Tribute To Facial Hair

Dsus2 = X00230
Cadd9 = X32030

Em  Dsus2  Cadd9 played during spoken part.

Yon:    Rural Queensland, 1880. Constable Ned Kelly dons his armour and becomes the
        founding member of the Victorian Police Bomb Squad, pre-dating actual bombs
        by about 30 years. But history, it seems, would lead you to believe another
        story. For Constable Ned Kelly made one fatal P.R. error...

        Em          D                  E
Tripod: History was not always as it appeared,
        Em              D                       G  D
        If you knew the truth about people with beards.
        Em         D                     E
        Ned wore a helmet to hide his disgrace,
        G           A
        To hide his hairy face!
      Bm                                Em      G
Scod:   And fifty years have passed and nothing changed,
      Bm                          D        G
        One tiny moustache ruined Stalin's name.
      Bm                                      Em          G
Tripod: Poor Chopper Reid's name gets dragged through the mire,
      Bm                         G         F#
        But beardless people get away scot-free,
             G       F#
        Like Eddie McGuire.

      Em            D                  E
        History was not always as it appeared,
      Em                D                       G  D
        If you knew the truth about people with beards.
      Em         D                     E
        Having a beard left a terrible mark,
      G          A
        On Peter Russell-Clarke.

      Bm                                Em             G
Scod:   King Arthur'd still be drinking from his magic cup,
      Bm                                 D     G
        Why do you think they strung old Jesus up?
      Bm                             Em            G
        The Vikings were basically a charity organisation,
      Bm                            G     F#
        Rasputin had some brilliant party tricks,
                G            F#
Tripod: And the Huns... were fun...

        B                         E
Yon:    Wil Anderson finally had enough,
      A                                    D
        When he caved in and shaved off his Jazz Tuft,
Scod:   Jazz Tuft?
Yon:    That's what it's called.
      B                                         Em
Yon:    There's only one instance when it was revered,
      D                                      E
        Was when Nicole Kidman herself was a beard!

        Em          D                  E
Tripod: History was not always as it appeared,
        Em              D                       G  D
        If you knew the truth about people with beards.
        Em            D                       E
        Burn all your books, both new and dog-eared,
        (The line gets stuffed up)
Scod:   Aww... so close!
        G             A
Tripod: And let's all grow a beard!
Yon:    Or moustache.
        G             A
G & S:  And let's all grow a beard!
Yon:    Or Van Dyke. But not Dick Van Dyke, you know what I mean.
        G             A         E
G & S:  And let's all grow a beard!

Yon:    Or Jazz Tuft.