Key: G
Introduction:
G Em Am
To the bar he goes in his half grown beard
C
and his workman's clothes
G Em Am
Till closing time he will sit and think of the things
C D
that he did in his prime
C Em Am
When his hair was longer, and his ideals were stronger
C D
before he let things pass
C D C G
When he thought he was the voice of the working class
C D C G
he really thought he was the voice of the working class
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G C D C G C D C
But Oh! the memories, of wild nights spent in Carlton bars
G C D C G C D C
And oh the tales he tells, of dexydrin and borrowed cars
G C D C G
His hands they shake, his eyes they glaze
C D C G
He exaggerates his Whitlam days
C D C G
We all grow old, we all get fat
C D C D
Pray to God we don't all go like that
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