred had been a farmer and a heavyweight champ[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHands like a stump jump plough[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMoved the earth with a thrust of his arms[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe was loading on the paint line now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the boys made a noise every Friday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt the bar of the Hilton Hotel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/C#[/ch]                   [ch]D/B[/ch]            [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nDowning pints and chewing the fat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/F#[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTill the ten o'clock closing bell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was only rumour til the foreman came[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd hiding his shame with a cough[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said they're cutting back down to one shift now[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey're gonna have to lay you off[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJoe held his gaze and gulped a brandy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd spat it out at his feet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/C#[/ch]                   [ch]D/B[/ch]            [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nBob stood bolt still looking thunderstruck[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/F#[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNick swore for an hour in Greek[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTheir anger was spent in a rush of fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd smouldered out of mind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they shook hands on that last grey day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEach was in his way resigned[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen a few days later I saw old Joe[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLooking like he'd aged ten years[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDrunk on the tiles at the Stag Hotel[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd he couldn't hold back the tears[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFred had talked of his grueling heavyweight bouts[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D/F#[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI remembered what he'd said[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D/C#[/ch]                   [ch]D/B[/ch]            [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\nThere's no giving up on that killing floor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G/F#[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf you don't fight you're dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you work with your hands for your livelihood[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome day you might have to choose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the class war rages on the factory floor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf you don't fight you lose[/tab]\r\nIf you don't fight you loose...","plain_text":"Redgum - Killing Floor\nI'm not goin to mark verse/chorus exe, I will just space for the stanzas (?)\nIf you have any improvements, say something in the comments, cheers!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf you don't fight you loose...","chords":["A","G","D","D/F#","D/C#","D/B","D/A","G/F#","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}