Chords for gumboots fred dagg ( john clarke )

_ Hey there guys Tony here _
looking at a _ an old
_ _ _ 19 _ _ Filco
_ one two five six radiogram
Angle would be about from 50, I'm not too sure how old this one is but um
Restored it a couple of years ago and um
_ _ Well the video is not really about that.
It's actually um _
_ _ _ _ about _
You know sort of like the Kiwi bloke for a starters and
_ _ _ _ They're quite renowned for how they are and um there's one guy that we have lost
Yesterday that really pretty much showed what the Kiwi bloke was like _
_ His name was um John Clark or a lot of you guys will know him as Fred Dagg
Which he often portrayed which is yeah pretty hard case
_ Um so I thought I'd you know show you guys something that he was that he's quite well known for
_ _ _ _ One of these things, he always wore them
_ A lot of people would know of them as um _ as Wellingtons you know but in New Zealand they're they're referred to as gumboots _ _
Yeah _ So _ _ _ yeah _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So _ _ _ _ _ _ yeah, _ I'll kick it in the guts
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_ _ _ _ Hang on
That's right with these record players you gotta lift this thing up otherwise it's not gonna [Ab] start
Cuz it's gonna think it's all finished _ Yeah, okay
_ You big loser _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Righto, kick it in the guts Trev
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[F] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] Gumboots they are [Db] wonderful
Gumboots they are swell
Cuz they [Ab] keep out the water
[Eb] And they keep in the smell
[Ab] And when you're sitting around at [Db] home
You can [Ab] always tell
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[Dbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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If you didn't have your feet
[Eb] In your _ [Ab]
gumboots
[Eb] I'd [F] _ [G] _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _
_ [Ab] buy boots and race and [Db] boots and boots for [Ab] drinks and rum
For the only boots
I've [Eb] never went out of the ones that start with gum
[Ab] I've got short [Ebm] ones and long [Db] ones
_ [Ab] _
I've never dressed till [Eb] I've got on me
_ [Ab] Gumboots
If it [Eb] weren't for your gumboots
[Db] How would you be
You'd be [Ab] in the hospital [Eb] or _ infirmary
[Ab] You would have a [Db] toe or even [Ab] blur a knee
If you didn't have your feet
[Ebm] In your [Db] _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] gumboots _ _ _ _ _
I sing in the opera
_ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ They help me [Ab] hit the high notes
And [Eb] protect me feet _ _
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[Ab] They keep the water wet _ away
[Db] This won't get [Ab] no rust
_ You will not never see [Eb] me
Without me [Ab] boots
If it [Eb] weren't for your [Db] gumboots
Where would you be
You'd be [Ab] in the hospital [Eb] or [Db] _
infirmary
[Ab] Cuz you would [Ebm] have a toe or [Db] even [Ab] blur a knee
If you didn't have your feet
[Eb] In your _ gumboots
[Ab] In your gumboots
_ _ _ _ [F] _
[G] [Ab] They're on the loon and rolling
[Db] _ [Ab] Made a hit, they're ruining the [Eb] country
More than just a bit
[Ab] If they keep on the way they're [Db] going
We'll all be [Ab] in turd
So you'd better get your feet [Eb] up your _ [Ab]
gumboots
If it [Eb] weren't for your [Db] gumboots
Where would you be
You'd be [Ab] in the hospital [Eb] or _ infirmary
Cuz [Ab] you would have a toe or [Db] even [Ab] blur a knee
If you didn't have your [Ebm] feet
In your _ [Ab]
gumboots
If it weren't [Eb] for your [Db] gumboots
Where would you be
You'd be [Ab] in the hospital [Eb] or infirmary
[Ab] Cuz you would have a toe [Db] or even [Ab] blur a knee
If you didn't have your feet
[Eb] In your _ gumboots
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_ _ _ _ _ _ So yeah
It was quite a loss
Cuz I remember back in the days
Back when I was really young
_ After the news and that
You'd often have a show on TV
_ But _ I don't think people
Seem to be cool like that these days It's just _
_ Anything _ _ _ _ _ that's not violent
Enough seems to be
_ Doesn't not look that as cool these days So yeah
you know it's just the way the world's heading these days but yeah it's a shame to um lose old
John Clark or um breed daggies no one knows um I hope his family does very well and all the best
to them um _ _ _ _ _ yeah so I'll see you guys um next time.