Butter Outa Grass chords by 
John Williamson 
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Key: Eb major•
Verse 1
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The whole school could smell
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it as he pulled up in his ute
When dad came to my class,
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cow dung on his boot
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He been up since 3:30, mum have
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gone to town
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You gon na have to come now,
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son, the milk in' cow is down
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So I drove the forks and tractor
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wrapped around ahead
Come on ol', girl, get up or to
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morrow you'll be dead
Verse 2
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You see I was always learnin'
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even when I wagged my class
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Like how to make a livin',
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makin' butter and a grass
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Grass goes in one end and
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dung comes out the back
Milk comes out the other
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and you squirt it in a valve
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The dung makes the grass grow,
and 'round, around it goes
Milk to a make your tea,
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cow dung to warm your toes
Verse 3
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Christmas Day or Easter it
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doesn't matter when
Milkin' every mornin' and
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afternoon again
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Even at the bush fire,
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you gotta head back home
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Sorry Mike, the cows can't
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do it on their own
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Even on dad's birthday he
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turned the big five- o
Full as a tin can milk and he
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didn't even know
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He was grumpy in the mornin' but I'm
Verse 4
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gonna let that pass
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He had to make a livin',
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makin' butter and a grass
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Grass goes in one end and
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dung comes out the back
Milk comes out the other
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and you squirt it in a valve
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The dung makes the grass grow and 'round,
around it goes
Milk to make your tea, cow dung to warm your
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toes
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Dad told rude stories,
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mum would leave the room
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Always a lady, lav ender and per fume
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She had her standards
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an d dad had his too
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But his one's so high,
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so what's a lady do
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She boils up a kettle and
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but ters up a stone
By the time the pot was brewed,
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the dirty charc' was gone
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Now I propose a toast, so
Verse 6
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would you raise your glass?
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To folks who make a livin,
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makin' butter out of grass
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Grass goes in one end and
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dung comes out the back
Milk comes out the other
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and you squirt it in a valve
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The dun g makes the grass grow and 'round,
around it goes
Milk to make your tea,
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cow dung to warm your toes
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Verse 7
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Why do I work so hard? It's
who I am I suppose
Milk to make your tea,
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cow dung to warm your toes
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