Chords for Redgum - Brown Rice and Kerosene

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[C] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] Julie [E] did three in [Am] straight school, [A] _
[Dm] I served [G] my apprenticeship [Dm] time. _
[F] We made a [E] modest living, [C] but we were upstaged,
Cause [D] computers don't strike, [G] or need holidays.
[C] Our parents [E] ate bread [A] and dribbling, _ [Dm] Stole wood [G] from the bark to [Dm] keep warm. _
[F] We're eating [E] by the heater, in tread-bare [Am] jeans, [D] Brown rice [G] and [C] kerosene.
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[Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G#] _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [Am] Life wasn't meant to [E] be impossible, _ [G] Spares [F#] the _ [Bm] indignity.
_ _ [E] Two chips for progress, reason [D] denied.
[G] _ Whitewash and platitudes are all [A#] I can find, [C] Our parents [E] ate bread [Am] and dripping,
[A] _ [Dm] Stole wood [G] from the bark to [Dm] keep warm.
_ [F] The [E] cupboard's bare, all we [A] can share, [D] Brown rice [G] and _ [C] kerosene.
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Sometimes I [Em] think [E] about _
_ _ [Am] cocktails, _ _ [G] Or its recipe.
[C#m] _ _ [Dm] _ Forget the [E] gravel ballast, [A#m] Think [A] of benzene,
[D] Use rice [G] and [C] kerosene.
_ [A] _ A major [G]
change [C] of scene, [A] _ [D] Like _ [G]
1917,
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] With people _ [G] before _ _ [C] machines. _
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