Paul Kelly - Bradman Chords

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Sydney, _ [D] 1926.
_ [A] _ _ This is [G] the story of a man.
_ [D] _ _
Just a kid [A] in from the sticks.
_ [G] _
_ Just a [D] kid
with a plan. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ St.
George took [D] a gamble.
_ [A] _ _ Played him in [G] first grade.
_ _ _ [D] Pretty soon that [A] young
man showed [G] them how to flash the blade.
[D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
And at the age [D] of 19, _ [A] he was playing for the state.
[G] _
From Adelaide [D] to Brisbane, the [A] runs did not abate.
_ [G]
He hit them hard [D] and he hit them straight.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
He was more than [D] just a batsman for something [A] like a tide.
_ [G] _
More than [D] just one man he could
take [A] on any side.
_ _ [G] _
They always came [D] for Bradman, his fortune [A] used to hide.
[G] In the palm of [D] his _
hand.
[A] _ _ In [G] the palm of [D] his hand.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ A team [D] came out from England.
_ [A] _ Wally Hammond wore [G] his felt
hat like a chief.
[D] _ _ _
[A] All through the summer of 28, [G]
29, they gave [D] the green caps no relief.
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
Some reputations [D] came to grief. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
They say the [D] darkest hour is right [A] before the noon.
_ _ [G] _
And
in the hour [D] of greatest slaughter, the [A] great avenger is being born.
[G] _
_ _ [D] But who then could
have seen the shape [A] of things to come?
_ [G] _
In Bradman's [D] first test, he went for [A] 18 and for
one.
_ [G] _
_ They [D] dropped him like a gun.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
Now Big Morris [D] tape was the trickiest of them [A] all.
And a man with a [G]
wisecracking habit.
_ [D] _ But there's one [A] crack that won't stop ringing in his [G] ears.
_ _ _ [D] Hey Whitey, [A] that's my Bradman.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _
Bradman [A] never forgot it.
_ [G] _
He was more than [D] just a batsman
for something [A] like a tide.
_ [G] _
_ More than [D] just one man he was a match [A] for any side.
_ _ [G] _
_ Fathers
[D] took their sons cause fortune [A] used to hide.
In [G] the palm [D] of his hand.
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] In the palm [D] of his _
hand.
[A] La la la la la [G] la _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] la la la [G] la _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] la la la [G] la la _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ la la la la la la la la la la la
England [D] 1930 _ _ [A] and the seed burst [G] into flower.
_ _ [D] _
All of [A] Jackson's grace failed him. _
[G] It was
Bradman was the [D] power. _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ He murdered [D] them in Yorkshire.
_ _ [A] He danced for them in [G] Kent.
_ He
[D] laughed at them in Leicestershire.
[A] _ Leeds was an [G] event.
_ 300 runs [D] he took and rewrote
all the [A] books.
That really knocked [G] those gents.
_ _ [D] _ _
The [A] critics could not comprehend [G] this noncelant
phenomenon.
[D] _ _
_ _ [A] Why this man is a machine [G] they said.
Even [D] his friends say he isn't human.
[A] _ _ _ _
[G] Even friends have to [D] catch something.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ Cause more than [D] just a batsman for something [A] like
a tide.
_ [G] _
_ More than just [D] one man he was half [A] the side.
_ [G] _
_ _ Fathers took [D] their sons cause [A] fortune
used to hide.
[G] In the palm of his [D] hand.
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] In the palm of [D] his hand.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ Summer [D] 1932 _ [A] and Captain [G] Douglas had a plan.
_ _ [D] _
When [A] Lord Walter Bradman _ [G]
it was more than
man [D] to man.
_ [A] _ _ And State [G] Adelaide nearly boiled over [D] _ as rage [A] ruled over since.
_ [G] _
When Bert [D] Oakville
hit the ground [A] they nearly jumped the fence.
[G] _
_ _ _ [D] Now Bill [A] Woodpile was as fine a man as [G] ever
went to wicked.
_ _ [D] And the bruises on his body that [A] day showed that he could [G] stick it. _
But
to [D] this day he's still quoted.
[A] _ _ And [G] only he could wear it.
_ [D] _ There's two [A] sides out there
today.
[G] _
And only one of [D] them's playing cricket. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
It was longer than [D] a memory.
And [A] bigger than
a town.
_ [G] _ _
His feet they used [D] to sparkle.
And he always kept [A] them on the ground.
_ [G] _ _
_ Fathers
took [D] their sons who never [A] lost the sound.
[G] Of the roar.
Of the [D] grandstand. _
[A] La la la la la [G] la.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] La la la la la.
[G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] La la la la [G] la la.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] Now shadows grow longer.
[A] _ _ And [G] there's so much more yet to be [D] told. _ _
[A] But we're not getting
any younger.
_ [G]
So let the pot [D] fill the hole. _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] Now the players all wear [D] colours. _ _
_ [A] _ The circus
[G] is in town.
_ [D] I no longer can go down [A] there.
_ _ _ [G]
Down to that sacred [D] ground. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
It is much too
More than [D] just a basket, something [A] like a tie
_ _ [G] _
_ More than [D] just one man, that was half [A] the bloody sigh
_ _ [G] _
_ Fathers [D] took their sons, cause fortune [A] used to hide
In [G] the palm, of [D] his hand
_ [A] In _ [G] the palm, of [D] his hand
_ [A] La la la la [G] la la la la la _ [D] _ _ _
[A] la
La la la la [G] la la la _ _ [D] _ _ _
la
[A] La la la la [G] la la la la la You
_ [D] _ _ [N] _