Colin Hay – Down Under (Guitar)

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#Based upon the acoustic version. Figured it out from the video. Sounds good to me atleast.# [Intro] Am G (Stop) ; Am F G x2 [Verse]
Am             G                      Am       F G
Traveling in a fried-out combie

Am             G                      Am       F G
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie

Am             G      Am           F G
I met a strange lady, she made me nervous

Am             G                      Am       F G
She took me in and gave me breakfast           And she said,
[Chorus]
C                   G              Am     F G
"Do you come from a land down under?

C           G              Am     F G
Where women glow and men plunder?

C                   G              Am     F G
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?

C               G                Am     F G
You better run, you better take cover."  (Oh Yeah)
Am G (Stop) ; Am F G x2 [Verse]
Am             G                 Am       F G
Buying bread from a man in Brussels

Am             G                 Am       F G
He was six foot four and full of muscles

Am             G           Am              F G
I said, "Do you speak my language Brother?"

Am                  G                  Am        F G
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich  And he said, 
[Chorus]
C                   G              Am     F G
"I come from a land down under

C                   G        Am     F G
Where beer does flow and men chunder (and women too)

C         G       Am     F G
Can't you hear the thunder?

C                   G              Am     F G
You better run, you better take cover."
Am G (Stop) ; Am F G x2 [Verse]
Am             G                 Am       F G
Lying in a den in Bombay

Am             G                 Am       F G
With a slack jaw, and not a lot to say

Am             G                        Am       F G
I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me

Am             G                 Am       F G
Because I come from the land of plenty?" And he said,
[Chorus]
C                   G                 Am     F G
"Oh! Do you come from a land down under? (oh yeah yeah)

C            G              Am     F G
Where women glow and men plunder?

C                   G                    Am     F G
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?

C                   G              Am     F G
You better run, you better take cover."  (Cause we are)
[Repeat Chorus:]
C         G              Am     F G
Living in a land down under?

C           G              Am     F G
Where women glow and men plunder?

C                   G              Am     F G
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?

C               G                Am     F G
You better run, you better take cover."  
[Outro] Am G (Stop) ; Am F G x4