When Sarah smiles…

Intro
How long to go till next smoko?

How long to go till we go home?

 

Chorus

G              Am                C                     D                      G

A smile goes a long way as the day starts to drag

Am                 C                                 G

Although we’re tempted to flag the pay make us stay…

Am                   C                                      D

You make my day with the feel good things you say

G                            Am                C                       D

You’re smiling face brings joy to this place…

 

Verse 1

G                                                                          C                   G

We’ll start with ‘A’, who’s gonna play? It’s movie stars today

G                                                                       C                           G

You wait in line, we’ll pass the time, now who’s that guy from ‘Shine’?

 

Bridge

G                       Em    C                     G

Can’t see the sun, oh we have fun

G                       Em    C                     G

Can’t see sun, oh we have fun

 

Verse 2

This girl I rate more than a mate, help me believe in fate…

This job  I hate, alienate me from the stuff I make

 

Bridge

 

Instrumental Interlude

 

G

 

Bridge 2

D                      C

How long to go till next smoko?

D                                        Am

No we don’t know it makes time go slow

D                         C

How long to go till next smoko?

D                         G

How long to go till we go home?

 

Chorus

 

Outro

 

Listen to When Sarah smiles…

 

Ode to the Public Servant…

Verse 1

A               D                      A

I want to be a public servant

A                 D                            A

Serve the interests of the public

E                              D                                           A

And they’d say “Lake could you make a spreadsheet?”

E                        D                                      A

And I’d say “sure just give me a deadline”

Chorus

D           E             A

I work better under deadlines

D             E           A

He works better under deadlines

Verse 2

I want to be a public servant

Do the quiz at morning tea time

And they’d say “Lake could photocopy this?”

And I’d ask “Do you want it double sided?”

Well all these thoughts they get me excited

Chorus

Listen to Ode to the Public Servant

Factory Song

Verse 1

A                                 E                       A

It was dark on the way to the factory

A                                 E                      A

It was dark on the way back home

A                       E                              A

She said she would not come back to me

A                     E             A

She left me all alone

And the weekends take all of my pay away

in the weekends I must get drunk

so I follow the footy to get me through

but my team they always lose

Chorus

A                               E                                 A                 F#/A                            E                             A

Na na nanana na naa na nananana na na naa naa naa na naa naa na na naa na na na

Verse 2

Today we tuned in the radio

and hoped for a singalong

We heard with glee a new melody

and lyric was sing with me

Chorus

 

Listen to Factory Song

Drinking Song

Verse 1

C                Am                                               C         Am

Almost told my boss to get fucked

C               Am                                                C         Am

Almost sold my soul for a buck

C                                            Am                                               C                         Am

Take me far from all my old dreams have I’ve been in it too long

C                                                         Am                                                   C                               Am

Give me some booze I’ve got working man’s blues and frustration to lose

C                  Am                     Em

So honey don’t you wait up

C                      Am

We just filled our jugs

Chorus

G                                   F                                G                         F

We know we have work in the morn, still we stay drinking until dawn

Instrumental Part

C             Am

Verse 2

This hard work give me such a thirst

It’s not far to the next public bar

And we hate our jobs

You won’t hear us sob

Though we hate our jobs

Bridge

G                  Am                C         Am

You won’t hear us sob

G              Am                   C            Am

All this beer we got

C              Am         Em

All this beer we got

C                    Am

Gonna drink the lot!

Chorus

 

Listen to Drinking Song

A Robot in the Seat

This song is based on the novel “Grapes of wrath” by John Steinbeck.

Verse 1

G

Killing pigs and gonna California

C/G

Look just what they made us do

G

Killing pigs and gonna California

D                                                  C                                  G

The took the farm so we got nothing else to lose

 

Chorus

G                                                       D

Them there’s our folk gonna do right by them

C/G              D                         G

and the family’s honour we’ll defend

Verse 2

Rose of Sharon’s bigger than a whale

and Connie’s got scared and runaway

Rose of Sharon’s bigger than a whale

and her face is lookin’ awful rather pale

Chorus

Verse 3

Tom’s gone and killed another man

and family’s gonna keep him out o’ the can

Tom’s gone and killed another man

says give him the chance and he’d do it all again

 

Bridge

G                                                                        D

Grandma’s dead and Grandpa’s dead, dug a hole to rest their heads

G                                                             D                                        C/G           G

Kids are hungry gotta be fed, it just ain’t like how the flier said

 

Chorus

 

Listen to A Robot in the Seat

For a 30hr Working Week

This is just funk strumming in Am.

Verse/Chorus

30 hours a week is all the work that we need.

More time for the family

hours in the sun

More time get moving

a job for everyone…

 

For a 30hr Working Week

Marching Song

Verse 1

C                                                                         Em

The fists and flags will wave in the air today

F                       G

Finally the TV will film us say

C                                                                                         Em

That “It’s not alright for the few to control us all

F                                               G

When it means more for rich and less for poor”

 

Chorus

C                          G

Come join us walk for a better place to work

C                            G

Come make a stand to create a fairer land

C

Come hear us sing this song till the government’s gone…

 

Verse 2

C                                                                    Em

The working class at last will unite today

F                       G

Finally the TV will film us say

C                                                                                         Em

That “It’s not alright for the few to control us all

F                                               G

When it means more for rich and less for poor”
Chorus x2

 

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