The Hungry Mile

Piano intro over these chords:

F#...  B C# F# B    G#m C# F# F#    B C# A#m B
       B F# B F#    B G#m G#m C#    C# F# F#...
   F#         
In truth it is colder The waterside winter
       A            
Than a roving a fugitive life No-one cries harder
                               B                                  F#
Than a child without supper At least we've got blankets at night

They read out the names on the wireless each day
The stevedores meet by the towers
To work on their ships with their cargoes to load
If you're lucky they'll give you the hours

There's a man in an old coat, early each morning
Grave as a hangman he stands
Says that no-one is served by the Government nerve
It's worse if you work with your hands

The lines on his face are not lines of disgrace
But the lines at the dockside are long
When Port Jackson steamships call you out
                             B
You work and work for a song Work and work for a song
            
F#
Give me a job on the hungry mile
F#                   A            B
Give me a job on the hungry mile......



Transcribed by Joakim Lindblad.