Ive Been To Bali Too

I've Been To Bali Too - Redgum (John Schumann)
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On The Frontline (1984)
Anything's Legal, Anything Goes 
(1985)
If You Don't Fight You Lose (1985)
The Very Best of Redgum (1987)
Against The Grain (2004)
Gelignite Jack - The John Schumann 
Collection (2007)
The Essential Redgum (2011)
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[Verse 1]
 E            F#m  A    B
Qantas flight 20, Denpasar
 E            F#m       A    B
Meals and Accom, and a rent-a-car:
 E            F#m   A           
I’ve been to Bali, I’ve been to Bali
B
 too.
       E         F#m         A   
Took a two week course at a 
   B
suntan clinic
    E           F#m       A      
So lying round Legian, I wouldn’t
       B
 look anemic
 E         F#m                A  
You can’t impress me, ‘Cause I’ve
         B
 been to Bali too.

[Chorus 1]
      B
Got a ride out to Kuta in the back 
of a truck,
 E
Cost me twenty dollars and it wasn’t
 worth a buck:
 B
Hustled to a losmen down Poppies 
Lane
      A
By a Javanese guy in a tropical 
rainstorm,
 A
Lock up your daughters,
              B    E   F#m  A  B
I’ve been to Bali too.

[Verse 2]
 E      F#m     A             B
Life is tragic hanging out at Kuta
        E            F#m    A    
If you haven’t got a car, A bike 
     B
or a scooter:
 E          F#m        A         
Show me the bike shop, I’ve been 
   B
to Bali too.
 E          F#m        A         
Got myself a Honda, had to get 
   B
away,
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 E          F#m        A    B
No brakes, bald tyres five-thousand
 E      F#m   A           B
rupes a day, I’ve been to Bali too.

[Chorus 2]
      B
Well I don’t ride a bike much at 
home in Australia,
 E
As a motorcycle hero, I guess I’m a 
failure:
 B
Bemos to the left, trucks to the 
right,
      A
The Honda was a wreck but I was 
alright:
 A
Hello Mercurachrome,
              B    E   F#m  A  B
I’ve been to Bali too.

[Instrumental]
E  F#m  A  B

[Chorus 3]
      B
Wired home for money – short of 
cash,
 E
A dose of Bali belly and a tropical 
rash:
 B
Daddy came through – American 
express:
 A
Bali T-shirts, magic mushrooms,
 A                  B              
Redgum bootlegs, I've been to Bali 
E
too.

[Verse 3]
 E            F#m      A     
Took my bag and mozzie coils to 
      B
Peliatan
 E        F#m            A      
It's there were my Bali trip really 
B
began
 E            F#m     A           
Been there, done that, I've been 
B    E   F#m  A  B
to Bali too
 E            F#m      A          
Tourists from Holland, Britain and 
 B
France,
 E        F#m            A      
Late night puppet shows, legong 
B
dance:
 E            F#m     A           
Wanna see my slides? I’ve been to 
B    E   F#m  A  B
Bali too.

[Chorus 4]
 B
Wandered off to Ubud, Just a little 
up the track,
 E
One week there didn’t want to come 
back:
 B
Listening to Gamelon, playing 
guitar,
 A
Tjanderi’s Tacos, Hotel Menara, Two 
month visa,
             B    E   F#m  A  B
I’ve been to Bali too.

(Key Change)

[Verse 4]
 F#         G#m         B  C#
Flying kangaroo out of Denpasar-
 F#     G#m           B       C#
Left me camera in the airport bar:
 F#          G#m    B          
I’ve been to Bali, I’ve been to
C#    F#  G#m  B  C#
 Bali too.
 F#         G#m        B    C#
Touch down, touch down Tullamarine,
     F#                G#m        
They sprayed me on the plane so 
  B       C#
I’d be real clean
 F#            G#m       B       
Coming through customs, I’ve been
   C#     F#  G#m  B  C#
 to Bali too.

[Verse 5]
     F#             G#m       
They went through my bags like, 
  B            C#
McCartney in Japan
   F#           G#m         B    
I didn’t have a thing, So I 
         C#
didn’t give a damn:
 F#       G#m         B          
You can’t trick me, ‘Cause I’ve 
      C#
been to Bali too.
 F#            G#m       B       
You’ve been to Paris and you’ve 
       C#
been to Boston,
 F#            G#m      B        
You’ve been to Fiji and You’ve 
      C#
been to London,
     F#       G#m          B     
But you can’t impress me, ‘Cause 
             C#
I’ve been to Bali too.