Tim Minchin – Fat Children (Guitar)

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Am           G             F          E7
Do not feed doughnuts to your obese children

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You will regret it when theyre in their teens

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Maccas might shut them up now that theyre seven

      F            
But they wont forgive you, when

                       Dm                     Am7
Theyre getting picked last for PE

E7
Dont you see?

Am
Boombalata motherfucker

D9                           Dm
Have you noticed that your kids are fat?

Am                              D7
What are you going to do about that?

D7
What are you going to do?

Am                              D7
So you telling me that your family

Am                 D7
Has a history of obesity

               Am       D7
You got a polycystic ovary

Am7                                D7
Its just the way that God made me

E                     Em7 
Its unlikely, statistically

             D7     
To be a physical thing

             E7                       E7/B
But either way it dont explain why you

            E7
Are in the cue at Burger King

          Am          Am/D
You can blame it on biology

          G          G/D
You can blame your physiology

          Am          Am/D
You can point to genealogy

          G          G/D
And your social anthropology

          Am                      
You can say you are an ectomorph

           Gaug
That you just cant get the kilos off

               Bm
Well you can be what you wanna be

                              E7
But stop feeding that boy KFC

     F                         
He weighs 40 kilos and hes only three

     B7                              E7
He looks like a clean-shaven Pavarotti

F                         C
Ordering to Diet Coke is not the way back

G                  
Boombalata kiddie-stuffer

       D                      E7
Your kids a fat, have you noticed that?

Am         F        G
And you oughta be ashamed

             Am7         F        G  
For you only have yourself to blame.

                F               C       G
Your 5 year old princess in her size 14 tutu

           F                       G
Only eats pizza like that because you do

           F            
She'lll be dead of a heart attack

     G                        C     G     F   G
Before your grandchildren are ten

   F                          
Perhaps you’ll consider

  G                           C       E7 
A cut-back on extra fries then

Am
Boombalata kiddie-stuffer

D9                           Dm
Your kids are fat, have you noticed that

Am                                          
What are you going to do about that?

D7
What are you going to do?

Am                              D7
So you telling me that your family

Am                 D7
Has a history of obesity

               Am       D7
You got a polycystic ovary

Am7                          D7
Your mum had childhood diabetes 

Am7           Am7
But - and in your case

                 D7                
There's a reasonably big butt

            Am7                              
Do you think it's an appropriate treat

                          E7           
The all-you-can-eat at Pizza Hut?

            Am               Am/Ab
There’s no excuse you silly goose

      Am/G         Am/Gb
For a child with a caboose

       Am                                        
Like a moose who’s eaten too much mousse

      D                  D7
It’s tantamount to child abuse

           Am               
Kick them off the fucking couch

  G              G/Em
Unplug the Playstation

           Am            
Send them down to the park

               G             G7
If they don’t wanna go, make ’em

Em
Tell them they have to jog

            D7
Until their jogging shorts fit’em

        D              
If they hesitate, ask firmly

          G              Ab
If they still resist, hit’em

     F                          C               
Is this what you want for your little girl and guy?

       G                               D
These chips off the pork chop, for the toffee apples of your eye?

F                          C
Six packs of kit cats are not the way back

G                            
Boombalata Kiddie-Stuffer

      D                       E7
Your kids are fat, did ya notice that?

Am         F        G
And you ought to be ashamed

             Am        F            G
For you have only have yourself to blame

                 C                   G
Your 6 year old miniature Jabba the Hut

                    C                              G
Eating half melted Mars Bars from the folds of his gut

          F          
He'll be dead of an aneurysm

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Before his own children ism ten

     F
Perhaps you’ll consider

   G                          C    G    F    G  
A cut-back on Taco Bell then

     F               
Perhaps you’ll consider

   G                        F             
A cut-back on Krispy Kreme doughnuts

               G         
And Popcorn in bucket-sized boxes

     F                 G
And microwave pizza or drive through McDonalds

      F                     G
For weeknightly dinners in front of the TV

     F                   G
And notes to the phys-ed instructor saying timmy has 

F                          G
Asthma but he really just gets short of breath

          F       G
Cus he’s 35 kilos above the ideal weight

    F               G           C
Of 35 kilos for a nine year old boy