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
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