Capt. Thomas Stammers Chords by Kevin Bloody Wilson

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_ _ Captain Thomas Stammers, a great explorer [G] from our past.
But they called him Captain Stuttering Stammers,
because he stuttered like a bastard.
Couldn't stop himself from stuttering,
[C] no matter how hard [F] he tried.
[G] So every time he named some place,
he named the fucker [C] twice.
[G] Like,
Wobba [C]-wobba curl-curl,
Lang-lang bon-bon,
Pull-ya-pull-ya,
Willy [G]-willy,
Yammy-yammy-late,
[C] Null-a-null-a,
Woody-woody,
Bang-bang,
Loo-loo,
and Gin-gin,
three times in three different states.
[F] And his old black tracker named Jackie,
Jackie had a worn-out [C] wooden leg.
[D] Couldn't walk a straight line,
just zig-zag circles and figure-eights [G] instead.
_ But they [C] found Paddy, Paddy, Dum [F]-dum,
Wob [C]-wob, same-same,
Cobba-cobba, Jim-jims,
Big Dong-dong,
Bundy-bundy,
Bindi-bindi,
Bet-bet-boy-boy,
Be plain old white if it weren't for Captain Tom. _
[F] That's land and navigate by the stars,
but when they'd start [C] out at dawn,
[D] within twenty minutes they'd be lost again,
because the fucking [G] stars had gone.
But they [C] found Bungle-buckle,
Mia-mia,
Nap-nap,
Nine-nine,
Bing-bing,
Kool [D]-un-kool,
Narra-narra, Mount,
[C] Wulla-wulla,
Goody-goody,
Dilly-dilly,
Co-co,
Captain Tom would call [G] them out,
Jackie, [C] Jackie,
Write them down.
_ [F] And every time they headed [C] west,
they kept on veering off to the left,
[G] as Jackie, Jackie's wooden leg wore [C] down some more.
_ [F] And heaps of times they found,
when [C] they stopped and looked around,
[D] Fucking hell, we've known this fucking joint [G] before.
_ _ [C] Like,
Burry-bay,
Dart [F]-dart,
Nut [C]-nut,
Bung-bung,
Poo-da-poo-da,
Pickle-pickle,
Roo-roo's bum,
Tilly-tilly,
Tabba-tabba,
Turn-turn,
Burra-burra,
Cull-a-culla,
Never-never,
Ever-done-done.
_ [F] And the hooker burras laughed,
[C] as they slowly staggered past,
[G] these two brave, confused, [C] courageous men,
some [F] say Captain Thomas even taught the bloody [C] crows how to talk.
_ _ [D] _ _
L-l-l-lost [G] again!
_ Somewhere [C] near Tin-tin,
Yarri-arra,
Coorie-coorie,
Mitta-mitta,
Gang-gang,
Jarrah-jarrah,
[G] Wee-wee,
Creek,
[C] Warra-warra,
Walla-walla,
[C] Jip-jip,
Jar-dar,
With a stutter like his it was too fucking easy. _
[D] Names like Jimmy, Jimmy,
Book-a-book-a,
Dee-dee-dee-dee-dar-dar,
Cat-a-cat-a,
[E] Millie-millie,
Young-jung-jung,
[D] Grong-rong,
Wong-wong,
Woola-woola,
Bog-a-bog-a,
Yay-yo and yay [A]-ya,
[D] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [B] Jaka-jaka,
[A] Wange-wange,
Kiki,
[E] Wuk-wuk,
Great-o-thing names with a great ring-ring!
A-ha!
_ [F] Goo-goo,
Cut-a-cut-a,
[F] Kerry-kerry,
Kin-kin,
Guinea-guinea,
[C] Pun-pun,
Gad-um-gad-um [F]-boar,
Punk-a-punk-a,
Mugga-mugga,
Book-a-book-a,
Dee-dee-dee,
Gula-gula,
Goon-goon,
But wait, there's more! _
[G] Like,
Nugga-nugga,
Nugg-nugg,
Drung-drung,
Drick-drick, Cully-cully,
Mini [D]-mini,
Cut-a-cut-a-cave,
[G] Billa-billa,
Bong-bong,
Doon-doon,
E-long-e-long's this fuckin' song gonna take!
_ [C] But history states
[G] that they finally lost their way
[D] and perished on the outback track that [G] they'd paved.
_ [C] Somewhere between somewhere and somewhere else
[G] are Captain Tom's final words,
[A] chiseled in a rock that marks his [D] grave.
Alice?
Alice?
Where the fuck is Alice?
So [A] all them Aussie towns with double names,
we thank you, [E] Captain Tom.
The only man who ever lived and knew where [A] Wook Wook was.
And Captain Thomas, Stutter and Stammers,
to ensure we don't [D] forget, _
[E] technology now bears your name.
Fuckin' TomTomGPS.
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