Tabbed by Brian Ree ([email protected])
Additional 'live' lyrics tabbed by Harry Ree
Intro:
G Em (6X)
G Bm
Sid and Billy took the train from Taree
C D Em
In Central Station at four a.m
C D G F# Em
And they walked up Regent St. in the rain
C D G
and took a piss against the mortuary fence
Bm
Six cousins lived on Caroline St
C D Em
Bill was an orphan and he knew no one
C D G F# Em
It was Wednesday, the dole was in the bank
C D G
We're gonna have a holiday in the sun
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Chorus
C D G
Build a bonfire in the street
C D G
Everyone come around
C D G F# Em
Watch the rain fall like diamonds from heaven
C D G Em G Em G Em
on the streets of a black and white town
G Bm
They spent their money at the Courthouse hotel
C D Em
In two days they were flat broke
C D G F# Em
They'd come looking for a brighter dream
C D G
But found a nightmare deep inside the big smoke
Kids with habits that they just couldn't handle
People flying by the seat of their pants
Blinded by the sights of the high rise lights
Staggering, they never had a chance
Chorus
G C D G
Build a bonfire in the street
C D G
Everyone come around
C D G F# Em
Watch the rain fall like diamonds from heaven
C D G Em G Em G Em
on the streets of a black and white town Yeah! Go Edmund
(*Perry wipes sweat off his brow in Lillee-like fashion)
Solo: Goes something like this;
G Bm C D Em C D G F# Em C D G
e---------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------0-2B3B2---0H2-0-----------------------------
A-----0-0-2B3B2--3-3-3------0H3-----2SL5(hold)-7-5-3-2----0-2-0-
E--3-3-3-----------------------------------------------3-3-----3
Bm C D Em
e-------------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------9--10-10-12-10-12-12SL14-
A-2SL3SL5SL7SL9--10-10-12-10-12-------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
C D G F# Em
e-----------------------------------------
b--5M-5M-5M-7M-7M-7M-9M-9M-9M-12M-11M-9M--
g--5--5--5--7--7--7--9--9--9--12--11--9---
D-----------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------
C D G Em G
e--------------------------------------------------------
b-12----12----12----------------12-----------------------
g-14B16-14B16-14B16B14-12-14-12-14B16B14-12-----12-14-12-
D------------------------------------------14-14---------
A--------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------
Em G
e-------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------
g-----12--12--15----15-15-15--15----15-15-15------
D----14-14----14B16-----------14B16---------------
A-------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------3-
Sid and Billy rolled a drunk in the park
They took a low ride up to the station
With two flaggons of brown musket and a carton of Winfields
They were off to see some more of the nation
The sun shone along the tracks
The red rattlers shook like sense-a-round
But Sid and Billy they felt fuck all
Inside the cells of a black and white town
Repeat Chorus
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