Capo 3
 

Gm7

Gm         F           Gm       F         D         A D
Black and viscous --- bound to cure blue lethargy
Gm      F      Gm F      D         A D
Sugar-plum petroleum-for energy
 E         B        E        B       F#m
Tightrope-balanced payments need a small reprieve
      C#m           B  E          B
Oh, please believe we want to be
E    B      E  B
 in North Sea...
E    B              Gm7
 in North Sea Oil

 Gm        F          Gm       F       D        A D
New-found wealth sits on the shelf of yesterday
 Gm         F           Gm     F         D          A D
Hot-air balloon --- inflation soon will make you pay
 E       B       F       B          F#m
Riggers rig and diggers dig their shallow grave
     C#m           B     E            B
But we'll be saved and what we crave
E    B      E   B
 in North Sea...
E    B              Gm7
 in North Sea Oil

Instrumental:
|: Bm A :|

  Gm    F      Gm       F    D           A D
Prices boom in Aberdeen and London Town
 Gm      F         Gm      F       D             A D
Ten more years to lay the fears, erase the frown
   E      B        E            B  F#m
before we are all nuclear --- the better way!
     C#m          B  E            B
Oh, let us pray: we want to stay
E    B      E     B
 in North Sea...
E    B      E     B
 in North Sea...
E    B              Gm7
 in North Sea Oil

Gm7.....

F Gm