BLACK GOLD
C F C
There's good money don't you fear said the man down by the pier
Am G
For the sea is a life and it's calling
C F C
Won't you change to new Black Gold where once the herring showed
G C
There's Black Gold in the deep waters Johnny
CH
G C
Where the North Sea wind is blowing
Am Em
And a day is a lifetime too long
C F C
Where we drill sweat and toil to take the oceans oil
G C
There's Black Gold in the deep waters Johnny
There are men from Scaffold Flow and the kid from Sandy Row
And several men who look all spick and sparkle
And the money sounding big joyriding on the rig
But you chase the new Black Gold with your gargle
Chorus:
There's twelve-hour shifts to do playing nursemaid to the crew
There's loneliness and fear and empty ocean
From the Shetlands to the Kish they're chasing oil instead of fish
For Black Gold in the deep waters Johnny
Chorus:
Sure the rigs a 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: (repeat twice)
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