Am        G        Am       G         E        B E
Black and viscous, bound to cure blue lethargy
Am    G       Am  G      E      B E
Sugar-plum petroleum for energy
F#        C#       F#              G#m
Tightrope-balanced payments need a small reprieve
    D#m               F#         C#
Oh, please believe we want to be
F# C#    F#  C#
In North Sea
F# C#        Am  G
In North Sea Oil

[Instrumental 1]
Am G x5

[Verse 2]
  Am               G    Am     G        E         B E
A new-found wealth sits on the shelf of yesterday
    Am     G       Am      G         E            B E
Hot-air balloon, inflation soon will make you pay
F#      C#      F#                G#m
Riggers rig and diggers dig their shallow grave
    D#m                F#            C#
But we'll be saved and what we crave
F# C#    F#  C#
Is North Sea
F# C#        Am  G
In North Sea Oil

[Instrumental 2]
Am G x3
C#m B x7
C#m
Am G x2

[Verse 3]
Am     G       Am  G        E           B E
Prices boom in Aberdeen and London Town
Am       G        Am      G       E              B E
Ten more years to lay the fears, erase the frown
  F#      C#      F#           G#m
Before we are all nuclear, the better way!
    D#m             F#           C#
Oh, let us pray: we want to stay
F# C#    F#  C#
In North Sea
F# C#    F#  C#
In North Sea
F# C#        Am  G
In North Sea Oil

[Outro]
Am G x8
Am