Chords for JEZ LOWE Spitting Cousins - Royal Oak Folk Lewes
Tempo:
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Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I did when I went to Australia for the first time back in the mid -1990s.
And I met a fellow there [N]
in New South Wales, but originally he was from Tyneside, [Eb] he was from South [D]
Sheathes.
Australia in the early 1960s with his parents when he was [D] a kid.
as I remember, he paid [G] £10 and it was [Dm] time he could emigrate to Australia.
Of course [Ab] he'd stolen £10 from his parents.
[D] Anyway, this family [C] had settled in New [D] South Wales and done very well for themselves.
And I met a fellow there [N]
in New South Wales, but originally he was from Tyneside, [Eb] he was from South [D]
Sheathes.
Australia in the early 1960s with his parents when he was [D] a kid.
as I remember, he paid [G] £10 and it was [Dm] time he could emigrate to Australia.
Of course [Ab] he'd stolen £10 from his parents.
[D] Anyway, this family [C] had settled in New [D] South Wales and done very well for themselves.
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I did when I went to Australia for the first time back in the mid _ -1990s. _
_ And I met a fellow there _ _ [N] _
in New South Wales, but originally he was _ from Tyneside, [Eb] he was from South [D]
Sheathes.
_ _ And he'd gone over [Gb] to _ _ Australia in the early 1960s with his parents when he was [D] a kid.
_ [N] It was that deal at the time, as I remember, _ _ he paid [G] £10 and it was [Dm] time he could emigrate to Australia.
Of _ course [Ab] _ he'd stolen £10 from _ _ his parents. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Anyway, this family [C] had settled in New [D] South Wales and done very well for themselves.
And then about [A] 20 years [D] ago, I guess, 25 years ago, this fellow decided he was going to come back to Tyneside
to visit his long lost relatives that he hadn't seen _ _ for _ 20 years.
He came all the way back expecting to be welcomed like the prodigal son [Dm] returning back to the family.
But instead he got back and he found the people in [E] Tyneside were very bitter, _ very jealous, very angry, _ very _ _ English I think the [D] word is.
_ _ [D] They felt that while he'd been over there in the sunshine [Dm] having a great time, they'd been [C] stuck over here in the bad weather. _ _ _ _
_ The song is called [D] Spitting Cousins _ _ _ [G] and it's written from the point of view of the people in Tyneside
who were simply confronted by this _ _ tall, _ muscular, _ [N] apparently slender, _ geek. _
[C] You _ _ [D] know, how are they _ supposed to behave?
This was Spitting Cousins.
_ The chorus says, blood's no thicker than the cold North Sea no more. _ _ _ _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ You share my [Am] name, I guess that's true, [Gm] me father's father was your [Dm] foster.
_ [Gm] You pick your evening, [D] I work in here.
But then [C]
oh [Gm] Lord, _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] you spend your life [Am] in a land of [Gm] plenty.
Where I've spent mine, [Dm] but the bowl's been emptied.
[Gm] Cause one brother [D] stayed and one's rejected.
I'm a rock, [E] I'm good [Bb] and sure. _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] I'm good so leave it, and you'll hold no steel no more.
_ _ _ Instead of [Dm] too much [D] time and too [Am] much love, [Gm] I could have been the one to have [Dm] the things you've got.
[Gm] If my old man had [Dm] had a bit more, [G] it would have seemed [D] like the best [Bb] of all.
_ _ _ _ [Dm]
Now the years have [C] peeled away, and [Gm] you slip your hand back [Dm] in the family puzzle.
[Gm] Well I'm more spitting [D] than a kissing cousin, and me pride's been [Gm] read wrong.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ Spitting Cousins North Sea no more.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
How bloody stupid did you think [D] I'd be?
_ _ _ _ [Gm] You're not getting a single piece of the car [A] from me.
_ _ _ _ [D] Well you poke of [Am] sunshine in open spaces, [Gm] _ warm green [D] forest all over the place.
[Gm] Well I haven't been like [Dm] the wind and rain in me face, because [D] it's cold and [A] sore. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ It's so [D] clean and all the sea.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Gm] _ It's been one of two changes since you [D] went away. _ _ _
[Gm] You got coloured television, but real life [A] turned grey. _ _ _ _
[D] Now you stand in my [Am] corner with your plastic dollars.
[Gm] You woo the women [D] and you charm the [Gm] fellas.
Why should I be bitter?
Why should I be jealous?
You're so bad for your [C] son, you're a [Gm] burning bore.
_ _ _ So [Dm] take your [D] presents and [Am] your tax [Gm] reboot, and your laughable hat and your [Dm] sexy [Gm] shoes.
And make like your [D] precious kangaroo, then hop off my damn [A] floor. _ _ _ _
_ [D] Well it's good to live in North North Sea no _ more. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Dm] You share my [Am] name, I guess that's true.
[Gm] Me father's father [Dm] was your father's.
_ [Gm] Do you really think God would love you, if he didn't know [C] how to love [A] you?
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ And I met a fellow there _ _ [N] _
in New South Wales, but originally he was _ from Tyneside, [Eb] he was from South [D]
Sheathes.
_ _ And he'd gone over [Gb] to _ _ Australia in the early 1960s with his parents when he was [D] a kid.
_ [N] It was that deal at the time, as I remember, _ _ he paid [G] £10 and it was [Dm] time he could emigrate to Australia.
Of _ course [Ab] _ he'd stolen £10 from _ _ his parents. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ Anyway, this family [C] had settled in New [D] South Wales and done very well for themselves.
And then about [A] 20 years [D] ago, I guess, 25 years ago, this fellow decided he was going to come back to Tyneside
to visit his long lost relatives that he hadn't seen _ _ for _ 20 years.
He came all the way back expecting to be welcomed like the prodigal son [Dm] returning back to the family.
But instead he got back and he found the people in [E] Tyneside were very bitter, _ very jealous, very angry, _ very _ _ English I think the [D] word is.
_ _ [D] They felt that while he'd been over there in the sunshine [Dm] having a great time, they'd been [C] stuck over here in the bad weather. _ _ _ _
_ The song is called [D] Spitting Cousins _ _ _ [G] and it's written from the point of view of the people in Tyneside
who were simply confronted by this _ _ tall, _ muscular, _ [N] apparently slender, _ geek. _
[C] You _ _ [D] know, how are they _ supposed to behave?
This was Spitting Cousins.
_ The chorus says, blood's no thicker than the cold North Sea no more. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You share my [Am] name, I guess that's true, [Gm] me father's father was your [Dm] foster.
_ [Gm] You pick your evening, [D] I work in here.
But then [C]
oh [Gm] Lord, _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] you spend your life [Am] in a land of [Gm] plenty.
Where I've spent mine, [Dm] but the bowl's been emptied.
[Gm] Cause one brother [D] stayed and one's rejected.
I'm a rock, [E] I'm good [Bb] and sure. _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] I'm good so leave it, and you'll hold no steel no more.
_ _ _ Instead of [Dm] too much [D] time and too [Am] much love, [Gm] I could have been the one to have [Dm] the things you've got.
[Gm] If my old man had [Dm] had a bit more, [G] it would have seemed [D] like the best [Bb] of all.
_ _ _ _ [Dm]
Now the years have [C] peeled away, and [Gm] you slip your hand back [Dm] in the family puzzle.
[Gm] Well I'm more spitting [D] than a kissing cousin, and me pride's been [Gm] read wrong.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ Spitting Cousins North Sea no more.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
How bloody stupid did you think [D] I'd be?
_ _ _ _ [Gm] You're not getting a single piece of the car [A] from me.
_ _ _ _ [D] Well you poke of [Am] sunshine in open spaces, [Gm] _ warm green [D] forest all over the place.
[Gm] Well I haven't been like [Dm] the wind and rain in me face, because [D] it's cold and [A] sore. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ It's so [D] clean and all the sea.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Gm] _ It's been one of two changes since you [D] went away. _ _ _
[Gm] You got coloured television, but real life [A] turned grey. _ _ _ _
[D] Now you stand in my [Am] corner with your plastic dollars.
[Gm] You woo the women [D] and you charm the [Gm] fellas.
Why should I be bitter?
Why should I be jealous?
You're so bad for your [C] son, you're a [Gm] burning bore.
_ _ _ So [Dm] take your [D] presents and [Am] your tax [Gm] reboot, and your laughable hat and your [Dm] sexy [Gm] shoes.
And make like your [D] precious kangaroo, then hop off my damn [A] floor. _ _ _ _
_ [D] Well it's good to live in North North Sea no _ more. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Dm] You share my [Am] name, I guess that's true.
[Gm] Me father's father [Dm] was your father's.
_ [Gm] Do you really think God would love you, if he didn't know [C] how to love [A] you?
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
