Chords:
{t:Gold Watch Blues, The}
{artist:Donovan Leitch}
{key: Am}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHg__kkXKY4 capo 4
{c: Arrangement: Dave Potts}
[Am] I went up for my interview on the [C] fourth [E7] day of [Am] July
Personnel man, he questioned me un-[C]til I nearly [Am] cried
Made me fill in forms un-[C]til I shook with [Am] fear
A-[Am]*bout the colour of my [Am]* toilet roll and [C] if my [E7] cousin's [Am] queer
"[Am] Here's your gold watch and the [C] shackles [E7] for your [Am] chain
[Am] And your piece of paper to [C] saying that your [Am] sane"
"[Am] And if you've a son who [C] wants a good [Am] career
Just [Am]* get him to sign on the [Am]* dotted line and [C] work for [E7] fifty [Am] years"
[Am] He asked me how many [C] jobs I'd [E7] had [Am] before
He nearly had a heart attack [C] when I answered, [Am] "Four"
[Am] "Four jobs in twenty years, he said,[C] this can never [Am] be"
"We [Am]* only take on [Am]* men who [C] work until [E7] they [Am] die"
"[Am] Here's your gold watch and the [C] shackles [E7] for your [Am] chain
[Am] And your piece of paper to [C] saying that your [Am] sane"
"[Am] And if you've a son who [C] wants a good [Am] career
Just [Am]* get him to sign on the [Am]* dotted line and [C] work for [E7] fifty [Am] years"
[Am] He took me outside to where the [C] gravestones [E7] stood in [Am] line
[Am] "This is where we bury our dead, in [C] quick-stone and in [Am] lime"
"And [Am] if you come to work for us, on [C] this you must a-[Am]gree
That [Am]* if you're going to [Am]* die, you'll [C] do it [E7] during tea [Am] break"
"[Am] Here's your gold watch and the [C] shackles [E7] for your [Am] chain
[Am] And your piece of paper to [C] saying that your [Am] sane"
"[Am] And if you've a son who [C] wants a good [Am] career
Just [Am]* get him to sign on the [Am]* dotted line and [C] work for [E7] fifty [Am] years"
[Am] This story that I've told to [C] you may seem [E7] rather [Am] queer
But it is the truth [C] you'll be surprised to [Am] hear
I did not want no [C] job upon the [Am] board
I just [Am] *want to take a [Am]* broom and [C] sweep the [E7] bloody [Am] floor
"[Am] Here's your gold watch and the [C] shackles [E7] for your [Am] chain
[Am] And your piece of paper to [C] saying that your [Am] sane"
"[Am] And if you've a son who [C] wants a good [Am] career
Just [Am]* get him to sign on the [Am]* dotted line and [C] work for [E7] fifty [Am] years"
