Ive Been To Bali Too

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)

Verse 1

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Qantas flight 20, Denpasar
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Meals and Accom, and a rent-a-car:
 E            F#m   A           B
I’ve been to Bali, I’ve been to Bali too.
       E         F#m         A      B
Took a two week course at a suntan clinic
    E           F#m       A             B
So lying round Legian, I wouldn’t look anemic
 E         F#m                A           B
You can’t impress me, ‘Cause I’ve 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

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

Verse 3

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

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

Verse 5

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