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Australian Crawl & James Reyne- Reckless
[Intro]
D D
[Verse]
DMeet me down by the jettD/C#y landing                   
WherCadd9e the pontoons bump and Gspray
All Dthe others reading, staD/C#nding
Cadd9As the Manly ferry cuts its way Gto Circular QuayD  
DHear the captain blow hiD/C#s whistle
Cadd9So long she's been Gaway
DI miss our early D/C#morning wrestle
Cadd9Not a very happy way Gto start the day
[Bridge]
EmShe don't Bmlike tC/Ghat kind oGf behaviour
EmShe don't Bmlike tC/Ghat kind oGf behaviour
[Chorus]
DSo throD/C#w down yoBmur gunGs
DDon't be so D/C#Reckless, thrBmow down Gguns
DDon't be so
[Verse]
DFeel like Scott of the AntaD/C#rctic
Cadd9Base camp too far awGay
DA Russian sun beneath the AD/C#rctic
Cadd9Burke and Wills and camels, initialGs in the tree
[Bridge]
EmShe don't Bmlike tC/Ghat kind oGf behaviour
EmShe don't Bmlike tC/Ghat kind oGf behaviour
[Chorus]
DSo throD/C#w down yoBmur gunGs
DDon't be so D/C#Reckless, thrBmow down Gguns
DDon't be so
[Instrumental]
D D/C# Cadd9 G   D D/C# Cadd9 G
[Bridge]
EmShe don't Bmlike tC/Ghat kind oGf behaviour
EmShe don't Bmlike tC/Ghat kind oGf behaviour
[Chorus]
DSo throD/C#w down yoBmur gunGs
DDon't be so D/C#Reckless, thrBmow down Gguns
DDon't be so
Chords
     D- 000232
  D/C#- x40232
   C/G- 332010
 Cadd9- X32030
     G- 320003
    Em- 022000
    Bm- 224432

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Reckless

by James Reyne

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D/C#

Cadd9

C/G

Australian Crawl & James Reyne- Reckless

[Intro]

D D

[Verse]

D D/C#

Meet me down by the jetty landing

Cadd9 G

Where the pontoons bump and spray

D D/C#

All the others reading, standing

Cadd9 G D

As the Manly ferry cuts its way to Circular Quay

D D/C#

Hear the captain blow his whistle

Cadd9 G

So long she's been away

D D/C#

I miss our early morning wrestle

Cadd9 G

Not a very happy way to start the day

[Bridge]

Em Bm C/G G

She don't like that kind of behaviour

Em Bm C/G G

She don't like that kind of behaviour

[Chorus]

D D/C# Bm G

So throw down your guns

D D/C# Bm G

Don't be so Reckless, throw down guns

Don't be so

[Verse]

D D/C#

Feel like Scott of the Antarctic

Cadd9 G

Base camp too far away

D D/C#

A Russian sun beneath the Arctic

Cadd9 G

Burke and Wills and camels, initials in the tree

[Bridge]

Em Bm C/G G

She don't like that kind of behaviour

Em Bm C/G G

She don't like that kind of behaviour

[Chorus]

D D/C# Bm G

So throw down your guns

D D/C# Bm G

Don't be so Reckless, throw down guns

Don't be so

[Instrumental]

D D/C# Cadd9 G D D/C# Cadd9 G

[Bridge]

Em Bm C/G G

She don't like that kind of behaviour

Em Bm C/G G

She don't like that kind of behaviour

[Chorus]

D D/C# Bm G

So throw down your guns

D D/C# Bm G

Don't be so Reckless, throw down guns

Don't be so

Chords

- 000232

D/C#

- x40232

C/G

- 332010

Cadd9

- X32030

- 320003

- 022000

- 224432

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