Changi banjo chords by Lee Kernaghan
Verse 1
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Bm
Well the old man died in the summer
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Em
when the grass was dry and brown
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The long hard road he'd travelled
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had finally reached the end
He was out on the veranda writing
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letters to his daughters
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When he heard the curlew calling an
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Em
d he just put down his pen
Verse 2
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Bm
Well he did two years in Changi in
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Em
the big Pacific War
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He'd been to hell and back again
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somehow came though it all
His most prized possession was
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the banjo that he made
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As he built it all around him he
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watched his comrades fall
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Verse 3
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D
He'd play the Changi bango made of tin
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The bridge piece was the Rising Sun
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Bm
A
from off his slouch hat brim
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Had a broomstick neck and
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A
nails to pick his strings
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To the memory of is fallen mates,
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the Changi banjo rings
Interlude 1
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Bm
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Bm
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When he came ashore in Sydney
Verse 4
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G
like a ghost
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of skin and bones
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No—one recognised the man behind
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the haunted face
No—one knows the sorrows,
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only he could tell
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Of how he's taking one last
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D
journey to rest with his old mates
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He'll
Verse 5
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G
D
A
play his Changi banjo made of tin
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G
The bridge piece was the Rising Sun
D
Bm
A
from off his slouch hat brim
D
Had a broomstick neck and
G
A
nails to pick his strings
Bm
G
To the memory of is fallen mates,
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D
the Changi banjo rings
Verse 6
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G
He'll play his Changi banjo
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made of tin
G
The bridge piece was the Rising Sun
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A
from off his slouch hat brim
D
Had a broomstick neck and
G
A
nails to pick his strings
Bm
G
To the memory of is fallen mates,
A
the Changi banjo rings
D
Verse 7
Bm
G
To the memory of is fallen mates,
A
the Changi banjo rings
Outro 1
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Changi banjo
Lee kernaghan
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