Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
D MajorD x8
G+G E minorEm D MajorD x4
Verse 1:
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
Noisy mynas bully the suburbs
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
Out beyond the haze
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
Seaside holiday houses lay
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
Quiet as a grave
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Tombs of dreams past
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Wealth gone to waste
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
The Australian dream is fading
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
Stolen anyway
Chorus:
G+G
I’m never gonna lose my head
E minorEm
To a setting sun
G+G
I’m never gonna dream of things
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
That just can’t be done
Guitar Solo:
G+G E minorEm D MajorD x4
Verse 2:
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
Pavement’s too hot to walk on barefoot
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
So you hop and skip
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
Prawns in wheelie bins marinate
G+G E minorEm D MajorD
A augmentedA cocktail of stink
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Bat swaying on
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
The power line
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Wings open in surrender
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
This is how you die
Extended Chorus:
G+G
I’m never gonna lose my head
E minorEm
To a setting sun
G+G
I’m never gonna dream of things
E minorEm
That just can’t be done
G+G E minorEm
I’m never gonna say, never gonna do, never gonna be
G+G E minorEm
Anything more than what’s expected of me
G+G D MajorD
It's true
G+G D MajorD
It's true
G+G D MajorD
It's true
G+G D MajorD D MajorD
It's true
Extended Guitar Solo:
G+G E minorEm D MajorD x8
Chorus:
G+G
I’m never gonna lose my head
E minorEm
To a setting sun
G+G
I’m never gonna dream of things
E minorEm
That just can’t be done
G+G E minorEm
I’m never gonna say, never gonna do, never gonna be
G+G E minorEm G+G
Anything more than what’s expected of me