The Trees Have Now Gone chords by John Williamson
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Why don't
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we go back to the shape
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And leave this old lady alone
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We've pushed and we've pulled,
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we've killed and we've mauled
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And there's nowhere to
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hide from the sun
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Why do we take more than we need?
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What is this strange disease?
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We turn everything we can see into money
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Damn the earth, damn the sky,
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damn the seas
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Why do we destroy so much life,
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When we're more than flesh on the bone?
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I jump in my truck, but I'm out of luck,
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Cos most of the trees are
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now gone.
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Take the girls for a pony ride,
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show them a brigalow
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Like the hair on my face
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it was all over the place,
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eighty -odd years ago
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There's a couple on the side of the road,
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and one's got some kind of grub
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There was box and board,
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a rebar and black wallaby,
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past the old load, down the pub.
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There was supplejack and leopard wood,
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my old wilgar, and it goes on.
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I jump in my truck, but I'm out of luck,
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cos most of the trees are now gone.
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Most of the trains are gone
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So why don't we go back to the wall
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Start keeping the whole world warm
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We've dug and we've dirted
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We've sprayed and we've squirted
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And it all floats away in the storm
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My life is just a flash in the dark, I know
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And I'm just the victim of fate
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Why was I born in this beautiful world?
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Why was I born too late,
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to walk in the virgin bushland?
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Put damper and billy on,
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I jump in my truck
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But I'm out of luck,
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cos most of the trees are now gone
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Most of the trees are now gone
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Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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applause
Thank you.
The Trees Have Now Gone
John Williamson
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