The Stranglers – Nuclear Device The Wizard Of Aus (Guitar)

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NUCLEAR DEVICE -------------- Intro (keyboard arranged for guitar): cheekily pinched from Aussie folk song 'Waltzing Matilda'!
e|------0-0----------0-----------|
B|--1h3-----3-3--1h3---1---0h1---|
G|-----------------------2-------|
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A|-------------------------------|
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Verse 1:
G                  Am                  C             E
First and last men walk this earth but only a few survive

        G                      Am                        C                E/G#
I'm the wizard of aus and I've got it all planned for my first nuclear device

  G                       Am                        C                     E/G#
I don't really care about which way you vote cos my gerrymander works out fine

  G                            Am                  C                      E/G#
I sell desert stretches like a big rubber glove to Japan for a nuclear device
Nuclear device! (play: A D C E) Nuclear device! (play: A D C E) Nuclear device! (play: A D C E) F G Bb C (x2)
   F
If I could get lucky I'd secede from the states, I'd buy the country at an incredible rate!
Verse 2:
G                 Am                  C                   E/G#
Brisbane men stay home at night cos I outlawed all of the vice

        G                      Am                          C               E/G#
I'm the wizard of aus and I've rolled the streets dreaming of a nuclear device

   G                        Am                C                   E/G#
If I could get lucky I'd go out on my own and sell Australia the rice
Nuclear device! (play: A D C E) Nuclear device! (play: A D C E) Nuclear device! (play: A D C E) F G Bb C (x2) Middle 8 solo chords: Dm C Dm C Am G Dm Am (x2) C Am F Am C Am C Dm-C-Am-G-F-Em F Dm Am F G Bb C (x2)
   F
If I could get lucky and secede from the states, I'd buy the country at an incredible rate! (x3)
At an incredible rate! (x8) Stay on F 'til fade