Black Gold
Capo 2nd fret
Middle up tempo strumming.
[Verse 1]
G
There's good money don't you fear,
C G
Said the man down by the pier,
C G D
For the sea is a life that is calling;
G
Won't you chase the new black gold,
C G
Where once a herring shoal,
D G
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
[Chorus]
D G
Where the North Sea wind is blowing,
Em
And the day is a lifetime too long,
G C G
Where we drill, sweat and toil to take the ocean's oil,
D G
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
[Verse 2]
G
There are men from Scapa Flow,
C G
And the kid from Sandy Row,
C G D
SEDCO men who look all spiff and sparkle;
G
On a money spending binge,
C G
Joy riding on the rigs,
D G
And you'll chase the new black gold without your gargle.
[Chorus]
D G
Where the North Sea wind is blowing,
Em
And the day is a lifetime too long,
G C G
Where we drill, sweat and toil to take the ocean's oil,
D G
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
[Verse 3]
G
There's twelve hour shifts to do,
C G
Playing nurse mate to the crew,
C G D
There's a loneliness and fear in empty oceans;
G
From the Shetlands to the Kesh,
C G
They're chasing oil instead of fish,
D G
For black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
[Chorus]
D G
Where the North Sea wind is blowing,
Em
And the day is a lifetime too long,
G C G
Where we drill, sweat and toil to take the ocean's oil,
D G
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
[Verse 4]
G
For the rig's me second home,
C G
Sitting pretty o'er the foam,
C G D
A way of life that's new to every nation;
G
And there's a hundred extra quid,
C G
To go diving with the squid,
D G
For black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
[Chorus] (x2)
D G
Where the North Sea wind is blowing,
Em
And the day is a lifetime too long,
G C G
Where we drill, sweat and toil to take the ocean's oil,
D G
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/darcy_broderick/black_gold_chords_1872301