Muttonbirds - Nature

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Cause for Palestine - theft and murder r1

An updated version, with words and chords






Jewish Scholar Norman Finkelstein Says ‘Israel Is A Nation Of Murderers’ Loved By The Far Right

      Dm               Am
You hearken to a call from God
         C                           G
that's sworn to by some lying sod
     Dm              Am
it's just another big con job
         C           G             Dm
that's built on theft and murder

why can't you see it's genocide
of anyone who you decide's
essential to God's great design
all built on theft and murder

the chosen people so they say
will show us how and light the way
but i see bloodshed every day
that looks like theft and murder

So join the cause of Palestine
don't wait until there's no more time
your heartless end of times design
is simply theft and murder

No use cryin, no use tryin the telephone

In the afternoon i'm workin all alone
In the afternoon i'm working all alone
no use cryin, no use tryin the telephone

I've been waitin, i've been waitin a long long time
I've been waitin, honey i've been waitin a long long time
since you went away i've been out of my mind

in the evenin when the sun looks good goin down
in the evenin sugar when the sun looks good goin down
look for you baby but you're nowhere to be found

I've been waitin, I've been waitin for you to come home
I've been waitin, i've been waitin for you to come home
no use cryin, no use tryin the telephone

in the mornin when i reach for you in bed
in the mornin honey when i reach for you in bed
it's not you honey pie it's somebody else instead

here's a q n d - hope to improve on it

words are kinda flexible - kinda make them upish as i go along though it's gravitating to a regular set now

Join the cause for Palestine

A new song. A first draft and a rushed recording.


       Dm               Am
You hearken to a call from God
         C                           G
that's sworn to by some lying sod
     Dm              Am
it's just another big con job
         C           G             Dm
that's built on theft and murder

why can't you see it's genocide
of anyone who you decide's
essential to God's plan divine
all built on theft and murder

the chosen people so they say
will show us how and light the way
but i see bloodshed every day
that looks like theft and murder

So join the cause of Palestine
don't wait until there's no more time
your heartless end of times design
is simply theft and murder

A waste of good whiskey

Em                                           A                    Em
why i'm feelin blue is just the lack of some whiskey
     A                               G              Em    G  Em
to drink and drive you out of my mind

Em                                       A                      Em
Cryin over you would be a waste of good whiskey
                   A               G                Em    G  Em
and there's so little to spare at this time


Em                                            A                   Em
lying like you do is just more proof of my stupidity
        A                 G                            Em    G  Em
no wonder that i hang my head and cry

Em                                    A             Em
dyin over you would be a lost opportunity
    A                               G                           Em         G  Em
to see my way through all these troubling times

Long Long Road - New Zealand Cannabis Referendum Song

G C  G  C x n

G              C                     G          C
Whenever you are feelin blue
G                 C                               G           C
what do you do to make yourself happy?
G                   C                         G         C
When you don't know what to do
G                  C                                G              C      D
What do you think might make it happen?
                               (G C D)
It's a long long road
                          G         C    D
from misery to happiness
                               (G C D)
you've been walking it alone
                                G        C
you need walk it no more

All my life - pointed the finger
All my life it's been the same lie
All my life it's been repeated
First you go crazy then you die

It's a long long road
from misery to happiness
you've been walking it alone
well you're alone no more

Long Long Road

G C  G  C x n

G              C                     G          C
Whenever you are feelin blue
G                 C                               G           C
what do you do to make yourself happy?
G                   C                         G         C
When you don't know what to do
G                  C                                G              C      D
What do you think might make it happen?
                               (G C D)
It's a long long road
                          G         C    D
from misery to happiness
                               (G C D)
you've been walking it alone
                                G        C
you need walk it no more

All my life - pointed the finger
All my life it's been the same lie
All my life it's been repeated
First you go crazy then you die

It's a long long road
from misery to happiness
you've been walking it alone
well you're alone no more

Every country song is the same

Every country song is the same
at its heart
at its heart

Every country boy has a name
in his heart
in his heart

and it doesn't really matter what country you're from
the ways of the countryside go on and on
the way of the country is deep in your blood
it's the way of the drought and the way
of the flood

Every country town is the same
at its heart
at its heart

Every country girl has a flame
in her heart
in her heart

and it doesn't really matter what country you're from
the ways of the countryside go on and on
the way of the country is deep in your blood
it's the way of the drought and the way
of the flood


G 3/4

I Don't Care

what do you do when you go outside
see your cattle dying by the riverside
where the water went
well you don't know
all you can say is it don't flow

and they're all so spontaneous
it's so ridiculous
unless it's miraculous

i don't care

when the one you love has gone away
and it doesn't matter what you say
why she went
well you don't know
you were so sure she loved you so

and they're all so spontaneous
it's so ridiculous
unless it's miraculous

i don't care

scrimp and save to get ahead
you should have been a thief instead
why the prices rise
well you don't know
and the rich just watch their power grow

and they're all so spontaneous
it's so ridiculous
unless it's miraculous

i don't care
 

Blow Flies

written for Skye and the Blowfly'z


Maybe you like a little Dusty?
When the rain falls in July?
Or the haunting sound of Hank Williams
Brother you and i see i to i

But i like the sound - of blow flies - of blow flies

Maybe you like the sound of songbirds?
Sometimes they can make you cry
Or the sound of a million cicadas
When it fills the whole sky

But i like the sound - of blow flies - of blow flies

Maybe you like the ocean?

The way the foam flies

Or the sound of a waterfall

Falling down from on high

But i like the sound - of blow flies - of blow flies

I know you

Where are you going?
What do you seek?
When you look back
What do you see?

Why are you running?
Running's no use
Running from reality is running away from the truth

But i know you, i know you

Birds and bees disappearing
and that's a fact
Seems we're implicated
in that act

Why are we running
When running's no use?
Running from reality is running away from the truth

But i know you, i know you

Chase your tale/tail

Written for and inspired by my son Mat 


No mind comes from minding your own business - no mind at all
No mind comes from minding your own business - no mind at all

'cause it's a game - chase your tail

Rats and pandas they know the meaning - they know it all
Rats and pandas they know the meaning - they know it all

it's just a game - chase your tale

there's no real meaning to existence - no meaning at all
there's no real meaning to existence - no meaning at all

it's just a game - chase your tale

No mind comes from minding your own business - no mind at all
Rats and pandas they know the answer - they know it all

it's a game - chase your tail

F for Fairlie

It's "F" for Fairlie "Wh" for Whakatane
It's "F" for Fairlie "Wh" for Whakatane

It's ph-phenomenal and always been this way

It's ph-phenomenal that's all i have to say

Living here is not as easy as it seems

Living here is not as easy as it seems

I tell you my friend it has a way to haunt your dreams

I tell you my friend it has a way to haunt your dreams

I don't want to listen to what you want me to hear

I don't want to listen to what you want me to hear

I just want to sit in the corner and quietly drink a beer

Just sit in the corner and cry into my beer

thanks to Peter for doing some magic on a wav file i sent him and giving this:

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