Silly Slang Song Chords by Eric Bogle

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_ _ _ _ [G] Do you ream for the day when [C] if you said that [G] you were gay, it meant with [Em] joy you could
[D] sing and shout?
_ _ [G] Up there he was enchanting [C] and [D] dressing [G] up and canting was something [D] you did [G] with the spouse.
_ That carefree [C] age when an urgent [D] case [G] of faith was powdered milk [Em] we sent to [D] the Sahara.
A [G] fruit was something nice to eat, [C] a poof was something [G] for your feet, and a queen was
an [D] old tart in a [G] tiara. _
[C] Ah, look [D] what we've done [G] to the old mother tongue, it's [C] a crime [G] the way we've [D] misused it.
It's [C] been toggle, it [D] is [G] wobble, pronged and longed and dolly wobbled, and [C] we strangled,
[D] frangled, mangled [C] and [G] abused it.
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Ah, [G] _ those far off times when [C] a bong meant [G] a chime and a buzz [Em] was a noise [D] insecticidal.
_ [G] A joint was something between bones [C] and [D] getting [G] really stoned only happened [D] to bad people
[G] in the Bible.
When if you had a bad trip it [C] meant you [G] fell and broke your hip, cold turkey just [Em] meant
Christmas at [D] them dotties.
Coke [G] was something that you burned, smack [C] was [G] something that you earned from your mumsy
[D] womsy when you [G] had been naughty.
_ [C] Ah, look what [D] we've done to [G] the old mother tongue, it's [C] a crime [G] the way [D] we've misused it. _
[C] It's been toggle, [D] it is wobble, [G] pronged and longed and dolly wobbled, [C] and we strangled,
[D] frangled, mangled [C] and [G] abused it.
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] The years [G] have gone, I'm afraid, [C] when [D] only [G] eggs got laid and only [Em] the rhinoceros [D] got horny. _
[G] Only kangaroos jumped [C] and [G] only camels humped, getting stuffed [D] meant a little [G] _ taxidermy.
Swinging was for [C] trapezes, [D] for tars [G] and chimpanzees, tossing off was [Em] something Scotland did [D] with cavers.
Now it [G] means something quite obscene [C] and a [D] heavy [G] ugly scene is any movie [D] starring Arnold
[G] _ _ Schwarzenegger.
[C] Ah, look [D] what we've done [G] to the old mother tongue, it's [C] a crime [G] the way we've [D] misused it.
It's [C] been toggle, it [D] is [G] wobble, pronged and longed and dolly wobbled, and [C] we strangled,
[D] frangled, mangled [C] and [G] abused [D] it.
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_ _ [D] Look [E] what we've done [A] to the old mother tongue, [D] it's a [A] crime the way [E] we've misused it.
_ [D] It's been toggle, [E] it is wobble, [A] pronged and longed and dolly wobbled, [D] and we strangled,
[E] frangled, mangled and _ _ [A] abused _ it. _ _
They're _ only _ words, and words are [Em] what we _ use when we've got sod all [D]
to _ [A] say. _ _ _ _
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