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INTRO
A
At the dawn of the day, in the great southern ocean
A
When the world's greatest fish was being landed
A E
And they were pulling it into was sinking
A
The sea was quite lumpy and the weather was foul
E A
And the bloke with the map was as pissed as an owl
Fm F E
And the boys called out "Maui you clown let it go"
A Fm
In the noise he reached for his grandmothers jawbone
B E# D A
He winked at his mates and said "Boys, we don't know how lucky we are
E# D A
I have a feeling I have stumbled on something substantial"
CHORUS
E# D A
We don't know how lucky we are
We don't know how lucky we are
VERSE 1 :
E A
I was speaking to a mate of myne, just the other day
E A
A guy called Bruce Baylas actually who ah lives up way
Fm F E A
He's been away on an 8th army doo for a year more or less
Fm
I said describe the global position Bruce
B
He said "Fred, it's a mess!"
CHORUS
VERSE 2 :
E A
Me stock agent's got a beach place where he spends most of his days
E
His wife bit the dust down there last year
A
got eaten by a couple of crays
Fm F A
And his two littlest daughters got killed by a whale
Fm
I said "Are you going down there this year mate?"
B
He says "Fred, right on the nail"
CHORUS
VERSE 3 :
E
There's a guy I know who lives in town
A
I see him about once a year I suppose
E
He's had a coronary since Easter
A
He's got a haemorrhage in his ear
Fm F E
He went bankrupt a couple of weeks back
A
And now his wife's left him too
Fm
I said "You're looking odd mate,
B
You're looking queer, what are ya gonna do?"
(Slight Pause)
E# D A
He said "We don't know how lucky we are
To live in this joint mate"
CHORUS
VERSE 4 :
E
So when things are looking really bad
A
And you're thinking of giving it a way
E
Remember, New Zealand's a cracker
A
And I reckon come what may
Fm F E
If things get appallingly bad
A
And we're all under constant attack
Fm
Remember, we want to see good clean ball
B
And for god's sakes, feed your backs
E# D A
We don't how fortunate we are to have that place
E# D A
We don't know how propitious are the circumstances Fredrick.
OUTRO :
E# D A
We don't know how lucky we are, get it right
E# D A
We just don't realise how fortunate we are
E# D A
We have no idea, the luck, we possess, collectively
E# D A A D A
We just don't know how lucky we all are. Full stop.
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