australian dream

australian dream easy guitar chords by The Pretty Littles

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Here's 
    a ver

    sion 
    of 
    the 
    Australi
    an 
    Dream 

    Some 
    outer 
    sub
    urb 
    in 

    the 
    1950's 

    Exchanging 
    pleasantries 

    like 
    a sport 

    Keep 
    it 
    polite, 
    keep 
    it short 

    Firm 
    hand
    shakes, 
    "have 
    a nice 
    day" 

    "Oh, 
    would you 
    look at 
    that, 

    it 
    might 
    be 
    rain" 

    Ah- ah, ah- ah, 
    ah- ah, 

    ah- 
    ah 

    Verse 2
    They 
    had 
    few 
    kid
    s, 
    Frank 
    had 
    good 
    job, 

    they 
    looked 
    the 
    part 

    He 
    wasn't 
    a doc
    tor, 
    or 
    a lawyer

    but 
    not 
    far 
    off 

    Church 
    on 
    Sunday, 

    the kids 
    they 
    were 
    bright 
    enough 

    Nothing 
    for 
    the 
    neighbors 

    to 
    talk 
    about 

    Ah- 
    ah, ah- 
    ah, 
    Ah- 
    ah, 

    ah- ah 

    Verse 3
    But 
    then 
    Dot 
    changed 
    after 

    the last 
    child 
    came 
    along 

    Her 
    beha
    vior 
    became 
    erratic 
    in her 

    brain 
    was 
    some 
    static 

    And 
    she 
    gave 
    the 
    neigh
    bors 

    something 
    to talk 
    about 

    All 
    the 
    eye
    brows 
    started 
    raising 
    over 

    cuppas, scones, 
    and 
    raisins 

    Just 
    a few 
    bad 
    days 
    they'd 
    say, 

    she'll 
    be 
    right 
    as 
    rain 

    Verse 4

    Spooked 
    like 
    horse 
    in 

    a passing 
    storm 

    Look 
    away 
    be 
    the 
    lovable 
    lar
    rikin 

    Look 
    away 
    like 
    we 
    have 

    from 
    the 
    be
    gin
    ning 

    Oh, 
    sleep- 
    walking 
    through 
    your 

    Australi
    an 
    Dream 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 5
    The 
    old 
    Holden 
    started 
    to shake 

    until 
    the wheels 
    fell 
    off 

    Something 
    wasn't 
    right, 

    the 
    numbers 
    weren't 
    stacking 
    up 

    There's 
    post- 
    traumatic 

    stressors and 
    fin
    ancial 
    pressures 

    And 
    all 
    those 
    kids 
    howl
    ing 
    for 
    attention 

    All 
    those 
    things 
    that 
    people 
    just 

    couldn't 
    mention 

    Weak, 
    soft 
    as 
    but
    ter, 

    stop 
    seek
    ing 
    attention 

    Two 
    World 
    Wars 
    fought 
    and 
    won, 

    the 
    dark 
    days 
    were 
    over 

    All 
    those 
    boys 
    died 
    so 
    we 
    could 
    live 

    in 
    peace 
    and 
    prosper
    ity 

    Everything's 
    depressing 

    for you 
    and 
    me 

    And 
    all 
    those 
    aches 
    and 
    pains, 

    they're 
    just 
    tricks 
    of 
    the mind 

    They're 
    illu
    sions, 
    waste 
    of 
    time 

    Oh, 
    sleep- 
    walking 
    through 

    your 
    Australi
    an 
    Dream 

    Interlude 2

    Verse 6
    They 
    put 
    Dot 
    in 
    a home, 

    sent 
    her off 
    to 
    the funny 
    farm 

    Her 
    problems 
    couldn't 
    be 
    fixed 
    with 

    a walk 
    around 
    the 
    block 

    They 
    found 
    her 
    in 
    the middle 
    of 
    the 
    street, 

    crying 
    out 

    "Aren't 
    we lucky, 
    ain't 
    life 
    sweet?" 

    Frank 
    couldn't 
    deal 
    with 
    the 
    mess 

    The kids 
    were sent 
    away 

    with 
    the shame 
    of 
    it 

    One 
    of them 
    was 
    orphaned, 

    the 
    youngest 
    with 
    Mrs. 
    Gor
    don 

    Around 
    the corner, 
    the 
    eldest 
    he 
    was 
    six 

    Stayed 
    at 
    home, 
    looking 
    around 

    Wondering 
    where 
    everyone 

    had 
    fucking 
    gone 

    Verse 7

    Spooked 
    like 
    horse 
    in 

    a passing 
    storm 

    Look 
    away 
    be 
    the 
    lovable 
    lar
    rikin 

    Look 
    away 
    like 
    we 
    have 

    from 
    the 
    be
    gin
    ning 

    Oh, 
    sleep- 
    walking 
    through 

    your 
    Australi
    an 
    Dream 

    The 
    mirage 
    at 
    the 
    bottom 

    of 
    all 
    your 
    talk
    ing 

    Verse 8
    After 
    a few 
    years, 

    things 
    became 
    stable 

    It was 
    put 
    down 
    as a suburban 

    bad 
    dream 

    In some 
    outer 
    suburb 
    in 
    the 
    50's 

    A speed 
    hump, 
    an 
    anomaly 

    A strange 
    turn 
    in 
    the quest 
    for 
    normality 

    In 
    the 
    end 
    they 
    achieved 

    their 
    goal 

    Everyone 
    including 
    the 
    neighbors 
    stopped 

    talking 
    about 
    the en
    tire 
    episode 

    Verse 9

    But 
    what 
    of the 
    hangover, 

    the 
    dodgy 
    foundations 
    support
    ing 
    the 
    next 
    generation? 

    All 
    those 
    things 
    I've 
    men
    tioned, 

    misremembered 

    Too embarrassed 
    to 
    admit, 

    too 
    com
    mitted 
    to 
    a concept 
    to 
    ex
    press 
    doubt 
    in 
    it 

    And 
    any
    way 
    we've 
    got 
    all 
    those 
    pho

    tos 
    hanging 
    on 
    the 
    wall 

    But don't 
    the 
    eyes 
    say 
    it 
    all? 

    Don't 
    the 
    eyes 
    say 
    more 
    than 

    the smiles 
    ever 
    could? 

    Verse 10
    Spooked 
    like 
    horse 
    in 

    a passing 
    storm 

    Look 
    away 
    be 
    the 
    lovable 
    lar
    rikin 

    Look 
    away 
    like 
    we 
    have 

    from 
    the 
    be
    gin
    ning 

    Oh, 
    sleep- 
    walking 
    through 

    your 
    Aus
    tralian 
    Dream 

    The 
    mirage 
    at 
    the 
    bottom 
    of 

    all 
    your 
    talk
    ing 

    How 
    do 
    we 
    fix 
    something 
    so 
    broken? 

    How 
    do 
    you 
    fix 
    something 
    so 
    broken? 

    And 
    why 
    are 
    the 
    giant 
    wings 
    woken? 

    Yeah 
    why 
    are 
    the 
    giant 
    wings 
    woken? 

    Verse 11

    Ah- 
    ah, ah- 
    ah, 

    ah- 
    ah, 
    ah- ah 

    Ah- ah, 
    ah- ah, ah- ah, 
    ah- ah 


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