Tone: [Bm]
Intro -x4-:
[Bm] [E] [D]
Verse 1:
I think I [Bm]hear the sounds of then, [E] and people tal[D]talking
The [Bm]scenes recalled [E] by minute mov[D]movement
And [Bm]songs they fall [E] from the backing [D]tape
That [Bm]certain texture, [E] that certain [D]smell
Verse 2:
[Bm] To lie in sweat, [E] on familiar [D]sheets
[Bm] In brick veneer on [E]financed beds[D]beds
[Bm] In a room [E]of silent hard[D]hardiflex
That [Bm]certain texture, [E] that certain [D]smell
Bridge:
[E] That brings home the [Bm]heavy days
[Bm] Brings home the [D]night time [E]swell
Chorus:
[Bm]Out on the [D]patio [E] we'd [G]sit
[Bm]And the hum[D]humidity [E] we'd [G]breathe
[Bm]We'd watch the [D]lightning [E] crack over [G]cane fields
[Bm] Laugh and [D]think, [E] this is Aus[G]Australia.
Instrumental -x2-:
[Bm] [E] [D]
Verse 3:
[Bm] The block is awkward, [E] it fa[D]faces West
[Bm] Long diagonals, and s[E]sloping too [D]
[Bm] And in the distance, [E] through the heat [D]haze
[Bm] In convoys of [E]silence the cat[D]cattle graze
Bridge:
[E] That certain texture, that [Bm]certain beat
[Bm] Brings forth the [D]night time [E]heat, chi-cow
Chorus:
[Bm]Out on the [D]patio [E] we'd [G]sit
[Bm]And the hum[D]humidity [E] we'd [G]breathe
[Bm]We'd watch the [D]lightning [E] crack over [G]cane fields
[Asus4]Laugh and think that [A]this is Australi[Bm]Australia.
Verse 4:
[Bm] To lie in sweat, [E] on famili[D]familiar sheets
[Bm] In brick veneer on [E]financed beds [D]
[Bm] In a room [E] of silent hard[D]hardiflex
That [Bm]certain texture, [E] that certain [D]smell
Bridge:
[E] Brings forth the [Bm]heavy days
[Bm] Brings forth the [D]night time [E]swell, chi-cow
Chorus:
[Bm]Out on the [D]patio [E] we'd [G]sit
[Bm]And the hum[D]humidity [E] we'd [G]breathe
[Bm]We'd watch the [D]lightning [E] crack over [G]cane fields
[Bm] Laugh and [D]think, [E] this is[G]is Australia.
[Bm]Out on the [D]patio [E] we'd [G]sit
[Bm]And the hum[D]humidity [E] we'd [G]breathe
[Bm]We'd watch the [D]lightning [E] crack over [G]cane fields
[Bm] Laugh and [D]think, [E] this is Aus[D]Australia.
Outro:
[Bm] [D] [E] This is Aus[D]Australia
[Bm] [D] [E] This is Aus[D]Australia
[Bm] [D] [E] This is Aus[D]Australia
[Bm] [D] [E] Check it out [D]
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