Misc Originals – Damo Johns - Song For Aunty (Guitar)

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[Verse]
C                     G
Only heaven knew back then

                       F
You and your mum so content

       Am
Yet To be

   G
To see

C                       G
Together in your humble home

                          F
Dad was gone but your mum knew

           Am
You’d grow into

              G
The beautiful woman

        F
You are now
[Chorus]
C
Happy birthday

     G
Dear lady

                     F
We know that you are free

     Am
Your peace

     G
Your love

C              G
A perfect destiny

                   F
Surrounded by your family and friends who’ve come to say

          Am
Here’s to you

         G
On your special day

C                      G
Barbed wire fence to defend

                       F
All you had way back then

           Am         G
Soil under foot you’d know

                 F   Fm
You’re more than show

C                        G
You took me in more than once
Your branded way is
          F
Second to none

        Am        G         F
Yer you care, you care, for everyone
[Chorus]
C
Happy birthday

     G
Dear lady

                     F
We know that you are free

     Am
Your peace

     G
Your love

C              G
A perfect destiny

                   F
Surrounded by your family and friends who’ve come to say

          Am
Here’s to you

         G
On your special day
[Instrumental]
G                        Am
Do you remember when you came to see me play

G                          Am
That suburban bar it was a noisy dusty place

G                             Am
Looked across the stage I can still recall you say

              Am      G      F   Fm
It’s great to see you having fun

C                             G
Yes you watched me just havin fun

                                    F
It’s all that mattered it’s another one

         Am                   G               F
Of those times, you’re always there, for everyone
[Chorus]
C
Happy birthday

     G
Dear lady

                     F
We know that you are free

     Am
Your peace

     G
Your love

C              G
A perfect destiny

                   F
Surrounded by your family and friends who’ve come to say

          Am
Here’s to you

         G
On your special day
[Instrumental]
C                     G
At what cost some may say

                          F
Look at you Aunty, we all pray

              Am       G                 F   Fm
That we could be, like you, in just some way
[Chorus]
C
Happy birthday

     G
Dear lady

                     F
We know that you are free

     Am
Your peace

     G
Your love

C              G
A perfect destiny

                   F
Surrounded by your family and friends who’ve come to say

          Am      G
Happy Birthday to you
[Chorus]
C
Happy birthday

     G
Dear lady

                     F
We know that you are free

     Am
Your peace

     G
Your love

C              G
A perfect destiny

                   F
Surrounded by your family and friends who’ve come to say

          Am
Here’s to you

         G
On your special day

      Am
Happy Birthday

   G
To you

                F
On your special day

Am        G
Here’s to you

                F    Fm
On your special day
Instrumental to finish