Hourly Daily

1. HOURLY, DAILY E F# A B G (2x) D D4 D F# F#7 Don't let there be G D Something sour in my coffee F# F#7 There's fourteen year olds G D Screaming get out of my country F# F#7 G D I won't let him rise just to say goodbye DM7 D G Hourly, daily E F# A B G (2x) D D4 D F# F#7 The August cold G D Brings something bad in its sock drawer F# F#7 There's too much hate G D Covering up those once white walls F# F#7 G D I don't want my boy thinking I'm only to avoid DM7 D G Tread safe hourly, daily G F# E A D (3x) G F# E A Gm Bm D G He's the splitting image and the oldest of two Bm D G D D4 D Now what kind of mess have you gone and got yourself into? F# F#7 Make a morning pledge G D To the heart of the city quiet F# F#7 Pray the daybreak sun G D Can fill up the halls of a sleepless night F# F#7 G D Bring one good face into this house today DM7 D G Hourly, daily G F# E A D (3x) G F# E A Gm Bm D G He's the splitting image and the oldest of two Bm D G Now what kind of mess have you gone and got yourself into? Bm D G He's the splitting image and the oldest of two Bm D G Now what kind of mess have you gone and got yourself into? 2. GOOD MORNIN' Capo 1 A F#7 If you tuned in correctly this morning, E7 F7 kissed his cheek get your tea and your toast in A F#7 Got the greatest of the latest top thirty E7 F7 G to clear your mind of all dreams unfaithful or dirty A F#7 Would you like to hear with your soldiers? E7 F7 Sponsor needs to know what you told us A F#7 Got a course written for us straight from the file E7 F7 G Just check your brain into the a.m. dial Asus2 Bm Waking up is easy when you got a voice you know C#m Dm rattling up the ratings on the breakfast show. Asus2 Bm Waking up is easy when you got a voice you love C#m telling you what's out there Dm Dm Dm F G Is anyone out there? Is anyone out there? Is anyone out there? A F#7 If you don't like the nest that you've made E7 F7 we got a competition running you can leave today A F#7 Pack your bags, clean your ears of the city, E7 F7 G we got a place where even your car looks pretty Asus2 Bm Waking up is easy when you got a voice you know C#m Dm rattling up the ratings on the breakfast show. Asus2 Bm Waking up is easy when you got a voice you love C#m telling you what's out there Dm Dm Dm F G Is anyone out there? Is anyone out there? Is anyone out there? Am C Good morning ladies do you need a man? Dm G E Put your trust in our thirties and over plan N.C. A G A G A G F G (2x) Asus2 Bm Waking up is easy when you got a voice you know C#m Dm rattling up the ratings on the breakfast show. Asus2 Bm Waking up is easy when you got a voice you love C#m telling you what's out there Dm Dm Dm F G Is anyone out there? Is anyone out there? Is anyone out there? Outro A G A G A G F G Is anyone out there? A G A G A G F G Is anyone out there? N.C. A G A G A G F G (2x) Outro 2 G A G A G A G F G Good morning, Good morning, Good morning G A G A G A G F G Good morning, Good morning, Good morning G A G A G A G F G Good morning, Good morning, Good morning G A G A G A G F G Good morning, Good morning, Good morning N.C. A G A G A G F G A G A G A G F G A 3. MR MILK A (4x) A G (4x) A G A G A G A G I'm sure I could make your hand fit mine E D E D A G A G If I deliver these custard trays on time A G A G A G A G Four-thirty AM. ding-dong rise E D E D A G A G I kiss her photo with the beam from the ash tray light A G# I'm sure I could deliver better G D If I pretended I'd never met her A G# She said she'd love me sweeter G D If we made it to the pier for dinner N.C. A G (4x) A G A G A G A G Seven months in a ditch for the ring kept for her to decide E D E D A G A G If my milk truck's going to be her chariot ride A G A G A G A G Four-thirty AM. ding-dong rise E D E D A G A G Morning sun makes my sour heart pasteurise A G# I'm sure I could deliver better G D If I pretended I'd never met her A G# She said she'd love me sweeter G D A G A G If we made it to the pier for dinner C# D Welsh rarebit with a new dress on G E If that ain't enough to make you smile C# D Every Kintail Road kid knows G E When she's around then cheese goes dry N.C. A G# G C B (6x) D4 D D2 D 4. SOLDIERS A D E (2x) A D E A D E We're on the corner every morning just to see you get across A D E A D E The civic fathers divide us up into cats and dogs A G# D E A D E The sergeant major of the neighbourhood is weighing up the cost A The senior transit lane A While we're standing in the rain A F# Worried if our head will fall D E A G# D E Alright, right A G# D E A G# D E We'll stay together 'til the kids die just to keep it clean A G# D E A G# D E Buy the weapons with the sales made from garden magazines A G# D E A D E Strike up the ladies to bake tea cakes for the council's war machine A And they're digging up the roads A And widening it just so A F# You can suffocate at home D E A G# D E Alright, right A The Prince of Wales tea F# To keep the garden green B C# But they don't want to be there D The shit can't be there A D E A D E You woke me up just to check that I'm alive A D E A G# D E We talk to each other as if we're five A G# D E A D E Raise open the flag just to see which of us cares A And they're digging up the roads A And widening it just so A F# You can suffocate at home D E A G# D E Alright, right A G# D E A G# D E A G# D E A G# D E A Alright, alright, alright, alright 5. TUESDAY E C# Saw the sun come up again C G F# Last week's papers and a pack of darts that got me through 'til ten Bm The ten fifteen's five minutes late C# G# B I really should just get out more these days E C# Next door is coughing up his lungs C G F# 2 a.m. I'm sure she said she's gonna get herself a gun Bm I blacked out from three to five C# G# B You should hear what's going on outside E C# As the morning bread goes hard C G F# On the corner shop they're waiting just for rush hour to start Bm And I'm wondering why his kids are late C# G# E G# B I really should just get out more these days. N.C. A-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| N.C. E C# C G F# Bm C# G# E G# B E D# F# E D# F# E Days, and each one shows there's so much I'll never know D# C# B F# G If I don't ever get, if I never get hopeful, hopeful N.C. G# A A# B C C# D D# E C# And old Ryan's still his rust C G F# and Tuesday comes and goes like any late night bus Bm I could do a lot more with my time C# G# E But you should hear what's going on outside N.C. G# E (x11) 6. IF WE CAN'T GET IT TOGETHER Capo 1 G Bm G To get up the bond for an inner west flat he'd work for anybody if he Bm wasn't working for her dad. Am E Am She's practicing saying I do or I will 'cause she don't know how to tell E him that she's going off the pill. G Bm Her curtains are for certain that he'll talk about her ass G Bm but she clings to his photo like a piece of broken glass. Am E We can't get it together today. Am E She's looking for his heart while he stares the other way. F He's dad is a nut, he's ex-girl is a slut. F But he'll be yours forever if you just get it together. C If we can't get it together, if we can't get it together, Cm is it ever gonna be just you and me? G Bm So they met on Tuesday at the town hall steps to get an G Bm eight by ten photo and a wedding date set. Am E Am We might as well do it next week 'cause we've met everybody that E we're ever gonna meet. F He's dad is a nut, he's ex-girl is a slut F But he'll be yours forever if you just get it together. C If we can't get it together, if we can't get it together, Cm G F# is it ever gonna Be just you and me? Em Em(maj7 Four seventy to Circular Quay. Em7 Em6 A present in your pocket for the TAB Am7 If we can't get it together, if we can't get it together D is it ever gonna be just you and me? N.C. G Bm G Bm Am E Am E F F C Cm G F# Em Em(maj7 Would you settle for a mobile home a Em7 Em6 good record store and a public phone Am7 If we can't get it together, if we can't get it together N.C. D D D D D 7. FLAG FALL $1.80 A G A G A G A A G A G A G A G If I'm so popular out on the highway (highway) A G A G A G A G Then what is everybody waving at me (at me) E D See if they even knew ya B7 D Would you find out it a little peculiar F# E Six pack cheaper domestic D C A G A G A G A To keep the council's roadworks protected A G A G A G A G Mopping up the puke from the high school kids getting soakin' (soakin') A G A G A G A G Lookin at stickers on the dashboard preventing me from smokin' (smokin') E D We ain't going west of the city B7 D But I'll take you to the station cause your girlfriend's pretty F# E Six pack cheaper domestic D C A G A G To keep the council's roadworks protected B E Now love can get you where you want B G# Start out one-eighty and the extra's G Bb B But for that E Late night AM talkback live B G# Don't use my mirror for your hairdo G Bb D If you don't mind N.C. A G A G A G A G (2x) E D B7 D F# E D C A G A G B E Now love can get you where you want B G# Start out one-eighty and the extra's G Bb B But for that E Late night AM talkback live B G# Don't use my mirror for your hairdo G Bb D If you don't mind N.C. B A (8x) C Bb (8x) D Csus2 (8x) D 8. WALLY RAFFLE'S Capo 1 C A G A G A G A G A Walter quit the RAF when there was no good air left G A G A Made it back to the clan, G A The dog the wife the betting slip that's in his hand C# D No-one's listening A G A G A G To the boy's Tim, Jaim and Gab, keeping him up while his A G A missus wrings her hands G A G A Pick 'em up after school, G A Just make sure you're looking good C# D No-one's listening A B F Walter plays A B F Get off your knees A B F Walter plays A B F Get off your knees N.C. Amaj7 Gmaj7 A G A G A It's mini coke and prawns again, G A G A In his room or in his hand G A G A Not a day before he fell G A Propping up the bar at Raffle's hotel C# D No-one's leaving A B F Walter plays A B F Get off your knees A B F Give the kids a hand A B F Down on the sand N.C. Amaj7 Gmaj7 (3x) N.C. No-one's leaving A B F Walter plays A B F Get off your knees A B F Give the kids a hand A B F Down on the sand N.C. Amaj7 Gmaj7 N.C. G A (4x) 9. HEAVY COMFORT Em7 A Am Em A Em Em7 Did you catch her in the window? A Do I run or do I mend Am Praying for heavy comfort C Em To fill his pockets with his hands Em7 Men in chip shops, milk bars, postmen A Used to fork out for your mouth Am And now the compliments have stopped C Em Since every asset's headed south N.C. Em7 A Am Em A Em Em7 He was a sharp one what a looker A The last drunk to hang around Am Get well she could colour knickers C Em Just for the mirror now Em7 Had a dream once it was morning A In a dress that never frayed Am And now your friends are like eyelashes C Em Too many dropping off these days N.C. Em7 A Am Em A Em B For forty seconds today Em7 A Am I was sure that we were feeling the same way N.C. Em A (4x) B For forty seconds today Em7 A I was sure that we were feeling the same way 10. DEAD LETTER CHORUS C Am (4x) C Am C Am Everyone talks fast and walks so slow, somebody in the town that don't know C Am C Am Glasses off and strength to strength and leg for me that miffy's showing Em F7 Em F7 Two kids sweat, as he tries to get his lips to her neck G D Is it all up to him, it's a concession film F G# But what do you do, what haven't been lately N.C. C Am (4x) C Am C Am Dirty water interrupted by a bridger not to sore in the eye C Am C Am The guy with better looking pants is ruining the other's night Em F7 Em F7 And will you hurt, as the air-conditioning dries out my shirt G D Is it all up to him, it's a concession film F G# C# But what do you do, we haven't been lately G# C# As if nothing I said now is new G# As if you never heard anything true C F E But we will try to the next time or the last time N.C. C Am (4x) C Am C Am Everyone talks fast and walks so slow, somebody in the town that don't know C Am C Am How strong the minutes fly from fifteen storey window high Pre-Chorus 3 Em F7 Em F7 Two kids sweet, trying to stare the shame to his feet G D Is it all up to him, it's a concession film F G# C# But what do you do, we haven't been lately G# C# As if nothing I said now is new G# As if you never heard anything true C F E But we will try to the next time or the last time 11. BABY CLOTHES Bb F# I had that something from my head to my eye Bb F Just as I made it to the front of the line Bb C# I only seen them out in front of the rehab Eb My buddy's check form is all blown to sag Bb F# And just because I'm spoonfed on milo and cheese Bb G7 Don't go shooting every dog just 'coz one of us got fleas Ab G7 F# F And if you don't want to grow wear some Bb Eb Baby clothes (8x) N.C. Bb Bb F# And I'm so sick of sickness yeah Bb F# Why do I write the songs so dickless yeah Bb C# An' just cause I'm too fat on cheap smokes and wine Eb I can't look over your fat shoulder and make rock 'n' roll mine Bb F# Been hearing so much chitter chatter chitter chatter Bb F# And now I found something that matters, matters, matters, matters. Ab G7 F# F But if you don't want to grow wear some Bb Eb Baby clothes (6x) Bb Eb And if the bar is closed Bb Eb I don't want to know N.C. Bb C# G# Eb (6x) Bb 12. SOMEONE ELSE'S HOME Capo 1 F#m B I've checked all the daily's and subscription mail-ins D A But where do we come from F#m B You never stop dusting my middle ear's always buzzing D A A# Where do we belong Bm E Bm E Trust me not cause I still don't know A C Bm E If we're not someone else's, someone else's home F#m B Do you really want to exist past 1946 D A Or have I got you wrong F#m B Where nothing much matters past shoes, pants and haircuts D A A# Will the morning engine go Bm E Bm E Heaven's just the sound of home A C Bm E If we're not someone else's, someone else's home D C#m Bm A E I'm gonna run away and make your heart my own D A But if we're not hot, at least we're not someone else's home N.C. F#m B D A G# F#m B D A A# Bm E Bm E Subscription filled for yellow pills A C Bm E If we're not someone else's, someone else's home D C#m Bm A E I'm gonna run away and make your heart my own D A But if we're not hot, at least we're not someone else's home 13. PLEASE DON'T ASK ME TO SMILE Capo 1 F A#sus2 (2x) F A#sus2 F When I was in grade six A#sus2 F I used to hold open the door for a girl and she called me a wimp Bb A G F She said there just isn't no need to be so fucking polite Bb A G F I politely agreed with her I think she was right Gm F It just never entered my mind Gm F Bb A G F That a twelve year old came down to choosing sides A#sus2 F You said that I'd die if I had nothing to do A#sus2 F Put a drink in my hand and I'd talk to anything that moves Bb A G F I just refused to give you what you think would make things right Bb A G F And just to find hate when you've lost the will to fight Gm F And would it be really in touch with the times Gm F Bb A G F To put somebody down by choosing sides Bb C And she said show us them teeth give us them braces Bb C C B Bb Show us that dental work that puts fear in twelve year old faces F G F Bb A G F I could make you feel even half worthwhile just please don't ask me to smile A#sus2 F And times when it still feels right A#sus2 F I hold open the door for a girl or back down from a fight Bb A G F If there just isn't no need to be so fucking polite Bb A G F At least it helps us sleep easier at night Pre-Chorus 3 Gm F It just never enters my mind Gm F Bb A G F That ever should come down to choosing sides Bb C And she said show us them teeth give us them braces Bb C C B Bb Show us that dental work that puts fear in twelve year old faces F G F Bb I could prove to you that a doer don't get hurt Bb A G F Just please don't ask me to smile 14. MOON SHINES ON TRUBBLE A C F# F F F E Esus4 A C Moon shines hard on trouble F# F Check your watch by the late city shuttle E She tries hard not to decide A C Are you gonna tell 'em where you go nightly F# F When you're dressed so brightly E Esus4 E7 Is the money gonna come without a fight A G# A hundred halls and bubbles G Have dug to all for trouble D B C Just waiting for something to arrive A G# And all your daydream heroes G Are losing their head tickling halos D B C Who you gonna fall into tonight N.C. A C C (2x) A C F# F (2x) A C Pay the bills for Uncle Ted he's a nutter G# Lives on bananas and peanut butter F E Esus4 Keeps his teeth in a glass of Long Island tea A C Now are you gonna tell him where to go nightly F# F Now that the kids are tucked in tightly E Esus4 E7 Is the city big enough for you to hide A G# A hundred halls and bubbles G Have dug to afford their trouble D B C Waiting for a way out to arrive A G# And all your daydream heroes G Are losing their head tickling halos D B C And who'ya gonna fall into tonight N.C. A C C (2x) A C F# F (3x) A C F# F Now are you gonna tell him where to go nightly A C F# F Where you go nightly N.C. A C F# F 15. WHO TAKES WHO HOME G G/F# G/F C Eb G G/F# When the day falls where do you go? G/F C Eb Six thirty, city windows dirty. G G/F# Office nightclubs, drinks, dates and movie stubs. G/F C Eb Be wary all secretaries. Em Em(maj7 And eyes roam for who takes who home Em7 A C As the rain's coming down to Friday night. D Don't let me down again. G G/F# Passport pictures with charts and figures G/F C Eb Daily nightly. Oh, like me tightly G G/F# When the day falls where do you go? G/F C Eb Ten thirty, like me tightly. Em Em(maj7 And eyes roam for who takes who home Em7 A C As the rain's coming down to Friday night. D Em Don't let me down again. Em(maj7 Em7 A C again (woo-hoo-oo) D G Don't let me down again G G/F# G/F C Eb Ahhhhh...ahhhhhh...ahhhhh...ahhhhh G G/F# G/F C Eb G Ahhhhh...ahhhhhh...ahhhhh...ahhhhh ...FORGET IT SISTER (6:03) F G C Am Good mornin’ baby, I feel like I’ve been starin’ at you for days, F G C Am Is there a little corner, of your heart that I can claim, F# F C G C Cos I ain’t slept for days, ginger wine and lemonade, F G C Am I dig ya cos you understand, while I wash my face an’ wash my hands, F G C Am A hundred times a day, an’ does it really mean I’m going insane, F# F Fm An’ if that way I fall, I’ll print ya face on every wall, C Am F G Do you think that it’s time we forgot about the local, C Am F G The real estate man, your christmas tan, the bills and your bi-focals, C Am F G Leave the suburban crawl, the city gentry but, C Am F G Forget it sister, I ain’t goin’ to the country, N.C. F Fm C G C Ahhhhhh...Ahh G# We could live on mashed potatoes, C F C Beer and leave the shitty neighbours behind, G# Ditch the crappy records, Bb Grab the portable an’ see what we’ll find, C Over that side N.C. F G C Am (2x) F# F C G C G# We could live on mashed potatoes, C F C Beer and leave the shitty neighbours behind, G# Ditch the crappy records, Bb Grab the portable an’ see what we’ll find, C Over that side F G C Am Good mornin’ baby, I feel like I’ve been starin’ at you for days, F G C Am Is there a little corner, of your heart that I can claim, F# F Cos I ain’t slept for days, ginger wine and lemonade, C Am F G Do you think that it’s time we forgot about the local, C Am F G The real estate man, your christmas tan, the bills and your bi-focals, C Am F G Leave the suburban crawl, the city gentry but, C Am F G C Forget it sister, I ain’t goin’ to the country, A7 F G C Yeah, I ain’t goin’ to the country, A7 F G C I ain’t goin’ to the country, A7 F G C A7 F G C I ain’t goin’ to the country