Tabbed by Brian Ree (brianree@infinet.net.au)
Additional 'live' lyrics tabbed by Harry Ree
Intro:
GEm (6X)
GBm
Sid and Billy took the train from Taree
CDEm
In Central Station at four a.m
CDGF#Em
And they walked up Regent St. in the rain
CDG
and took a piss against the mortuary fence
Bm
Six cousins lived on Caroline St
CDEm
Bill was an orphan and he knew no one
CDGF#Em
It was Wednesday, the dole was in the bank
CDG
We're gonna have a holiday in the sun
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Chorus
CDG
Build a bonfire in the street
CDG
Everyone come around
CDGF#Em
Watch the rain fall like diamonds from heaven
CDGEmGEmGEm
on the streets of a black and white town
GBm
They spent their money at the Courthouse hotel
CDEm
In two days they were flat broke
CDGF#Em
They'd come looking for a brighter dream
CDG
But found a nightmare deep inside the big smoke
Kids with habits that they just couldn't handle
People flying by the seat of their pants
Blinded by the sights of the high rise lights
Staggering, they never had a chance
Chorus
GCDG
Build a bonfire in the street
CDG
Everyone come around
CDGF#Em
Watch the rain fall like diamonds from heaven
CDGEmGEmGEm
on the streets of a black and white town Yeah! Go Edmund
(*Perry wipes sweat off his brow in Lillee-like fashion)
Solo: Goes something like this;
Sid and Billy rolled a drunk in the park
They took a low ride up to the station
With two flaggons of brown musket and a carton of Winfields
They were off to see some more of the nation
The sun shone along the tracks
The red rattlers shook like sense-a-round
But Sid and Billy they felt fuck all
Inside the cells of a black and white town
Repeat Chorus
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