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Somewhat under the Weather

Dave Jordan 2000

Tune: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, 1938

These were the first lyrics Dave had written for decades.

G          Bm                C      G 
Somewhat, under the weather, off my face
C        G                 Am            D       G
Hit the sack with a basin, waiting there just in case
G          Bm             C               G  
Last night we drained the pubs, along the road
C     G           Am            D        G
Now I feel like I got both ends ready to explode
G
A head appears around the door 
   Am           Em             C    D
Or is it two or maybe more, to wake me,
  G 
I focus but it's only one 
    Edim                Am 6
-Oh no, there's two, me bird and mum 
    Am       D7
And boy they hate me -
 
Somewhat under the weather, blame the guys
When you've been to an all night-do there's the reason why

Got a taste in my mouth like something died
Road-kill breath and a burning burp swellin deep inside

Some night I'll lean upon a bar
Remembering the uni days behind me
But daiquiris and cocktail snacks
Are twenty years along the track
So don't remind me!

Now I'll stick with the blokes and jugs of brew
Sink more piss is our motto, time to get blotto too.

If happy little bluebirds fly
I'll swat em down and kick em till they die.

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Revised July 2000