~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SONG : We Don't Know How Lucky We Are AUTHOR : Fred Dagg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TABBED BY : WalkerMSA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ STANDARD TUNING: EADGBe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COMMENTS : This is a great kiwi song, which i've always really liked but could never a tab for it so I made my own! Enjoy! ~~~ Morgs ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHORDS : A E Fm F B E# D e|--5-----0-----2-----1-----7-----7------5--| B|--5-----2-----2-----1-----7-----9------7--| G|--6-----2-----3-----2-----8-----9------7--| D|--7-----1-----4-----3-----9-----9------7--| A|--7-----0-----4-----3-----9-----7------5--| E|--5-----0-----2-----1-----7-----7------5--| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************************************************************** * :#: :#: * *---- # -------| A |--------------------|------- # ----* *---- # -------| WALKERMSA |-------------|------|------- # ----* *---- # -------| TAB |-------------|)-----|------- # ----* *-- .-#-. -------------------------------|----(@)----- .-#-. --* *- ( # ) ----------------------------(@)----------- ( # ) -* * )(#)( )(#)( * * / # \ email: joeyblogs@hotmail.com / # \ * * ( # ) ( # ) * * ' ___ ' '_____' * * * ****************************************************************