The Pogues - Navigator: chords

G                                                C
The canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts
       G                          C              D
They blasted and dug with their sweat and their guts
      G                                 C
They never drank water, but whiskey by pints
          G                           D
And the shanty towns rang with their songs and
       G
their fights

Chorus:
G                          C            G
Navigator, navigator, rise up and be strong
                                 C          D
The morning is here and there's work to be done
G                                       C        G
Take your pick and your shovel and the bold dynamite
                    C           D          G
For to shift a few tons of this earthly delight
                     C            D         G
Yes, to shift a few tons of this earthly delight

They died in their hundreds with no sign
to mark where
Save the brass in the pocket of the entrepreneur
By landslide and rock blast, they got buried
so deep
That in death, if not life,
they'll have peace while they sleep

Chorus

Their mark on this land is still seen and
still laid
The way for a commerce where vast fortunes were made
The supply of an empire where the sun never set
Which is now deep in darkness,
but the railway's there yet

Chorus