Chords for Cold Chisel honoured at the 2016 APRA Music Awards
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[C] The legendary Cold Chisel figure in the lives of so many Australians, [D] because they embody
and articulate our [G] hopes, fears, [D] anger, alienation and [Bm] humour, and simply because they were [G] and
are one of the most feral and beautiful rock and [D] roll bands in the world.
Since blasting [A] onto the Australian music scene, [C] Cold Chisel have defined a uniquely [D] Australian
infusion of rockabilly, [F] metal and rough house soul and [Bb] blues, with piano player Don Walker's
tales of loners, [C] losers and lovers moving [Dm] across the country.
[N] The music's all about Australia, and the words, you know, place like Paramount or [C] Jail, and
Four Walls, you know, you can sort of feel Australia through their song.
[Gm] Cold Chisel formed [G] in Adelaide in 1973, [Ab] and since then the punters [F] have been with them
all [Gm] the way.
[F]
[Ab] The best band in [F] the world.
Chisel cut their teeth in the blood and guts of [C] Adelaide's suburban pubs, playing impassioned
hard rock covers while developing their original songs.
By 1975 they'd settled on their definitive line-up, Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss, Phil Small,
Steve Presswich and Don Walker.
[Em] And before long, [B] Adelaide couldn't contain [Gb] them.
They head out for the East Coast, building an army of loyal fans and a fierce reputation
for their [Em] blistering [B] live shows.
[E] [F] Their self-titled debut album was released in 1978, with their first single, K-San, reaching
number 48 on the [C] Australian singles chart, in spite of an initial [G] ban on commercial radio.
[E] [Db] [G] Since then, K-San's become one of [Em] Cold Chisel's signature songs, and has often been referred
[D] to as Australia's unofficial national anthem.
[C]
Their [Am] second album earned the [E] band its first [Am] platinum record, and contained classic [G] songs
such as Breakfast at Sweetheart's, Goodbye Astrid Goodbye and [A] Shipping Steal.
[C]
[G] [Bb] East, Cold Chisel's third album, [Ab] was released in 1980, [Bm] reaching number two [Am] on the national
album charts, [C] and spending an incredible six [G] months in the top ten.
Featuring [Bb] songs written by each of the five band [Ab] members, East introduced us to the iconic
[C] hits Cheap Wine, Choir Girl,
My Baby [Dm] and Rising [Am] Sun, and it was the [A] biggest selling Australian album that year.
[B]
[D] [F] [A] In 1981, the band won seven of the [E] eight major awards [Em] at the Countdown Music Awards, and
literally brought the house down with an infamous scene-stealing live performance.
[A] The brilliant Circus Animals, released [B] in 1982, saw [Db] drummer Steve Preswich [E] deliver two
of the band's biggest songs, Forever [A] Now [B] and [E] When The War [A] Is Over.
[Dbm]
[D] [C] But with crack [F] starting to [C] appear, Cold Chisel recorded the album 20th Century and announced
the [Cm] hugely successful Last Stand Farewell Tour, which culminated with five sold-out
nights at [C] the Sydney Entertainment [Eb] Centre.
[C]
[D] [A] Then, solo careers were embarked on.
Jimmy Barnes [E] accumulated a record-breaking eight number one albums and [Ebm] countless [A] hit singles.
Ian [Gb] Moss had chart-topping ARIA award [B]-winning releases, [E] and Don Walker, an inductee of
the Australian Songwriters Hall of [A] Fame, recorded and [E] toured extensively, both as catfish and
solo, and then with Tex, Don and Charlie.
Throughout it all, the [A] legend of Cold Chisel only continued [B] to grow, with their songs becoming
[Gbm] staples of FM radio.
[Am]
[Dm] [Am] After many [Bb] refusals, Cold Chisel [Dm] reformed in 1998 for [Bb] a sold-out national [Dm] tour and a
new number one [Bb] album, The Last Wave Of Summer.
[D]
After 2003's Ringside Tour, in 2009, Chisel played a huge one-off performance to 50,000
people at Sydney's Olympic Park.
Then they [A] secretly started [G] recording a new album, [D] making plans to tour [A] again.
But in early [Dbm] 2011, they were dealt a massive blow with the sudden passing [Gb] of drummer Steve [D] Preswich.
With [G] Steve's last songs and [E] performances captured on tape, the band opted to [A] finish the album.
No plans for their first [G] new recordings in 14 years.
The album was a [A] critically acclaimed chart-topper, and their Lifer Nitro Tour was the biggest
ever by an Australian-based [B] band, playing to over 300,000 people.
[A] These experiences and emotions galvanised the [E] members of [B] Cold Chisel, and they've continued
to record and tour, [E]
most recently releasing their ninth studio album, The Perfect [B] Crime,
and [Bm] undertaking their mammoth one-night [A] stand tour late last year.
With accumulated sales of almost 7 million albums, and an unquenchable demand for concert
tickets, the Australian public continues to reaffirm its deep connection with the inimitable Cold Chisel.
[D] The Ted Albert Award honours those who've had a significant and lasting impact on Australian music.
Tonight, we fittingly and proudly bestow this award on the explosive, poetic, and uniquely
Australian rock and roll band, Cold Chisel!
and articulate our [G] hopes, fears, [D] anger, alienation and [Bm] humour, and simply because they were [G] and
are one of the most feral and beautiful rock and [D] roll bands in the world.
Since blasting [A] onto the Australian music scene, [C] Cold Chisel have defined a uniquely [D] Australian
infusion of rockabilly, [F] metal and rough house soul and [Bb] blues, with piano player Don Walker's
tales of loners, [C] losers and lovers moving [Dm] across the country.
[N] The music's all about Australia, and the words, you know, place like Paramount or [C] Jail, and
Four Walls, you know, you can sort of feel Australia through their song.
[Gm] Cold Chisel formed [G] in Adelaide in 1973, [Ab] and since then the punters [F] have been with them
all [Gm] the way.
[F]
[Ab] The best band in [F] the world.
Chisel cut their teeth in the blood and guts of [C] Adelaide's suburban pubs, playing impassioned
hard rock covers while developing their original songs.
By 1975 they'd settled on their definitive line-up, Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss, Phil Small,
Steve Presswich and Don Walker.
[Em] And before long, [B] Adelaide couldn't contain [Gb] them.
They head out for the East Coast, building an army of loyal fans and a fierce reputation
for their [Em] blistering [B] live shows.
[E] [F] Their self-titled debut album was released in 1978, with their first single, K-San, reaching
number 48 on the [C] Australian singles chart, in spite of an initial [G] ban on commercial radio.
[E] [Db] [G] Since then, K-San's become one of [Em] Cold Chisel's signature songs, and has often been referred
[D] to as Australia's unofficial national anthem.
[C]
Their [Am] second album earned the [E] band its first [Am] platinum record, and contained classic [G] songs
such as Breakfast at Sweetheart's, Goodbye Astrid Goodbye and [A] Shipping Steal.
[C]
[G] [Bb] East, Cold Chisel's third album, [Ab] was released in 1980, [Bm] reaching number two [Am] on the national
album charts, [C] and spending an incredible six [G] months in the top ten.
Featuring [Bb] songs written by each of the five band [Ab] members, East introduced us to the iconic
[C] hits Cheap Wine, Choir Girl,
My Baby [Dm] and Rising [Am] Sun, and it was the [A] biggest selling Australian album that year.
[B]
[D] [F] [A] In 1981, the band won seven of the [E] eight major awards [Em] at the Countdown Music Awards, and
literally brought the house down with an infamous scene-stealing live performance.
[A] The brilliant Circus Animals, released [B] in 1982, saw [Db] drummer Steve Preswich [E] deliver two
of the band's biggest songs, Forever [A] Now [B] and [E] When The War [A] Is Over.
[Dbm]
[D] [C] But with crack [F] starting to [C] appear, Cold Chisel recorded the album 20th Century and announced
the [Cm] hugely successful Last Stand Farewell Tour, which culminated with five sold-out
nights at [C] the Sydney Entertainment [Eb] Centre.
[C]
[D] [A] Then, solo careers were embarked on.
Jimmy Barnes [E] accumulated a record-breaking eight number one albums and [Ebm] countless [A] hit singles.
Ian [Gb] Moss had chart-topping ARIA award [B]-winning releases, [E] and Don Walker, an inductee of
the Australian Songwriters Hall of [A] Fame, recorded and [E] toured extensively, both as catfish and
solo, and then with Tex, Don and Charlie.
Throughout it all, the [A] legend of Cold Chisel only continued [B] to grow, with their songs becoming
[Gbm] staples of FM radio.
[Am]
[Dm] [Am] After many [Bb] refusals, Cold Chisel [Dm] reformed in 1998 for [Bb] a sold-out national [Dm] tour and a
new number one [Bb] album, The Last Wave Of Summer.
[D]
After 2003's Ringside Tour, in 2009, Chisel played a huge one-off performance to 50,000
people at Sydney's Olympic Park.
Then they [A] secretly started [G] recording a new album, [D] making plans to tour [A] again.
But in early [Dbm] 2011, they were dealt a massive blow with the sudden passing [Gb] of drummer Steve [D] Preswich.
With [G] Steve's last songs and [E] performances captured on tape, the band opted to [A] finish the album.
No plans for their first [G] new recordings in 14 years.
The album was a [A] critically acclaimed chart-topper, and their Lifer Nitro Tour was the biggest
ever by an Australian-based [B] band, playing to over 300,000 people.
[A] These experiences and emotions galvanised the [E] members of [B] Cold Chisel, and they've continued
to record and tour, [E]
most recently releasing their ninth studio album, The Perfect [B] Crime,
and [Bm] undertaking their mammoth one-night [A] stand tour late last year.
With accumulated sales of almost 7 million albums, and an unquenchable demand for concert
tickets, the Australian public continues to reaffirm its deep connection with the inimitable Cold Chisel.
[D] The Ted Albert Award honours those who've had a significant and lasting impact on Australian music.
Tonight, we fittingly and proudly bestow this award on the explosive, poetic, and uniquely
Australian rock and roll band, Cold Chisel!
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[C] The legendary Cold Chisel figure in the lives of so many Australians, [D] because they embody
and articulate our [G] hopes, fears, [D] anger, alienation and [Bm] humour, and simply because they were [G] and
are one of the most feral and beautiful rock and [D] roll bands in the world.
_ Since blasting [A] onto the Australian music scene, [C] Cold Chisel have defined a uniquely [D] Australian
infusion of rockabilly, [F] metal and rough house soul and [Bb] blues, with piano player Don Walker's
tales of loners, [C] losers and lovers moving [Dm] across the country.
[N] The music's all about Australia, and the words, you know, place like Paramount or [C] Jail, and
Four Walls, you know, you can sort of feel Australia through their song. _
[Gm] Cold Chisel formed [G] in Adelaide in 1973, [Ab] and since then the punters [F] have been with them
all [Gm] the way.
_ _ [F] _ _
[Ab] The best band in [F] the world.
Chisel cut their teeth in the blood and guts of [C] Adelaide's suburban pubs, playing impassioned
hard rock covers while developing their original songs.
_ _ By 1975 they'd settled on their definitive line-up, Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss, Phil Small,
Steve Presswich and Don Walker.
[Em] And before long, [B] Adelaide couldn't contain [Gb] them.
They head out for the East Coast, building an army of loyal fans and a fierce reputation
for their [Em] blistering [B] live shows. _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F] Their self-titled debut album was released in 1978, with their first single, K-San, reaching
number 48 on the [C] Australian singles chart, in spite of an initial [G] ban on commercial radio.
[E] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [G] Since then, K-San's become one of [Em] Cold Chisel's signature songs, and has often been referred
[D] to as Australia's unofficial national anthem.
[C] _
Their [Am] second album earned the [E] band its first [Am] platinum record, and contained classic [G] songs
such as Breakfast at Sweetheart's, Goodbye Astrid Goodbye and [A] Shipping Steal.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] East, Cold Chisel's third album, [Ab] was released in 1980, [Bm] reaching number two [Am] on the national
album charts, [C] and spending an incredible six [G] months in the top ten.
Featuring [Bb] songs written by each of the five band [Ab] members, East introduced us to the iconic
[C] hits Cheap Wine, Choir Girl,
_ _ My Baby [Dm] and Rising [Am] Sun, and it was the [A] biggest selling Australian album that year.
[B] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [F] _ [A] In 1981, the band won seven of the [E] eight major awards [Em] at the Countdown Music Awards, and
literally brought the house down with an infamous scene-stealing live performance.
_ _ _ _ [A] The brilliant Circus Animals, released [B] in 1982, saw [Db] drummer Steve Preswich [E] deliver two
of the band's biggest songs, Forever [A] Now [B] and _ [E] _ _ When The War [A] Is Over.
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] But with crack [F] starting to [C] appear, Cold Chisel recorded the album 20th Century and announced
the [Cm] hugely successful Last Stand Farewell Tour, which culminated with five sold-out
nights at [C] the Sydney Entertainment [Eb] Centre. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ Then, solo careers were embarked on.
Jimmy Barnes [E] accumulated a record-breaking eight number one albums and [Ebm] countless [A] hit singles.
Ian [Gb] Moss had chart-topping ARIA award [B]-winning releases, [E] and Don Walker, an inductee of
the Australian Songwriters Hall of [A] Fame, recorded and [E] toured extensively, both as catfish and
solo, and then with Tex, Don and Charlie.
Throughout it all, the [A] legend of Cold Chisel only continued [B] to grow, with their songs becoming
[Gbm] staples of FM radio.
_ [Am] _
_ [Dm] _ [Am] After many [Bb] refusals, Cold Chisel [Dm] reformed in 1998 for [Bb] a sold-out national [Dm] tour and a
new number one [Bb] album, The Last Wave Of Summer.
[D] _ _
After 2003's Ringside Tour, in 2009, Chisel played a huge one-off performance to 50,000
people at Sydney's Olympic Park.
Then they [A] secretly started [G] recording a new album, [D] making plans to tour [A] again.
But in early [Dbm] 2011, they were dealt a massive blow with the sudden passing [Gb] of drummer Steve [D] Preswich.
With [G] Steve's last songs and [E] performances captured on tape, the band opted to [A] finish the album.
No plans for their first [G] new recordings in 14 years.
The album was a [A] critically acclaimed chart-topper, and their Lifer Nitro Tour was the biggest
ever by an Australian-based [B] band, playing to over 300,000 people.
[A] These experiences and emotions galvanised the [E] members of [B] Cold Chisel, and they've continued
to record and tour, [E]
most recently releasing their ninth studio album, The Perfect [B] Crime,
and [Bm] undertaking their mammoth one-night [A] stand tour late last year.
With accumulated sales of almost 7 million albums, and an unquenchable demand for concert
tickets, the Australian public continues to reaffirm its deep connection with the inimitable Cold Chisel. _ _
_ [D] _ The Ted Albert Award honours those who've had a significant and lasting impact on Australian music.
Tonight, we fittingly and proudly bestow this award on the explosive, poetic, and uniquely
Australian rock and roll band, Cold Chisel! _ _ _
[C] The legendary Cold Chisel figure in the lives of so many Australians, [D] because they embody
and articulate our [G] hopes, fears, [D] anger, alienation and [Bm] humour, and simply because they were [G] and
are one of the most feral and beautiful rock and [D] roll bands in the world.
_ Since blasting [A] onto the Australian music scene, [C] Cold Chisel have defined a uniquely [D] Australian
infusion of rockabilly, [F] metal and rough house soul and [Bb] blues, with piano player Don Walker's
tales of loners, [C] losers and lovers moving [Dm] across the country.
[N] The music's all about Australia, and the words, you know, place like Paramount or [C] Jail, and
Four Walls, you know, you can sort of feel Australia through their song. _
[Gm] Cold Chisel formed [G] in Adelaide in 1973, [Ab] and since then the punters [F] have been with them
all [Gm] the way.
_ _ [F] _ _
[Ab] The best band in [F] the world.
Chisel cut their teeth in the blood and guts of [C] Adelaide's suburban pubs, playing impassioned
hard rock covers while developing their original songs.
_ _ By 1975 they'd settled on their definitive line-up, Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss, Phil Small,
Steve Presswich and Don Walker.
[Em] And before long, [B] Adelaide couldn't contain [Gb] them.
They head out for the East Coast, building an army of loyal fans and a fierce reputation
for their [Em] blistering [B] live shows. _ _ _
[E] _ _ [F] Their self-titled debut album was released in 1978, with their first single, K-San, reaching
number 48 on the [C] Australian singles chart, in spite of an initial [G] ban on commercial radio.
[E] _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [G] Since then, K-San's become one of [Em] Cold Chisel's signature songs, and has often been referred
[D] to as Australia's unofficial national anthem.
[C] _
Their [Am] second album earned the [E] band its first [Am] platinum record, and contained classic [G] songs
such as Breakfast at Sweetheart's, Goodbye Astrid Goodbye and [A] Shipping Steal.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] East, Cold Chisel's third album, [Ab] was released in 1980, [Bm] reaching number two [Am] on the national
album charts, [C] and spending an incredible six [G] months in the top ten.
Featuring [Bb] songs written by each of the five band [Ab] members, East introduced us to the iconic
[C] hits Cheap Wine, Choir Girl,
_ _ My Baby [Dm] and Rising [Am] Sun, and it was the [A] biggest selling Australian album that year.
[B] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [F] _ [A] In 1981, the band won seven of the [E] eight major awards [Em] at the Countdown Music Awards, and
literally brought the house down with an infamous scene-stealing live performance.
_ _ _ _ [A] The brilliant Circus Animals, released [B] in 1982, saw [Db] drummer Steve Preswich [E] deliver two
of the band's biggest songs, Forever [A] Now [B] and _ [E] _ _ When The War [A] Is Over.
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] But with crack [F] starting to [C] appear, Cold Chisel recorded the album 20th Century and announced
the [Cm] hugely successful Last Stand Farewell Tour, which culminated with five sold-out
nights at [C] the Sydney Entertainment [Eb] Centre. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ Then, solo careers were embarked on.
Jimmy Barnes [E] accumulated a record-breaking eight number one albums and [Ebm] countless [A] hit singles.
Ian [Gb] Moss had chart-topping ARIA award [B]-winning releases, [E] and Don Walker, an inductee of
the Australian Songwriters Hall of [A] Fame, recorded and [E] toured extensively, both as catfish and
solo, and then with Tex, Don and Charlie.
Throughout it all, the [A] legend of Cold Chisel only continued [B] to grow, with their songs becoming
[Gbm] staples of FM radio.
_ [Am] _
_ [Dm] _ [Am] After many [Bb] refusals, Cold Chisel [Dm] reformed in 1998 for [Bb] a sold-out national [Dm] tour and a
new number one [Bb] album, The Last Wave Of Summer.
[D] _ _
After 2003's Ringside Tour, in 2009, Chisel played a huge one-off performance to 50,000
people at Sydney's Olympic Park.
Then they [A] secretly started [G] recording a new album, [D] making plans to tour [A] again.
But in early [Dbm] 2011, they were dealt a massive blow with the sudden passing [Gb] of drummer Steve [D] Preswich.
With [G] Steve's last songs and [E] performances captured on tape, the band opted to [A] finish the album.
No plans for their first [G] new recordings in 14 years.
The album was a [A] critically acclaimed chart-topper, and their Lifer Nitro Tour was the biggest
ever by an Australian-based [B] band, playing to over 300,000 people.
[A] These experiences and emotions galvanised the [E] members of [B] Cold Chisel, and they've continued
to record and tour, [E]
most recently releasing their ninth studio album, The Perfect [B] Crime,
and [Bm] undertaking their mammoth one-night [A] stand tour late last year.
With accumulated sales of almost 7 million albums, and an unquenchable demand for concert
tickets, the Australian public continues to reaffirm its deep connection with the inimitable Cold Chisel. _ _
_ [D] _ The Ted Albert Award honours those who've had a significant and lasting impact on Australian music.
Tonight, we fittingly and proudly bestow this award on the explosive, poetic, and uniquely
Australian rock and roll band, Cold Chisel! _ _ _