[Intro]
Am D G
[Chorus]
D G
I worked all my life in the cannery shed
C D G
And if I'm dying or you think I'm dead
G
Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
C D G
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
D G
The cannery shed perches over the river
C D G
Where the winter winds blow, we freeze and we shiver
G
When the boss comes around, I might have to give her
C D G
My opinion of the cannery shed
[Chorus]
D G
I worked all my life in the cannery shed
C D G
And if I'm dying or you think I'm dead
G
Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
C D G
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
D G
We chop off the heads and we chop off the tails
C D G
Scoop out the guts and we throw 'em in the pails
G
We won't get a rest till the next schooner sails
C D G
From the dock at the cannery sheds
[Chorus]
D G
I worked all my life in the cannery shed
C D G
And if I'm dying or you think I'm dead
G
Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
C D G
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
D G
There's no time to talk and there's no time to linger
C D G
Better move sharp or you might lose a finger
G
It'd turn your stomach if you knew everything
C D G
That's been canned in the cannery shed
[Chorus]
D G
I worked all my life in the cannery shed
C D G
And if I'm dying or you think I'm dead
G
Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
C D G
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
D G
Now, La Faye went away and he wrote me a letter
C D G
I tucked it up high in the sleeve of my sweater
G
I slipped and it fell and it ended in the shredder
C D G
Got canned in the cannery shed
[Chorus]
D G
I worked all my life in the cannery shed
C D G
And if I'm dying or you think I'm dead
G
Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
C D G
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
D G
Now, the cannery boy, he's a very happy fella
C D G
If he gets him a girl from the town of Stella
G
I would if I could, but I'm not going to tell ya
C D G
What goes on behind the cannery shed
[Chorus]
D G
I worked all my life in the cannery shed
C D G
And if I'm dying or you think I'm dead
G
Don't bury my bones, but put me instead
C D G
In a can in the cannery shed