Kilroy Was Here Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Who was here
when they handed out the
heavy jobs?
Jobs with a hammer[D],
[G]the pick and shovel.
Who choked in the foundry,
froze at [D]the fish -dog
[G]Eight [D]days [C]to [D]the week
[G]Who was here
with a mile of rock above him
Three foot seam in the darkness
crouching
Stinging sweat in his eyes,
powdered rock in his spittle,
A [D]hundred minutes to the hour.
[G]Who was here
in the furrowed field stooped [D]over[G],
Pain shapes the question in
bone [D]and [G]muscle,
roots and [C]hands [G]competing,
fumbling, groping,
28 hours [D]to the day.
[G]Who is here in the world of steel and plumber,
feeding leviathan [D]in [G]his cavern,
[C]Breathing [G]the hot, sharp stink of [D]metal
[G]Five [D]wee[G]k s [D]to the month
[G]Hey, you dog's body,
what do they call [D]you?[G]
[D]Who clears up the mess
when the [G]fight is over?
Who carries the broom,
the mop, and the bucket
[D]Thirty -six [C]months [D]to the year
[G]Smooth -faced old boy,
men instructed him
Gelding's programmed his energy,
coached him running
by men whose arches had fallen,
[D]dead men tol[G]d him[D] how to live.
Kail [G]Roy, Kail Roy,
where has Kail Roy gone?
Kail Roy was here,
see [D]there's [G]his mark.
He [C]came [G]this way,
he was wearing his number.
[D]Did nobody see [C]him [D]pass
Did