Chords for Platypus

_ _ _ Fabulous, so [C] _ _
_ marvellous, _ [Am] _ _ platypus, [G] that's us.
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_ [G] [C] It's astonishing, [G] your jaw is dropping, [C] your eyes are popping out, [G] cupping a look.
Take a look [F] at me.
There's no stopping me, _ there's no topping me,
[D] cos there's no fathoming me or [Gm] what I am. _
[C] I'm one of nature's most remarkable creations.
Scientists thought they were victims of [G] a hoax.
[C] They were _ [F] disbelievers, like Otto Duck or Beaver,
[D] or some taxidermist's idea of a natural [G] practical joke.
But [C] I'm platypus, and [F] that's quite _ marvellous.
[G] _ _ Platypus, [C] that's us. _
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_ [C] _ _ Introducing_
I'm from [G] East Australia, [F] got [C] cousins in Tasmania.
But I'm not your cute koala, kangaroo, [G] wallaby, wannabe.
I'm wannabe me.
I [F] don't jump or bite or punch or climb.
You don't jump or bite or punch or climb.
But [D] I can sting like a bee.
If you disturb me, annoy me, or bother me, or get in my way.
[C] And I'm fabulous, and that's [F] quite marvellous.
In fact, [G] it's inconceivable, almost mythical, strange, extraordinary, quite improbable.
Duck, bill, beaver, tail, date, laying mammal, and you probably won't believe it,
so I'll spell it out for you.
P-L-A-T-Y-P-U-S, [C] _ platypus.
_ [G] _ Ornithorhynchus and latinus, that's Latin for platypus.
And [C] that's us. _ _ _ _ _ _
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