Chords for When the First Bombs Fell
Tempo:
129.25 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
Em
C
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
[G]
19th of February [B] 1942, Baxter, Stirling sent a [G] message through.
There's a big formation and they're bearing [B] down.
From the North West, headed straight for Darwin [G] town.
Woo-hoo, woo [D]-hoo, woo-hoo, woo-hoo.
The first bomb exploded down the side of the wall.
They [D] hit the USS Peary and [G] the oil stores.
The Neptune went up in [G] a ball of flame.
[D] The black smoke rose when [G] the Zeros came.
Smoke and barrels on [D] the air, [G] lemon cheese.
Remember, pickers, grab [D] your [G] 303s.
We're on the road, so [D] give them [Em]
hell.
[C] Darwin [G] rumbled [D] when the first [G] bomb was spelt.
Thousand pounders blew the town apart.
[D] They hit the post office [G] on the Esplanade.
The family died in [C] a surprise attack.
[D] But the AA [G] batteries were fighting back.
Woo-hoo, [D] woo-hoo, [G] woo-hoo, woo-hoo.
The second wave unloaded on the aerodrome.
Machine guns rattled and bombs exploded.
Hangars blazing as [A] the shrapnel flies.
[D] Armed [G] invaders in Australian skies.
We've got smoke and barrels [D] on the air, [G] lemon cheese.
Remember, pickers, [D] grab your 303s.
[G] We're on the road, so [D] give them [Em] hell.
[G] Darwin rumbled when the first [G] bomb was spelt.
Oh-ho [D]
oh-ho Oh [Em]-ho oh-ho
[C]
[G]
Let's go
Smoking [E] barrels on the [G] LMGs
Amanda [E] Vickers grab your .303s
We're on the ropes, but we'll give [Em] them hell
[G]
Smoking barrels [D] on the [G] LMGs
And in the biggest gravity of three
[G] We're on the road to [E] a forgiven [Em] hill
[C]
That we're [G] in rumble [D] when the first [G] bombs fell
Whoa,
[D] whoa, [Em] whoa,
[G] whoa, whoa, whoa, [D] whoa, [G]
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[G]
19th of February [B] 1942, Baxter, Stirling sent a [G] message through.
There's a big formation and they're bearing [B] down.
From the North West, headed straight for Darwin [G] town.
Woo-hoo, woo [D]-hoo, woo-hoo, woo-hoo.
The first bomb exploded down the side of the wall.
They [D] hit the USS Peary and [G] the oil stores.
The Neptune went up in [G] a ball of flame.
[D] The black smoke rose when [G] the Zeros came.
Smoke and barrels on [D] the air, [G] lemon cheese.
Remember, pickers, grab [D] your [G] 303s.
We're on the road, so [D] give them [Em]
hell.
[C] Darwin [G] rumbled [D] when the first [G] bomb was spelt.
Thousand pounders blew the town apart.
[D] They hit the post office [G] on the Esplanade.
The family died in [C] a surprise attack.
[D] But the AA [G] batteries were fighting back.
Woo-hoo, [D] woo-hoo, [G] woo-hoo, woo-hoo.
The second wave unloaded on the aerodrome.
Machine guns rattled and bombs exploded.
Hangars blazing as [A] the shrapnel flies.
[D] Armed [G] invaders in Australian skies.
We've got smoke and barrels [D] on the air, [G] lemon cheese.
Remember, pickers, [D] grab your 303s.
[G] We're on the road, so [D] give them [Em] hell.
[G] Darwin rumbled when the first [G] bomb was spelt.
Oh-ho [D]
oh-ho Oh [Em]-ho oh-ho
[C]
[G]
Let's go
Smoking [E] barrels on the [G] LMGs
Amanda [E] Vickers grab your .303s
We're on the ropes, but we'll give [Em] them hell
[G]
Smoking barrels [D] on the [G] LMGs
And in the biggest gravity of three
[G] We're on the road to [E] a forgiven [Em] hill
[C]
That we're [G] in rumble [D] when the first [G] bombs fell
Whoa,
[D] whoa, [Em] whoa,
[G] whoa, whoa, whoa, [D] whoa, [G]
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Key:
G
D
Em
C
B
G
D
Em
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ 19th of February _ [B] 1942, _ Baxter, Stirling sent a [G] message through.
There's a big formation and they're bearing [B] down.
From the North West, headed straight for Darwin [G] town.
Woo-hoo, woo [D]-hoo, _ woo-hoo, woo-hoo. _
The first bomb exploded down the side of the wall.
They [D] hit the USS Peary and [G] the oil stores.
The Neptune went up in [G] a ball of flame.
[D] The black smoke rose when [G] the Zeros came.
_ Smoke and barrels on [D] the air, [G] lemon cheese.
Remember, pickers, grab [D] your _ _ [G] 303s.
We're on the road, so [D] give them [Em] _
hell.
_ [C] Darwin [G] rumbled [D] when the first [G] bomb was spelt. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Thousand pounders blew the town apart.
[D] They hit the post office [G] on the _ Esplanade.
The family died in [C] a surprise attack.
[D] But the AA [G] batteries were fighting back.
Woo-hoo, _ [D] woo-hoo, [G] woo-hoo, _ woo-hoo. _
The second wave unloaded on the aerodrome.
Machine guns rattled and bombs exploded.
_ Hangars blazing as [A] the shrapnel flies.
[D] Armed [G] invaders in Australian skies.
We've got smoke and barrels [D] on the air, [G] lemon cheese.
Remember, pickers, [D] grab your 303s.
_ [G] We're on the road, so [D] give them [Em] hell.
_ _ [G] Darwin rumbled when the first [G] bomb was _ spelt. _ _
_ Oh-ho _ _ _ [D]
oh-ho Oh [Em]-ho oh-ho
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Let's go
Smoking [E] barrels on the _ [G] _ LMGs
Amanda [E] Vickers grab your _ _ .303s
We're on the ropes, but we'll give [Em] them hell
_ _ _ [G] _ _
Smoking barrels [D] on the _ [G] _ LMGs
And in the biggest gravity of three
_ _ [G] We're on the road to [E] a forgiven _ [Em] _ hill
[C]
That we're [G] in rumble [D] when the first [G] bombs fell
_ _ _ _ Whoa, _ _
_ [D] whoa, _ [Em] whoa, _ _
_ [G] whoa, whoa, _ _ _ whoa, [D] _ whoa, _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ 19th of February _ [B] 1942, _ Baxter, Stirling sent a [G] message through.
There's a big formation and they're bearing [B] down.
From the North West, headed straight for Darwin [G] town.
Woo-hoo, woo [D]-hoo, _ woo-hoo, woo-hoo. _
The first bomb exploded down the side of the wall.
They [D] hit the USS Peary and [G] the oil stores.
The Neptune went up in [G] a ball of flame.
[D] The black smoke rose when [G] the Zeros came.
_ Smoke and barrels on [D] the air, [G] lemon cheese.
Remember, pickers, grab [D] your _ _ [G] 303s.
We're on the road, so [D] give them [Em] _
hell.
_ [C] Darwin [G] rumbled [D] when the first [G] bomb was spelt. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Thousand pounders blew the town apart.
[D] They hit the post office [G] on the _ Esplanade.
The family died in [C] a surprise attack.
[D] But the AA [G] batteries were fighting back.
Woo-hoo, _ [D] woo-hoo, [G] woo-hoo, _ woo-hoo. _
The second wave unloaded on the aerodrome.
Machine guns rattled and bombs exploded.
_ Hangars blazing as [A] the shrapnel flies.
[D] Armed [G] invaders in Australian skies.
We've got smoke and barrels [D] on the air, [G] lemon cheese.
Remember, pickers, [D] grab your 303s.
_ [G] We're on the road, so [D] give them [Em] hell.
_ _ [G] Darwin rumbled when the first [G] bomb was _ spelt. _ _
_ Oh-ho _ _ _ [D]
oh-ho Oh [Em]-ho oh-ho
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Let's go
Smoking [E] barrels on the _ [G] _ LMGs
Amanda [E] Vickers grab your _ _ .303s
We're on the ropes, but we'll give [Em] them hell
_ _ _ [G] _ _
Smoking barrels [D] on the _ [G] _ LMGs
And in the biggest gravity of three
_ _ [G] We're on the road to [E] a forgiven _ [Em] _ hill
[C]
That we're [G] in rumble [D] when the first [G] bombs fell
_ _ _ _ Whoa, _ _
_ [D] whoa, _ [Em] whoa, _ _
_ [G] whoa, whoa, _ _ _ whoa, [D] _ whoa, _ [G] _ _ _
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