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Sure, it's good money, don't you fear,
Said the man down by the pier,
For the sea is a life that is calling;
Won't you chase the new black gold,
Where once the herring shoaled,
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
Where the North Sea wind is blowing,
And the day is a lifetime too long;
Where we drill, sweat and toil to take the ocean's oil,
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
There are men from Scapa Flow,
And a kid from Sandy Row,
Sniffin' Man who looks all spiffed and sparkled;
And the money spent in binge,
Joy riding on the rigs,
You chase the new black gold without your goggles.
Where the North Sea wind is blowing,
And the day is a lifetime too long;
Where we drill, sweat and toil to take the ocean's oil,
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
There's all hardships to do,
Playing nursemaid to the crew,
There's emptiness and fear out in the ocean;
From the shiploads to the quay,
Chasing oil instead of fish,
For black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
Where the North Sea wind is blowing,
And the day is a lifetime too long;
Where we drill, sweat and toil to take the ocean's oil,
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
My rig's my second home,
Sitting pretty over the Flow,
A way of life that's new to every nation;
There's a hundred extra quid,
To go diving with the squid,
For black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
Where the North Sea wind is blowing,
And the day is a lifetime too long;
Where we drill, sweat and toil to take the ocean's oil,
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
Where the North Sea wind is blowing,
And the day is a lifetime too long;
Where we drill, sweat and toil to take the ocean's oil,
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
Where the North Sea wind is blowing,
And the day is a lifetime too long;
Where we drill, sweat and toil to take the ocean's oil,
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
There's black gold in the deep waters, Johnny.
Capo 2nd fret, middle up tempo strumming.
(G) There's good money don't you fear,
Said the (C) man down by the (G) pier,
For the (C) sea is a (G) life that is (D) calling;
(G) Won't you chase the new black gold,
Where (C) once a herring (G) shoal,
There's black gold in the (D) deep (C) waters, (G) Johnny.
Chorus:
Where the (D) North Sea wind is (G) blowing,
And the day is a lifetime too (Em) long,
Where we (G) drill, sweat and toil to (C) take the ocean's (G) oil,
There's black gold in the (D) deep (C) waters, (G) Johnny.
~ Chords contributed by Barry Penton ~
