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Rig Workers Alphabet by Jim Payne
Rig Workers Alphabet
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
D A D G D
A for Atlantic, that saltwater well, B for the ballast and the boys in the bell,
G D G D A
C for the chopper that brought us out here, and D is the danger that lurks
D
everywhere.
[Chorus]
D A D
So hearty are we who work out on the rig, where the seas they do roll and the
G D
waves are so big;
G D G D G D
Blow high or blow low, the wind it do roar, there's no job on earth like one
A D
working offshore.
[Verse 2]
D A D G
E for the engine room, F for the flange, G for the Grand Banks just off
D
Newfoundland,
G D G D A
Also for the galley where the grub is so good, and H is for home where we'd stay
D
if we could.
[Verse 3]
D A D G
I for the icebergs come drifting down through, J is the job that we're out here
D
to do,
G D G D
K for the knowledge that built this damn thing, and L is for lifting what the
A D
supply boats bring.
[Verse 4]
D A D G D
M for the monkey board, N for the noise, O is for oil under ocean it lies,
G D G D A
P for the pontoon that keeps us afloat, and Q is for quickly you stay on your
D
toes.
[Verse 5]
D A D G D
R for the roughneck who knows all the tricks, S for the SEDCO, the seven-oh-six,
G D G D A
T the tool-pusher, top man on the job, and also for the triple three thirty foot
D
rods.
[Verse 6]
D A D G D
U is for under we don't want to go, V for the valve that lets all things flow,
G D G D A
W for weather and the waves it do bring, and X for excuse me if you think I can't
D
sing.
[Verse 7]
D A D G D
Y for a yell if a man's overboard, a yippee and yahoo when we gets onshore,
G D G D A
Z for the zipper to do up your dry suit, you put it on first, boys, then haul on
D
your boots.
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