Changi banjo chords by Lee Kernaghan

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Well the old man  (A major) died in the  (B minor) summer
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when  (A major) the grass  (G major) was  (D major) dry and brown  (E minor) 
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The  (Asus4) long     hard  (A major) road he'd travelled
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had  (E minor) finally  (Asus4) reached  the  (D major) end
He was out on the veranda writing
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 (A major) letters to his daughters
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When he  (G major) heard the curlew calling an
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 (B minor) d   he  (E minor) just put down his pen

Verse 2
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Well he  (D major) did two  (A major) years in  (B minor) Changi in
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 (A major) the  (G major) big Paci (D major) fic War  (E minor) 
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He'd been  (Asus4) to hell and  (A major) back again
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somehow came though it  (D major) all
His most prized possession was
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the  (A major) banjo that he made
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As he  (G major) built it all around him he
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 (A major) watched his comrades  (D major) fall

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Verse 3

He'd play the Changi bango made of tin

The bridge piece was the Rising Sun

from off his slouch hat brim

Had a broomstick neck and

nails to pick his strings

To the memory of is fallen mates,

the Changi banjo rings

Interlude 1

When he came ashore in Sydney

Verse 4
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 (B minor) like  (A major) a ghost  (G major) 
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of skin  (D major) and bones  (E minor)  (Asus4) 
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No—one recog (A major) nised the man behind
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the haunted face  (D major) 
No—one knows the sorrows,
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 (A major) only he could tell
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Of how he's  (G major) taking one last
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journey to  (A major) rest with his old  (D major) mates
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 (A major) He'll

Verse 5
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 (D major) play his Chan (G major) gi banjo made of tin  (D major)  (A major) 
D 
G 
 (D major) The bridge piece was the Rising  (G major) Sun
D 
Bm 
A 
from  (D major) off his slouch hat  (B minor) brim  (A major) 
D 
Had a broomstick  (D major) neck and
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nails  (G major) to pick his strings  (A major) 
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To the  (B minor) memory of is fallen  (G major) mates,
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D 
the  (A major) Changi banjo ring (D major) s

Verse 6
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He'll  (D major) play his Chan (G major) gi banjo
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made of tin  (D major) 
G 
The bridge piece was the Rising  (G major) Sun
D 
A 
from  (D major) off his slouch hat brim  (A major) 
D 
Had a  (D major) broomstick neck and
G 
A 
nails  (G major) to pick his strings  (A major) 
Bm 
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To the  (B minor) memory of is  (G major) fallen mates,
A 
the  (A major) Changi banjo rings
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 (D major) 