Chords for Bran Nue Dae (Original Version) - JIMMY CHI & THE KUCKLES

It [E] is nothing I would rather [C#] be than see an [G] aborigine
And this whole play, it's taken a long time and [A] it's semi-autographical [Am] in a way.
We've got to show them that [Em] we're capable of bloody putting [D] on something that's magnificent.
[A] And all of you guys here have the talent and you know like, believe in [D] yourself because [G] you're chosen to present [F#m] this thing.
This song is called Mili Aru [D] Mara, which means Brand [A] New Day.
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This ballad song is [G] all about the Aboriginal people.
[Am] Falk people, _ [G] black people, Long Australia.
_ [Am] Us people want our land back.
[G] When I'm raised, we're no better than those who belong to white [Am] men.
Scottish men, [G] Long Againbra, even talk about [Am] a brand new day.
Us people been waiting [G] for this one for 200 years now.
[Am] Don't know how much more we gotta wait, and [G] boy, bag may slack.
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Here I live, whiskey and shag, [Dm] nothing here, [C] we come in bags.
[Am] Drunk in spite, [G] and all for a sack, [Dm] people drunk [C] every night.
[F] On the way to [C] a brand new day, [G] everybody, [C] everybody say.
On the way to a brand new day, [G] everybody, [C] everybody say.
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Not strong, [G] nothing new, [Dm] want it all [C] to be like you.
[Am] No future, [G] have no past, [Dm] hope the [C] sun can advance.
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On the way [C] to a brand new [G] day, everybody, [C] everybody say.
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On the way [C] to a brand new [G] day, [C] everybody, everybody say.
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_ _ _ [G] _ I today, I been [Am] going around the social security, I [G] been asked for a job.
They been say, [Am] hey, what you waiting experience?
[G] I been tell them I got nothing.
They say, how come?
[Am] I say, cause I can't find a job.
[F] On the way [C] to a brand new day, [G]
everybody, [C] everybody say.
On the way to a brand new day, [G]
everybody, [C] everybody say.
[Am] Government [G] give us, paycheck, check, [Dm]
steal it all, [Em] income tax.
Jobs were out, but they all stay.
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Government [C] give us brand new day.
[F] On the [C] way to a brand new [G] day, [C] everybody, everybody say.
[F] On the [C] way to a brand new [G] day, everybody, [C] everybody [Am] say.
Just one [G] run, after all the run, [Dm]
still we [C] find, just be [Am] long.
Now say one, two, take it all away.
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What can [C] this one, brand new [F] day.
On the [C] way to a brand new [G] day, [C] everybody, everybody [F] say.
On the [C] way to a brand new [G] day, everybody, [C] everybody [Am] say.
Yes, they been [G] talk about this gun, that gun, [Am] any gun, every gun.
[G] But still same gun, and boy, [Am] make me glad, _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ brand new day.
[A] What I think my purpose in life is to [G#] bring about change [G] through the means of theatre and song and dance.
_ [G] Whether I achieve that or not, time alone will tell, but I feel I have.
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Everybody, everybody say.
[Am] Nothing [G] old, nothing new, [Dm]
want us [C] all to be like you.
[Am] No future, [G] have no past, [Dm] hope the [C] sun will shine at last.
On the way to a brand new day, everybody, everybody say.
[F] On the [C] way to a