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James Keelaghan - Stonecutter
## NOTE 1: - = Quick Chord Change   ##
## NOTE 2: ~ = Walk-Up from  Amto  C##
INTRO:   C    Em  D-  G    D    G(3x)   C    Em  D-  G  D  
If you're Gdown by Queen and Britain streets
You'll Dfind Stonecutter's GLane
The house that my Grandfather built
Where DI was born and Graised
CMy Granddad was a Gmason
And my Dfather in his Ctime
When my time Dcame I Gsigned as an apCprentice lad
INTERLUDE:   Em  D-  G    D    G    C    Em  D-  G    D  G  
The early Nineteen Hundreds
Were a Drich, fat afterGnoon
We were cutting stone like demons
No Dwork was done too Gsoon
We were Chired out on Gseven jobs
And Dso to take the Cslack
We put out DadverGtisements for apCprentice lads
INTERLUDE:   Em  D-  G    D    G    C    Em  D-  G   D  
BRIDGE:
You'd never find a better crew
CThey knew what work GwasD  
Cornices and lintels
They laid Cstone like they were Ggods
To Dhear the hammers ring out
             Am~     C  
You'd think it was a song
In GAugust, Nineteen Fourteen
In the Dsultry summer Gheat
They took a vote in Ottawa
The Ddrums began to Gbeat
CHonour, glory, Gus or them
The Dstory doesn't Cchange
To a man they Dall enGlisted, my apCprentice lads
INTERLUDE:   Em  D-  G    D    G    C    Em  D-  G   D  
I Gdidn't say that I agreed
'Cause DI knew what war Gwas
It was worker killing worker
For some Dpolitician's Gcause
And Coff to battle Gthey all marched
They Dgassed them at CamCbrai
The dogs of Dwar had Gdone for my apCprentice lads
INTERLUDE:   Em  D-  G    D    G    C    Em  D-  G   D  
BRIDGE:
In Nineteen Sixteen fire broke out
CParliament was Grazed
The Dcall went out for masons
To reCbuild and to re-Glay
It was the Dcontract of a lifetime
         Am~       C  
The house upon the hill
So they Gcame out from Vancouver
They came Ddown from MontreGal
Master masons everyone
They were Danswering their Gcall
There was Cno man under Gthirty
No Dman whose work I didn't Cknow
The fields of DFrance had Gswallowed the apCprentice lads
INTERLUDE:   Em  D-  G    D    G    C    Em  D-  G   D  
It's GNineteen Twenty-One now
I'm Dstanding at the Gpeak
About to cap the Peace Tower off
There's Dno one here can Gspeak
The Cmortar for thGat stone we mixed
With Dclay from Flanders' CFields
Laid it Din it's Gplace for those apCprentice lads
Yeah, we laid it Din it's Gplace for those apCprentice lads
OUTRO:   Em  D-  G    D    G    C    Em  D-  G    D    G    C    Em  D-  G    D  G  

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Stonecutter

by James Keelaghan

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James Keelaghan - Stonecutter

## NOTE 1: - = Quick Chord Change ##

Am C

## NOTE 2: ~ = Walk-Up from to ##

C Em D G D G C Em D G D

INTRO: - (3x) -

If you're down by Queen and Britain streets

D G

You'll find Stonecutter's Lane

The house that my Grandfather built

D G

Where I was born and raised

C G

My Granddad was a mason

D C

And my father in his time

D G C

When my time came I signed as an apprentice lad

Em D G D G C Em D G D G

INTERLUDE: - -

The early Nineteen Hundreds

D G

Were a rich, fat afternoon

We were cutting stone like demons

D G

No work was done too soon

C G

We were hired out on seven jobs

D C

And so to take the slack

D G C

We put out advertisements for apprentice lads

Em D G D G C Em D G D

INTERLUDE: - -

BRIDGE:

You'd never find a better crew

C G D

They knew what work was

Cornices and lintels

C G

They laid stone like they were gods

To hear the hammers ring out

Am C

You'd think it was a song

In August, Nineteen Fourteen

D G

In the sultry summer heat

They took a vote in Ottawa

D G

The drums began to beat

C G

Honour, glory, us or them

D C

The story doesn't change

D G C

To a man they all enlisted, my apprentice lads

Em D G D G C Em D G D

INTERLUDE: - -

I didn't say that I agreed

D G

'Cause I knew what war was

It was worker killing worker

D G

For some politician's cause

C G

And off to battle they all marched

D C

They gassed them at Cambrai

D G C

The dogs of war had done for my apprentice lads

Em D G D G C Em D G D

INTERLUDE: - -

BRIDGE:

In Nineteen Sixteen fire broke out

C G

Parliament was razed

The call went out for masons

C G

To rebuild and to re-lay

It was the contract of a lifetime

Am C

The house upon the hill

So they came out from Vancouver

D G

They came down from Montreal

Master masons everyone

D G

They were answering their call

C G

There was no man under thirty

D C

No man whose work I didn't know

D G C

The fields of France had swallowed the apprentice lads

Em D G D G C Em D G D

INTERLUDE: - -

It's Nineteen Twenty-One now

D G

I'm standing at the peak

About to cap the Peace Tower off

D G

There's no one here can speak

C G

The mortar for that stone we mixed

D C

With clay from Flanders' Fields

D G C

Laid it in it's place for those apprentice lads

D G C

Yeah, we laid it in it's place for those apprentice lads

Em D G D G C Em D G D G C Em D G D G

OUTRO: - - -

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