My Claim to Fame

Intro:   u> Well he’s a big star now But I’ve been a fan of his for years         (*)                          The way he sings and plays guitar Still brings me to tears    I wouldn’t want to be a big deal  I wouldn’t want to be a celebrity > I spend my life building ships of steel > That’s all there ever was for me   >   > Take a hammer to the sea belles > And shout my name > And I’ll sail the seas as free as a breeze > That’s my claim to fame   >   > He spends his life in the studio > Jet planes and big black cars > Plays records on the radio > In all of the clubs and in all of the bars   >   > By day he didn’t have a choice > You had to take a trade > You had no money and you had no voice > That’s the life I made   >   > Take a hammer to the sea belles > And shout my name > And I’ll sail the seas as free as a breeze > That’s my claim to fame   >   > That’s my claim to fame boys > That’s my claim to fame > To sail the seas as free as a breeze > That’s my claim to fame   La la ....: same as intro Solo: same as verse >   > Well a song can live forever and a day > An old ship goes to the breakers yard > In a hundred years you’re gonna hear him play > They won’t remember me for working hard   >   > Now they’ve all gone away all the boys and the girls > They yard is a grave where the river runs through > We used to build the ships for the whole wide world > Now we couldn’t do it if we wanted to   >   > Take a hammer to the sea belles > And shout my name > I’ll sail the seas as free as a breeze > That’s my claim to fame   >   > Take a hammer to the sea belles > And shout my name > I’ll sail the seas as free as a breeze > That’s my claim to fame   >   > That’s my claim to fame boys > That’s my claim to fame > To sail the seas as free as a breeze > That’s my claim to fame