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A Bastard Like Me by Paul Kelly

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB Chord diagramE MajorE)

Intro:
Chord diagramG# minorG#m  Chord diagramC# minorC#m  Chord diagramG# minorG#m


Verse:
Chord diagramC# minorC#m             Chord diagramBB           Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramC# minorC#m
I was born in the bush near old Alice Springs, as far as you get from the sea.
Chord diagramC# minorC#m             Chord diagramBB            Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramC# minorC#m
My mother was a fighter, my daddy was too. He never knew a bastard like me.
Chord diagramC# minorC#m             Chord diagramBB                 Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramC# minorC#m
My brothers and sisters are scattered like the wind, from the desert and the hills to the sea.
Chord diagramC# minorC#m   Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramBB          Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Much too young, many died, but I have survived. So lucky, a bastard like me.
Chorus:
Chord diagramC# minorC#m  Chord diagramBB    Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Oooh, oooh. So lucky, a bastard like me.
Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramBB           Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramC# minorC#m
I have survived a hell of a life. Nobody knows a bastard like me.


Verse:
Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramBB       Chord diagramA augmentedA     Chord diagramBB      Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Call me a stray, a dog every day. Call me a mongrel half-breed.
Chord diagramE MajorE            Chord diagramBB           Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Mongrels are strong, so you take me on. Watch out for a bastard like me.


Chorus:
Chord diagramC# minorC#m  Chord diagramBB        Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Oooh, oooh. You better watch out for a bastard like me.
 Chord diagramE MajorE           Chord diagramBB          Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramC# minorC#m
I fuoght all the way. I fight every day. You can't stop a bastard like me.


Interlude:
Chord diagramBB Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramBB Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramC# minorC#m


Verse:
Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramBB        Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramC# minorC#m
I've taken my licks, I've taken my kicks. I am a man of degree.
Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramBB             Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramC# minorC#m
I wear the scars, I earned them so hard. Every day in the lucky country.


Chorus:
Chord diagramC# minorC#m  Chord diagramBB      Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramC# minorC#m
Oooh, oooh. every day in the lucky country.
Chord diagramC# minorC#m Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramBB             Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramC# minorC#m
I've taken my licks. I've kicked against the pricks. Don't try and stop...a bastard like me.


Outro:
Chord diagramC# minorC#m
(fade...)

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