Intro:E F#m7 x4
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Hello Dan, itʼs Joe here,
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I hope youʼre keeping well,
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it’s the 21st of December
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now they’re ringing the last bell.
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If I get good behaviour
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Iʼll be out of here by July,
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won’t you kiss my kids on Christmas day,
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please donʼt let them cry for me.
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I guess the brothers are driving down from Queensland
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and Stellaʼs flying in from the coast.
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They say itʼs gonna be a hundred degrees, even more maybe,
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but that wonʼt stop the roast.
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Whoʼs gonna make the gravy now?
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I bet it wonʼt taste the same
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Just add flour, salt, a little red wine and donʼt forget a
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dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang.
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And give my love to Angus and to Frank and Dolly,
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Tell ʼem all Iʼm sorry I screwed up this time.
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And look after Rita, Iʼll be thinking of her,
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early Christmas morning, when Iʼm standing in line.
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I hear Maryʼs got a new boyfriend,
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I hope he can hold his own
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Do you remember the last one? What was his name again?
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Just a little too much cologne
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And Roger, you know Iʼm even gonna miss Roger
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ʼCause thereʼs sure as hell no one in here I want to fight
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Oh praise the Baby Jesus, have a Merry Christmas,
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Iʼm really gonna miss it, all the treasure and the trash
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And later in the evening, I can just imagine,
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Youʼll put on Junior Murvin and push the tables back
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And youʼll dance with Rita, I know you really like her,
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Just donʼt hold her too close, oh brother please donʼt stab me in the back
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I didnʼt mean to say that, itʼs just my mind it plays up,
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Multiplies each matter, turns imagination into fact
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You know I love her badly, sheʼs the one to save me,
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Iʼm gonna make some gravy, Iʼm gonna taste the fat
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Tell her that Iʼm sorry, yeah I love her badly,
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tell ʼem all Iʼm sorry, and kiss the sleepy children for me.
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You know one of these days, Iʼll be making gravy,
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Iʼll be making plenty, Iʼm gonna pay ʼem all back.
Coda:E F#m7 x4