Nuclear device chords by
The Stranglers

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

G

G

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Am

Am

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C

C

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E

E

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Verse 1

G

G

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I'm the wizard of aus

Am

Am

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And I've got it all planned

C

C

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G

G

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E

E

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For my first nuclear device

Verse 2

G

G

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I don't really care about

Am

Am

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which way you vote

C

C

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Am

Am

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E

E

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'Cos my gerrymander works out fine

G

G

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I sell desert stretches like

Am

Am

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a big rubber glove

C

C

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Am

Am

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C

C

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E

E

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To Japan for a nuc lear device

Verse 3

E

E

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A

A

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D

D

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C

C

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E

E

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Nuclear device

A

A

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D

D

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C

C

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E

E

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Nuclear device

Interlude 1

Nuclear device

E

E

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A

A

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D

D

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C

C

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E

E

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F

F

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G

G

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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F

F

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G

G

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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F

F

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If

Verse 4

I could get lucky I'd secede

from the states

I'd buy the country at an

Verse 5

incredible rate

G

G

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Am

Am

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Brisbane men stay at home at night

C

C

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Am

Am

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G

G

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E

E

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'Cos I outlawed all of the vice

(outlawed all of the vice)

G

G

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I'm the wizard of aus

Am

Am

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And I've rolled the streets

C

C

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Am

Am

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Dreaming of a nuclear

G

G

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E

E

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device (nuclear device)

Verse 6

G

G

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If I could get lucky I'd

Am

Am

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go out on my own

C

C

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G

G

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E

E

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And sell Australia the rice (rest of

aus' their rice)

Verse 7

E

E

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A

A

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D

D

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C

C

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E

E

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Nuclear device

A

A

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Dm

Dm

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D

D

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C

C

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E

E

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Nuclear device

Interlude 2

Nuclear device

E

E

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A

A

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D

D

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C

C

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E

E

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F

F

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G

G

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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F

F

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G

G

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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A

A

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G

G

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Dm

Dm

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Am

Am

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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A

A

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G

G

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Dm

Dm

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Am

Am

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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A

A

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F

F

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Dm

Dm

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A

A

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C

C

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A

A

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Em

Em

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F

F

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Dm

Dm

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F

F

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G

G

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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F

F

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G

G

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Bb

Bb

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C

C

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F

F

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If

Verse 8

I could get lucky I'd

secede from the states

I'd buy the country at an incredible rate

If I could get lucky I'd

secede from the states

I'd buy the country at an incredible rate

If I could get lucky I'd

secede from the states

I'd buy the country at an incredible rate

at an incredible rate

at an incredible rate

at an incredible rate

at an incredible rate

at an incredible rate

at an incredible rate

at an incredible rate

at an incredible rate

C

C

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Verse 9

F

F

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Way down under Aus

F

F

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tralia (Australia)

Very different from over

here (Australia)

F

F

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Getting rid of Abo's one

by one (Australia)

Buy cheap land for uranium

(Australia)

It reminds me of Sweden (Australia)

C

C

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All the animals look so strange (Australia)

F

F

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All victims of a testing range

(Australia)

Of a testing range (Australia)

F

F

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Of a testing range (Australia)

Of a testing range (Australia)

Of a testing range (Australia)

Of a testing range (Australia)

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Chords

G
Am
C
E
A
D
F
Bb
Dm
Em

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