Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls - Maralinga Chords

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_ _ [D] _ _ _ This is a rainy night, _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ this is a rainy _ night _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ No thunder in our _ sky, [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ no trees stretching _ high
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[D] But this is a rainy _ _ _ [G] [D] night
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_ _ _ _ My name is Yami [C] Lester, _ I hear our talk, I touch but I am [D] blind
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ story comes from [C] darkness, _ listen to my story now [D] unwind
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] This is a [D] rainy night, _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ this is a rainy _ night
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_ _ [D] _ _ First [G] we heard two big [C] bangs, we thought it was the [Am] great snake digging [D] a hole
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ we saw the big [C] cloud, then the big black mist began [D] to roll
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ is a rainy night, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ this is a rainy _ night
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ A strangeness in our skin, [C] _ a soreness in our [Am] eyes like weeping [D] flies
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_ _ _ _ _ A pox upon our skin, [C] _ _ a boulder on our [Am] backs all [D] our lives
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[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ This is a rainy night, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ this is a rainy night
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_ _ [D] _ _ No thunder in our sky, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] no trees [D] stretching _ high _ _
But this is a rainy _ night _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ My name is Millie Putty, _ [C] they catch me and [Am] roughly wash me [D] down
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] Then my [D] child stopped [C] kicking, then they took away my [Am] man to town
[D] _ _ [G] They _ [D] _ said, do you speak [G] English?
He said, I know that Jesus loves me, I know because the Bible tells me so
I know that Jesus loves me
I know, because the Bible tells me so
[D] I know that Jesus loves me
I know, _ because the Bible [G] tells me so
I know [D] that Jesus loves me
I know because the Bible tells me so
I know that Jesus loves me
I know, _ because the Bible [G] tells me [D] so
I know that Jesus loves me
I know, _ because the Bible tells me so
I know _ _ _ _ that Jesus loves me
Because the Bible [G] tells me [D] so, I know that Jesus loves me.
No dreams that cheer me up, _ _ _ but this is the rain that makes me happy.
I know that Jesus loves me, I know.
Because the Bible [G] tells me [D] so, I know that Jesus loves me, I know.
Because the Bible tells me so. _ _ _ _ _ _
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