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Rosie The Riveter Revisited by Linda Allen
Rosie The Riveter Revisited
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Chorus]
B Bm B
My strong right arm built the ship, built the ship
Am
that sailed to war
B7 Bm B Am
My strong right arm built the ship, built the ship
B Bm7 B7
and what was that all for?
[Verse]
B7
In l94l, the war had just begun
B
Jim was so young, but soon was off to hold a gun
B
I was nineteen, our child was only three
Am
When the papers said the shipyards needed me
B
I moved to Bremerton in nineteen forty two
E B
I learned to weld, I was the best one on our crew
B
The work was hard, the heat would burn my lungs all day
B7 B
But when the paycheck came we girls would feel okay
B Dm
In l943, in August, 8AM
B7 Am
I'd not been sleeping well, my mind was filled with Jim
B7
There was a knock, a man in uniform stood there
Am B
He said my Jim was dead. I hadn't seen him in two years
B
In l945 the war came to an end
Am
And on that very day, the big boss he came in
B
He smiled and said, "My girls, the boys are coming home
Dm E Am B
You've earned a rest, go home; your work here now is done"
Dm
Picked up a scrap of metal, and I carved my name full bore
B
So my child would know I was a welder in the war
Am
No place to go, I was a widow with a child
B7 B
So I waitressed and I cooked, and I married in a while
B Dm
Sometimes I see that scrap with my name carved in so deep
B Am
And I recall the day the boss told me to leave
B
And how I felt like some old rag they'd tossed aside
B7 B
As useless as my patriotic pride
[Chorus]
B Bm B
My strong right arm built the ship, built the ship
Am
that sailed to war
B7 Bm B Am
My strong right arm built the ship, built the ship
B Bm7 B7
and what was that all for?
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