Tim Minchin – Come Home Cardinal Pell (Guitar)

       G
It's a lovely day in Ballarat

   Em            Gsus2          D
I'm kicking back thinking of you

G
I hear that you've been poorly

     Em                Gsus2       D
I am sorry that you're feeling blue

  Bm
I know what it's like when you feel a little shitty

    G                                               A
You just wanna curl up and have an itty-bitty doona day

      Bm
But a lot of people here really miss ya, Georgie

     G                                              A
They really think you oughta a just get on a plane (just get on a plane)

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Come home, Cardinal Pell, I know you're not feeling well

                           D                A
And being crook ain't much fun, even so, we think you should come

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Home, Cardinal Pell, come down from your citadel

                                  D                   A             Gmaj7
It's just the right thing to do, they have a right to know what you knew

                Gmaj7                     D
Couldn't you see what was under your nose, Georgie

         A
Back in '73 when you were living with Gerry?

      Bm9                        D
Is it true that you knew but you chose to ignore,

           A
Or did you actively try to keep it buried?

          G                                   D/B             A
And years later when survivors, despite their shame and their fear,

      G                                              D/A          A
Stood up to tell their stories, you spent year after year

        G                            A
Working hard to protect the church's assets?

            Em7                                  A
I mean with all due respect dude, I think you're scum,

D                   Bm9                              Gmaj7
Come home, Cardinal Pell, we know you're not feeling well

                           D                A
Perhaps you just need some sun, it's lovely here you should come

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Home, you pompous buffoon, and I suggest do it soon

                        D                  A
I hear the tolling of a bell, and it has a Pellian knell

  Bm9                             A                                      D
I wanna be transparent here, George, I'm not the greatest fan of your religion

      Bm9                               A                           D
And I personally believe that those who cover up abuse should go to prison

         G                       F#m
But your ethical hypocrisy, your intellectual vacuity

         G                            A
And your arrogance don't bother me as much

       G                                   A
As the fact that you have turned out to be such a goddamn coward

         Em
You're a coward Georgie

                  F#m
Come and face the music Georgie

                  G
You owe it to the victims Georgie

                  A
Come and face the music, the music, Hallelujah, Hallelujah

A
He would take one look at you and say

D                 Bm9                           Gmaj7
Go home, Cardinal Pell, I've got a nice spot in hell

                         D                 A         
With your name on it and so, I suggest you toughen up and go

D              Bm7                                  Gmaj7
Home, Cardinal Pell, I'm sure they'll make you feel well

                        D                     A
Come at the pub in Ballarat, they just want a beer and a chat

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(Come home Cardinal Pell) I know you're scared Georgie-Poo

                D                       A
(Come home)        They have a right to know what you knew

     Em
Your time is running out to atone, Georgie

  F#m
I think the Lord is calling you home, Georgia

   G
Perhaps he could forgive even you (he may forgive even you)

       A
If you just let them know what you knew

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Oh, Cardinal Pell, my lawyer just rang me to tell me

                       D          A
This song could get me in legal trouble

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Oh well, Cardinal Pell, if you don't feel compelled

                  D                A
To come home by a sense of moral duty

   Gsus2              A                 D
Perhaps you will come home and frickin' sue me