Chords for Jacko Can't Get Up

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_ _ [C] _ _ A fair dinkum Aussie football [F] legend, Jacko was, there [G] weren't a man that didn't fear him on the footy ground
[C] because that scene in Ripper poor bloke's arm off once [F] just snapped it off and then [G] he beat the bastard round the noggin with the soggy [C] end.
_ So when Jacko's mob played our mob [F] in an exhibition game, I [G] was told to play on Jacko, because our ruckman pulled [C] up lame.
And it was fear that got me airborne when [F] I beat him in the ruck and [G] I heard their skipper whisper,
Jesus, Jacko [C] can't get up.
_ Oi, Jacko can't get up.
Oi, [F] Jacko can't get up.
[G] What the fuckin' hell's going on, cause Jacko [C] can't get up.
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_ _ [C] _ _ He was playing like a sheila's [F] blouse and I become inspired [G] and our runner spread the word around, young fuckin' kebs [C] on fire.
I out-rucked him, I out-marked him, I [F] out-played him all around.
I [G] out-kicked him, I out-run him, fear on run him in the [C] ground.
_ So when they moved him down to forward pocket [F] to try and catch his breath, our [G] coach said, go get him, killer.
Don't let that [C] bastard rest.
And when I went up for a screamer, me head [F] collided with his guts [G] and he went down like a bag of shit.
Shit, Jacko can't [C] get up.
_ Oi, Jacko can't get up.
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Can't get up.
[G] I didn't feel a fuckin' thing, but Jacko [C] can't get up. _ _ _
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He was laying there in agony [F] and I thought he was tough, but he [G] was rolling in a pool of mud and clutching at [C] his guts. _
Then their runner ran out to him [F] to find out what was wrong and then [G] the umpire, then the doctor, then they brought the [C] stretcher on. _
And the game came to a standstill [F] and a hush fell across the crowd as [G] they loaded him in someone's ute and drove off through [C] the crowd.
And an old sheila started crying, [F] I think Jacko's fucked, [G] they got him off to hospital cause Jacko [C] can't get up.
_ Oi, Jacko can't get up.
Oi, [F] _ _ _ _ [G] you little bastard, Jacko [C] can't get up. _
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[C] _ _ I was shouldered off a hero, _ [F] inundated by the press.
[G] They couldn't believe a country kid had beat [C] Australia's best.
_ And I couldn't believe it either.
I [F] felt sorry for the bloke until [G] I walked into his ward and a bastard grabbed me by [C] the throat.
_ He said, I've had diarrhoea for seven days, [F] I shouldn't have even played.
And when [G] you tap me in the guts like that, me arsehole [C] gave away.
And I shit myself, you little cunt, it [F] had fuck all to do with you.
[G] And when he started tugging at me arm, my arsehole gave [C] way too.
_ Oi, Jacko can't get up.
The nurse [F] said, Jacko can't get up.
[G] Just fuck off and leave him alone, cause Jacko [C] can't get up.
_ _ No, Jacko can't get up [F] and he'll never live it down, [G] cause he give football up and I'm still a hero in [C] our town.
_ _ And all I've said's fair dinkum, [F] true as Jacko is his name.
[G] But if you don't believe me, go ask Jacko, if you [C] fucking game.
_ Oi, Jacko can't get up.
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[G] I didn't feel a fucking thing, but Jacko [C] can't get up.
Oi, Jacko can't get up.
[F] Jacko can't get up.
[G] What the fuck are they on, cause Jacko [C] can't get up.
_ Oi, Jacko can't get up.
_ [F] Jacko can't get up. _
[G] _ _ Bastard, cause Jacko [C] can't get up.
_ _ Oi, Jacko can't get _ [F] _ _ _ _
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