{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2498046,"song":"Derapet","artist":"Fred Smith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11508485-derapet-chords-by-fred-smith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2498046?type=chord","rating":0.02325,"votes":0,"content":"i have gone through and written the chords throughout the whole song\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou're looking hungry cobber, here plant your arse down mate[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwould you like some mashed potatoes with that burger on your plate?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nit's been another long shift here at the Cooper Pedy mess[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nbut if you've got a minute I’ve got something on my chest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe 24th of August back in 20 10[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was working out of Tarin Kowt with a squad of 20 men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe Dutch had pulled the pin leaving Uruzgan for good[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nit fell to us to fill the void to the west in Deh Rawud[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt had been a lethal summer starting back in June[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe’d lost Smithy, Snowy, Palmer, Aplin, Chucky and then Bewes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAugust took down Jason Brown then Kirbs and Thomas Dale[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOn the morning of their service, we set out on Route Whale[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was carrying the Maximi a thumping belt fed gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith an action like a jackhammer, the weapon weighed a tonne[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe drove south of the Tangi to an RV where we met[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bb[/ch]                                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nwith two brick of boys from Anur Joy and we turned for Derapet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLance Jack McKinney - the boys all called him ‘Crash’[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhe was the fastest bastard we all knew for distance or for dash[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\na soldier's bloody soldier and the fittest man I’ve met[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI was proud to walk beside him on approach to Derapet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n60 clicks out in the sticks to the west of Tarin Kowt[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe sappers saw the FAMS move in and the women all clear out[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\na TIC was what we wanted, a TIC was what we’d get[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nit was only a matter of when and where in the fields of Derapet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMe and Crash were partnered in reserve back at the rear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nalthough we weren't at point that day I felt and smelt the fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe boys kept probing forward through the aqueduct and sluice[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTill from a nearby tree line I could see all hell break loose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey’d had hit a complex ambush of about a 100 men[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe chattering of AKs and the thud of PKMs[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe rounds were whistling around em but we couldn't tell where from[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bb[/ch]                                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCause the Talibs had concealment from the tree line and the corn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA call came on the ICOM to come forward from the back[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthey needed my machine gun at the front of the attack[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nso me and Crash we hoofed it as the rounds around us cracked[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nrunning with that weapon and my armour and my pack[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe’d come 600m through the muddy aquaduct[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nby the time we reached the front line, frankly I was fucked[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nmy mind said just said keep going but my body just said nope[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nand I collapsed back on my pack at the bottom of the slope[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCrash grabbed my Maximi and hauled it up to the crest[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthat's why he was where he was when the round burst through his chest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI looked up in that instant and I never will forget[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAs he spun around and crashed facedown in the dust of Derapet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWooly called for dust off we were too far from the cars[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe worked on Crash for an hour taking turns on CPR[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe chopper came and medevac’d him back in to TK[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhere the Doctor at the Role 2 declared him DOA[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMeanwhile, Keighran broke cover dancing dangerous and strange[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA hundred Talib muzzles flashed untill the Aslav's found their range[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBetween those Guncars the Apache and the M777[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMany Talibs became martyrs with their virgins up in heaven[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe battle soon was over they had lost their will fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthey left their dead and dying they’d pick em up that night[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe walked back to the Aslavs and crawled into the FOB[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI remember sitting quietly with Langer, Sean and Rob[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFanners ran the section through an after action brief[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI tuned in though exhausted I was numb with shame and grief[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe BDA said by the way there’s 30 of them dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]                                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nand so they say we won the day and the Battle of Derapet.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBeckie’s waters broke at the crematorium[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust a few hours later, she gave birth to their son[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe boys help out with mowing and she got some compo cash[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHelps pay the bills but it wont fill the hole where once was Crash[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLangers won selection, Daniel Keighran got a gong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAbbott won the election, and Fred Smith got his song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthose who get their accolades deserve all they get[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nbut Crash did not deserve to die at the Battle of Derapet[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI came back to Brisbane and got out on civvie street[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I’m working in this mine, mate, in this mess we're miners eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI married now with children to a woman named regret[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nthe price you pay for a summers day in the fields of Derapet[/tab]","plain_text":"i have gone through and written the chords throughout the whole song\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDm C \nAm G \nF C \nBb Dm","chords":["Dm","C","Am","G","F","Bb","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}