Chords for Paul Kelly - Bradman (Official Video)

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_ Sidney, [D] 1926. _
[A] _ _ This is [G] the story of a man.
_ [D] _ _ Just a kid in [A] from the sticks.
_ [G] _ _
Just a [D] kid with a plan. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
St.
George took [D] a gamble. _
[A] _ _ Played him [G] in first grade.
_ _ _ [D] Pretty soon that [A] young man showed [G] them how to flesh the blade.
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[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
And at the age [D] of 19, _ [A] he was playing for the state.
[G] _ _
From [D] Adelaide to Brisbane, the [A] runs did not abate.
_ [G] He hit them [D] hard, he hit them straight. _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
He was more than [D] just a batsman, he was something [A] like a tide.
_ [G] _ _
More than [D] just one man, he could take [A] on any side.
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They always [D] came for Bradman, his fortune [A] used to hide.
In [G] the power of [D] his hands. _
[A] _ _ In [G] the power [D] of his hands. _
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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 [G] 28, 29, they [D] gave the green caps no relief.
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Some [D] reputations came to grief. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
They say the [D] darkest hour is right [A] before the dawn.
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And in the [D] hour of greatest slaughter, [A] the great avenger is being born.
[G] _ _
_ [D] But who then could have seen the [A] shape of things to come?
_ [G] _
In [D] Bradman's first test, he went for [A] 18 and for one.
[G] _ _
They [D] dropped him like a gun. _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
Now Big Morris [D] Tate was the trickiest of them [A] all.
And a man with [G] a 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 Rattler.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ Bradman [A] never forgot it.
_ [G] _
It was more than [D] just a batsman, it was something [A] like a tide.
_ [G] _ _
More than [D] just one man, he was a [A] match for any side.
_ [G] _ _
Fathers [D] took their sons, cause fortune [A] used to hide.
[G] In the power [D] of his hands. _
[A] _ _ _ [G] In the power [D] of his hands. _
[A] La la la la la [G] la la
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[A] La la la la [G] _
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[A] la la _ [G] la
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[A] England, _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ 1930.
_ [A] And the seed burst [G] in the 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 [D] runs he took and rewrote all the [A] books.
That really [G] knocked those gents.
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The [A] critics could not comprehend [G] this nonchalant phenomenon.
[D] _ _ _
_ [A] Why, this man is a [G] machine, they said.
Even [D] his friends say he isn't [A] human.
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Even friends have [D] to cut something. _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
There's more than [D] just a batman, there's something [A] like a tide.
_ [G] _ _
More than [D] just one man, he was [A] half the side.
_ [G] _ _
_ Fathers [D] took their sons, cause fortune used [A] to hide.
[G] In the palm of [D] his hands. _
[A] _ _ _ In [G] the palm of [D] his hands.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Summer [D] _ 1932.
[A] _ _ And Captain [G] Douglas had a plan.
_ _ [D] _ When [A] Llywood bowled to Bradman, _ [G] _
it was more than [D] man to man. _
[A] _ _ And State [G] Adelaide nearly bottled over, [D] _ as rage [A] ruled over since.
_ [G] _
When Bert [D] Oldfield hit the ground, [A] they nearly jumped the fence.
[G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ Now Bill Woodfield [A] was as fine a man as [G] ever went to wicket. _
_ [D] And the bruises on his body [A] that day showed that he could [G] stick it. _
But to this [D] 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 [D] of them's playing cricket. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
It was longer than [D] a memory, and bigger than [A] a town.
_ [G] _ _
His feet, they [D] used to sparkle, and he always [A] kept them on the ground.
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Fathers [D] took their sons, who never lost [A] their sound.
Of the [G] roar of the [D] _ _ [A] grandstand.
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_ [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 part [D] tell the whole. _
[A] _ _ _ [G] Now the players all wear [D] colors, _ _ _
[A] _ the circus [G] is in town.
_ _ [D] I no longer can go [A] down there, _ _ _ [G] down to that sacred [D] ground. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
It was more than [D] just a batsman, something [A] like a child.
_ [G] _ _
More than [D] just one man, it was [A] half the bloody side.
_ [G] _ _
Fathers [D] took their sons, whose fortune [A] used to hide.
[G] In the power [D] of his hands. _
[A] _ _ _ [G] In the power [D] of his hands. _
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