The Philip Ruddock Blues

Down half a step [Eb tuning]

INTRO

help yourself, help help yourself (x 2) then repeated in background
everybody, everybody   (x 2 before strumming)
D                     Em         C
everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody
A                     G          A
everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody
                   D
Everybody help yourself, Everybody help yourself
                   C   A                    G    A
Everybody help yourself, Everybody help yourself
(continues in the background)

VERSE

Australians all let us rejoice, - buddy hold your horses
It's time patriotism was - exposed up to market forces
Your love of country may not fit - in with efficiency
Costs exceeded benefits - at Gallipoli
Self sacrifice just cannot pass - a profit loss assessment
Those Anzac boys were slaughtered on - returns for investment
The government will only stop, - you getting what you can
it just distorts the market, if - you help your fellow man

INTRO

D                     Em         C
everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody
A                     G          A
everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody
Change
B   D   B   D
repeat the above chords

VERSE 2

from the cradle to the grave         (woo oooo oo)
let self interest be the rule        (woo oooo oo)
why should we help those parents who (woo oooo oo)
send their kids to state school      (woo oooo oo)
SPOKEN WORD interlude
A
i got a fuck of job i got a fuck off car
i've got my fuck off girlfriend at a fuck off bar
you want the fuck off time the fuck off day
look at my fuck off watch you fuck off say

VERSE 3

to get a job that pays for fees   (woo oooo oo)
it's easy how you jerks           (woo oooo oo)
you need to go to private schools (woo oooo oo)
you see the system works          (woo oooo oo)
SPOKEN WORD interlude
A
this is my fuckoff club this is my fuck off crowd
the fuck off DJ trip will take the fuck off sound
you want the fuck off band in my fuck off place
and answers written on the bouncer's fuck off face
Change
(D shape chord) at the following fret 14, 12, 9, 7, 5, 2
The chords are                         D,  C, A, G, F, D

VERSE 4

Why should we let towel heads in - cause their ship won't float
what other race has ever come to Australia on a boat
If self interest applied five miles off shore
why the hell don't it apply to those who live next door (x 2)
BACK TO ORIGINAL CHORDS

CHORUS

                   D
Everybody help yourself, Everybody help yourself
                   C   A                    G    A
Everybody help yourself, Everybody help yourself
(continues in the background)