Chords for A.B. Original & Paul Kelly 'Dumb Things' for Like A Version

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[Am] Welcome strangers to the show.
I'm the one who should be lying lost.
Saw the knives out, turned my back.
Heard the train coming, stayed right [D] on that [F] track.
In the middle, [C] _ in the middle, [Em] _ in the middle of [F] the green.
[G] I [Am] lost [Em] my shirt, [F] I bought [C] my rings.
[G] I've done [D] all that [Am] dumb thing.
Yeah, them dumb things.
This going out to my brothers down there in Dundale.
Dealing with [C] that disaster that them gods are there and not jail.
Thinking we getting that [D] welfare, [Am] huh?
Thinking we getting that health care, huh?
Think about if it was your son.
Now think about sending some help there.
Yeah, what's dumber than that, mate?
What's dumber than dressing up blackface?
What's dumber than doing it knowing that hurts?
And don't even want [G] to make [D] that change.
[F] Let's go.
In the middle, [C] _ in the middle, [Em] _ in the middle of [F] a dream.
[G] I [Am] lost my [Em] shirt, [F] I bought my [C] rings.
[G] I've done [D] all that [Am] dumb thing. _ _
_ _ We got, we got honors for the ones who seek an asylum.
We got silence for the ones who thought of [F#] confinement.
[Am] If you're complacent to the words of a racist,
don't you dare complain.
That's what's [G] leaving your [F#] nation.
[Am] Send in the clowns.
They're blackfacing.
They're locking our cousins, they're locking our brothers,
but they ain't leaving the [A] station.
The [F] date's changing.
In the middle, [C] _ in the middle, [Em] _ in the middle of [F] a dream.
[G] I [Am] lost my [Em] shirt, I [F] bought my [C] rings.
[G] I've done [D] all that [Am] dumb thing. _ _
[F] Ladies and gentlemen, on the keys [C] and drums, Mr.
John,
Mr.
Paul [Em] Butler, aka 6 _ [F]'4".
[G] On the guitar, my [Am] brother, Dan [Em] Sola.
_ [F] And to my [C] right, Mr.
Paul [G] Kelly.
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_ [C] _ [G] _ [A] Yeah, them dumb things lumped in,
looking for [C] peace but won't find it.
They [G] holding us back from closing the [C] gap
by keeping them close-minded.
See, there's [F#m] surprises [Am] there.
Hear them boy for them sirens blare.
Them coppers where I'm from are kind of fair.
[G] If you're kind of [Am] fair.
What's a [G] world [D] commission [Am] to the ones who live on a [Bm] mission?
[Am] To the ones that's [Em] killed by the pistol?
[C] Or the ones that's sent to a [F#] sin?
[Am] At the hands of policemen.
We're just gonna police them.
They killing us police, they're flooding our footage.
They need [G] to [F#] release them.
[F] _ In the middle, [C] _ in the middle, [Em] _ in the middle of a [F] dream.
[G] I [Am] lost my [Em] shirt, I [F] bought my [C] [G] rings.
I've done [D] all that [Am] dumb thing.
Mr.
John Butler.
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_ _ My brother Dan Sola. _ _
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_ Mr.
[F] Paul Kelly. _ _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ In the middle, [C] _ in the middle, [Em] _ in the middle of a [F] dream.
[G] I [Am] lost my [Em] shirt, I [F] bought my [C] rings.
[G] I've [D] done all [Am] that dumb thing.
_ _ Yeah, I melted wax [Em] to fix my [F] wings.
[C] _ Threw my hat into the ring.
[G] I thought that I just had to sing.
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[D] I've done all the dumb thing. _
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