Australia Square ukulele

Australia Square

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Australia Square - Bernard Bolan

Am          Dm walk down to Am                   Am
Every day I wend my way to the middle of Sydney town
                     Dm              Bm         E
To earn my screw and do my due for a company of renown
  Am                                 Dm
I do my chore on the 40th floor of a building round and tall
Am                                                              F
    E
Up in the sky where the rents are high and we all do sweet damn all


Chorus:
A
Flash goes the light and ring goes the bell and up in the air we go
E
Sailing in The Summit lift to the land of ice and snow
A
Up past the names that we've never heard of the people we don't know
E                                   D          A
I earn my bread with Sydney spread 600 feet below


Am                           Dm walk down to Am
   Am
On the ground floor near the big lift door the crowds all huddle round
                                 Dm                        Bm
      E
In our castle in the air there's all creeds there, there's yellow, white and brown
     Am                                   Dm
The doors gape wide, we trudge inside and terror fills the air
Am                                                     F       E
Three, two, one, all hope is gone, tell mother I still care


A
Flash goes the light and ring goes the bell and up in the air we go
E
Sailing in The Summit lift to the land of ice and snow
A
Up past the names that we've never heard of the people we don't know
E                                   D          A
I earn my bread with Sydney spread 600 feet below


Am               Dm walk down to Am            Am
Chrysler, Wimpy, Esso and Clyde and Ord BT and Co
                     Dm                Bm               E
The names go past so devilish fast, we must be near the snow
   Am                              Dm
At thirty three, which is Hitachi, seventeen Japanese go
Am                                                                  F
        E
And that silly little bugger from Colonial Sugar is standing on my toe


A
Flash goes the light and ring goes the bell and up in the air we go
E
Sailing in The Summit lift to the land of ice and snow
A
Up past the names that we've never heard of the people we don't know
E                                   D          A
I earn my bread with Sydney spread 600 feet below


Am                        Dm walk down to Am                 Am
It's strange the way that every day as we trace our heavenly track
                      Dm                Bm            E
The ones that want to get out first are always at the back
   Am                              Dm
So push the button, mind the door, stiffen up your knee
Am                                        F          E
Sorry miss, I meant to press number forty three

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