Black Gold

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. (2x) 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.