Stewie

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[Verse 1]
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Ward 8 at the QE, somewhere down 
Woodville
Am                    Em
Smokey grey Thursday, take out your 
sword
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Stewie was born, there was blood on 
the sheets
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Doctor was drunk and the sister was 
bored


[Verse 2]
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Home was a weatherboard housing 
trust unit
Am                         Em
A low cyclone fence with a sparse 
gravel drive
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Dad was a truckie from Adelaide to 
Melbourne
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Two trips a week just to keep them 
alive


[Verse 3]
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First sentence for Stewie was going 
to school
Am                         Em
In prison grey trousers he walked in
 the yard
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His Mum shed a tear at his vaselined
 pushback
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Clutching a ruler his name on a card


[Chorus]
     Dm              Am       
Step forward Stewart Bedson the 
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headmaster said
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It seemed like Stewie was always in 
strife
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Step forward Stewart Bedson the 
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magistrate said
Continúa después del anuncio
Eliminar anuncios
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This time 10 years, next time life

(Flute)
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[Verse 4]
Am         G
Grades 1-7 passed pretty quickly
Am                       Em
Detention and caning and one million
 lines
Am                      C
Stewie could write just enough to 
get by
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Stewie could read all the 
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shoplifting signs


[Verse 5]
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There was a bond for a biro, a fine 
for some fags
Am                        Em
Another kids bike leading up to a 
car
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Photographs, fingerprints and 
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juvenile courthouse
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A year in McNallies for going too 
far


[Chorus]
     Dm              Am       
Step forward Stewart Bedson the 
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magistrate said
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Over pine panelled wood leant the 
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face of the law
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We think you're a threat to 
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property and justice
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3 years up the creek while we 
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make sure


[Verse 6]
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Robbery and violence and retaliation
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For beatings and bashings at the 
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hands of the screws
Am                   C
Time in and time out time and again
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Is this what they mean by paying 
your dues


[Verse 7]
Am                      G
Some people have plenty while others
 have none
Am                             Em
For the same working week seen year 
after year
Am                         C
Worked over by coppers for tipping 
the scales
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Life wasn't meant to be easy


[Chorus]
     Dm              Am       
Step forward Stewart Bedson the 
  G          Am
magistrate said
G                                 
Over pine panelled wood leant the 
Am
face of the law
   Dm             Am        G    
We think you're a threat to 
        Am
property and justice
G                    F        E7 
3 years up the creek while we 
  Am
make sure


[Verse 8]
Am                G
Ward 8 at the QE, somewhere down 
Woodville
Am                    Em
Smokey grey Thursday, take out your 
sword
Am                         C
Stewie was born, there was blood on 
the sheets
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the doctor was drunk and the sister
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 was bored