australian dream Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][Em][Am][C][Em][Am]
[C]

[Verse 1]
Here's [Em]a ver
sion of the [Am]Australian Dream
[C]Some outer sub[Em] urb in
[Am]the [C]1950's
Exchanging [Em]pleasantries
like [Am]a sport[C]
Keep it [Em]polite, keep [Am]it short
Firm hand[F]shakes, "have [Am]a nice [C]day"
"Oh, would you [Em]look at that,
[Am]it might[G] be rain[Am]"[F]
[C]Ah- ah, ah- ah, [G]ah-[F] ah,
[C]ah- [G]ah[C]

[Verse 2]
They had a few [Em]kid s, Frank had a good j[Am]ob,
they looked the [C]part
He wasn't a doc[Em]tor, or a lawyer[Am],
but not far [C]off
Church on [Em]Sunday,
the kids they were [Am]bright [C]enough
Nothing for the [Em]neighbors
to [Am]talk [G]about
[F]Ah- ah, ah- [C]ah, [G]Ah-[F] ah,
[C]ah-[G] ah[C]

[Verse 3]
But then Dot [Em]changed after
[Am]the last child came along
Her beha[C]vior became [Em]erratic in her
[Am]brain was some static
And she [C]gave the [Em]neighbors
something [Am]to talk about
All the [C]eyebrows started [Em]raising over
[Am]cuppas, scones, and raisins
Just [C]a few bad [Em]days they'd [Am]say,
[C]she'll be [Em]right as rain
[Am][G][F]

[Verse 4]
[G]Spooked like a horse in
[C]a passing [G]sto[F]rm
Look [G]away be the lovable [C]lar[G]rikin
[F]Look awa[G]y like we have
from the be[C]gin[G]ning[F]
Oh, [G]sleep- walking through your
[C]Australi[G] an Dream

[Interlude 1]
[F][C][F]

[Verse 5]
[C]The old Holden started to [Em]shake
until the wheels [Am]fell off
[C]Something wasn't right,
[Em]the numbers were[Am]n't stacking up
There's [C]post- [Em]traumatic
stressors and fin[Am]ancial pressures
And [C]all those [Em]kids howl[Am]ing for attention
[C]All those things that [Em]people just
[Am]couldn't mention
[C]Weak, soft as but[Em]ter,
stop [Am]seeking attention
[C]Two World Wars [Em]fought and won,
the [Am]dark days were over
[C]All those [Em]boys died so [Am]we could live
in [G]peace [F]and [G]prosper[C] it[G]y[F]
[G]Everything's depressing
[C]for you [G]and [F]me
And [G]all those aches and [C]pains,
[G]the[F]y're just tricks[G] of the mind
They're illu[C]sions, a [G]waste of [F]time
Oh, [G]sleep- walking through
your [C]Australi[G] an Dream

[Interlude 2]
[F]

[Verse 6]
[C]They put Dot in a home,
[Em]sent her o[Am]ff to the funny farm
Her [C]problems couldn't be [Em]fixed with
[Am]a walk around the block
They [C]found her in the middle [Em]of the street,
crying [Am]out
"Aren't we lucky, ain't life sweet?"
[C]Frank couldn't deal with the [Em]mess
[Am]The kids were sent away
with the shame of it
[C]One of them was orphaned,
the [Em]youngest with Mrs. Gordon
[Am]Around the corner, the eldest he was six
[C]Stayed at home, looking aro[Em]und
Wondering [Am]where everyone
[G]had fucking gone
[F]

[Verse 7]
[G]Spooked like a horse in
[C]a passing [G]sto[F]rm
Look [G]away be the lovable [C]lar[G]rikin[C][F]
Look [G]away like we have
from the be[C]gin[G]ning[F]
Oh, [G]sleep- walking through
your [C]Australi[G] an Dr[Am]eam
The [G]mirage at the bottom
of all your [C]talk[G]ing[F]

[Verse 8]
[C]After a few years,
[Em]thin[Am]gs became stable
It was [C]put down as a suburban
[Em]bad dream
[Am]In some outer suburb in the 50's
[C]A speed hump, an anomaly
[Em]A strange turn in the [Am]quest for normality
In the [C]end they achieved
their [Em]goal
[Am]Everyone including the neighbors stopped
talking about [C]the en[Em]tire episode
[Am]

[Verse 9]
But [C]what of the hangover,
the [Em]dodgy foundations support[Am]ing the next generation?
All [C]those things I've men[Em]tioned,
[Am]misremembered
Too embarrassed to admit,
too com[C]mitted to a concept to ex[Em]press [Am]doubt in it
And [C]anyway we've got all those pho
[Em]tos hanging on the w[Am]all
But don't the eyes say it all?
[C]Don't the eyes [Em]say more than
[Am]the smiles [G]ever could?

[Verse 10]
Spooked [F]like [G]a horse in
[C]a passing [G]sto[Am]rm
Look [G]away be the lovable [C]lar[G]rikin[F]
Look [G]away like we have
from the be[C]gin[G]ning[Am]
[F]Oh,[Am] sleep- w[G]alking through
[Am]your Aus[G]tralian [F]Dream
The [G]mirage at the bottom of
all your [Am]talk [G]in[F]g
[G]How do we fix something so [Am]broken?[G][F]
[G]How do you fix something so [Am]broken?[G][F]
And [G]why are the giant wings [Am]woken?[G][F]
Yeah [G]why are the giant wings [Am]woken?[G]
[F]

[Verse 11]
[C]Ah- [Em]ah, [Am]ah- ah,
[C]ah-[Em] ah, [Am]ah- ah[C][Em][Am]
Ah- ah, [C]ah- ah, ah- ah, [Em]ah- ah
[Am]