Rip Rip Woodchip Chords by John Williamson

_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ What [C] am I gonna do?
[D] What about [G] the future?
Gotta [C] draw the [D] line without [G]
delay
Why shouldn't [C] I get [D] emotional?
The bush [G] is sacred
Ancient [Am] life [D] will fade [G]
away
Over the hill I go, [D] killing [G] another mountain
Gotta fill the quota, [D] can't [G] go slow
Huge machinery [D] wiping [G] out the scenery
One [C] big swipe [D] like a [G] shearer's blow
Rip, [Em] rip wood ship, turn it [D] into paper
[G] Throw it [Em] in the bin, [D] no news [G]
today
_ [Em] Nightmare dreaming, can't you [D] hear the screaming?
[G] _ [Em] Chainsaw, ice [D] or _ [G]
Mordecai
_ [Em] Remember _ _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] the axmen [D] knew [G] their timber
Cared [C] about the way [D] they brought [G] it down
_ [C] Crosscut, [D] lackbut, tallow, [G] wood and cedar
Built [C] another [D] bungalow, pioneer [G]
town
I am [C] the bush [D] and I am [G]
Koala
We [C] are one, [D] go hand [G] in hand
I am the bush [D] like Banjo [G] and Henry
You see, my blood [D] gonna make a [G]
stand
Rip, [Em] rip wood ship, turn it [D] into paper
[G] Throw it [Em] in the bin, [D] no news [G]
today
_ [Em] Nightmare dreaming, can't you hear [D] the [G] screaming?
_ [Em] Chainsaw, ice [D] or _ [G]
Mordecai
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G]
Rip, [Em] rip wood ship, turn it [D] into paper
[G]
Throw it [Em] in the bin, [D] no news [G] today _
[Em] Nightmare dreaming, can't you [D] hear the screaming?
[G] _
[Em] Chainsaw, ice [D] or _ [G] Mordecai
Rip, [Em] rip wood ship, turn it [D] into paper
[G]
Throw it [Em] in the bin, [D] don't [G] understand _ _
[Em] Nightmare dreaming, can't you [D] hear the screaming?
[G]
Spurs my blood [D] gonna make [G] a stand
Rip, rip [Em] wood ship, turn it [D] into paper
[G]
Throw it in the bin, don't _ understand _
[Em] Nightmare dreaming, can't you [D] hear the [G] screaming?
Spurs my blood gonna make a stand
Rip, rip [Em] wood ship, turn [D] it into [G] paper
Throw it in the bin, don't understand _
Nightmare [Em] dreaming, can't you [D] hear the [G] screaming?
Spurs my blood [D] gonna [G] make a stand _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
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