Intro: G#m C#m G#m
Verse
C#m B A C#m
I was born in the bush near old Alice Springs, as far as you get from the sea.
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My mother was a fighter, my daddy was too. He never knew a bastard like me.
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My brothers and sisters are scattered like the wind, from the desert and the hills to the sea.
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Much too young, many died, but I have survived. So lucky, a bastard like me.
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Oooh, oooh. So lucky, a bastard like me.
E B A C#m
I have survived a hell of a life. Nobody knows a bastard like me.
Verse
E B A B C#m
Call me a stray, a dog every day. Call me a mongrel half-breed.
E B C#m
Mongrels are strong, so you take me on. Watch out for a bastard like me.
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Oooh, oooh. You better watch out for a bastard like me.
E B A C#m
I fuoght all the way. I fight every day. You can't stop a bastard like me.
Interlude
B A C#m E B A C#m
Verse
C#m E B A C#m
I've taken my licks, I've taken my kicks. I am a man of degree.
E B A C#m
I wear the scars, I earned them so hard. Every day in the lucky country.
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Oooh, oooh. every day in the lucky country.
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I've taken my licks. I've kicked against the pricks. Don't try and stop...a bastard like me.
Outro
C#m
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