Standard (EADGBE)
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Intro
At the dawn of the day, in the great southern ocean
When the world's greatest fish was being landed
And they were pulling it into was sinking
The sea was quite lumpy and the weather was foul
And the bloke with the map was as pissed as an owl
And the boys called out "Maui you clown let it go"
In the noise he reached for his grandmothers jawbone
He winked at his mates and said "Boys, we don't know how lucky we are
I have a feeling I have stumbled on something substantial"
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Chorus
We don't know how lucky we are
We don't know how lucky we are
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Verse 1
I was speaking to a mate of myne, just the other day
A guy called Bruce Baylas actually who ah lives up way
He's been away on an 8th army doo for a year more or less
I said describe the global position Bruce
He said "Fred, it's a mess!"
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Chorus
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Verse 2
Me stock agent's got a beach place where he spends most of his days
His wife bit the dust down there last year
got eaten by a couple of crays
And his two littlest daughters got killed by a whale
I said "Are you going down there this year mate?"
He says "Fred, right on the nail"
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Chorus
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Verse 3
There's a guy I know who lives in town
I see him about once a year I suppose
He's had a coronary since Easter
He's got a haemorrhage in his ear
He went bankrupt a couple of weeks back
And now his wife's left him too
I said "You're looking odd mate,
You're looking queer, what are ya gonna do?"
(Slight Pause)
He said "We don't know how lucky we are
To live in this joint mate"
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Chorus
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Verse 4
So when things are looking really bad
And you're thinking of giving it a way
Remember, New Zealand's a cracker
And I reckon come what may
If things get appallingly bad
And we're all under constant attack
Remember, we want to see good clean ball
And for god's sakes, feed your backs
We don't how fortunate we are to have that place
We don't know how propitious are the circumstances Fredrick.
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Outro
We don't know how lucky we are, get it right
We just don't realise how fortunate we are
We have no idea, the luck, we possess, collectively
We just don't know how lucky we all are. Full stop.
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