Eric Bogle – Bloody Rotten Audience chords

[Intro]

G Em C D

      G                  Em         C             DWell, here's a song I've written specifically for you
    G              Em           C                  DWho sit inside the audience and talk through all I do
   G          Em                 C                DI cannot understand it cause I'm pretty good, you see
         G                 Em                      C                  GSo there must be something wrong with you, there's nothing wrong with me


[Chorus]
         G             Em              C         DYou're a bloody rotten audience whilst I am very good
   G                   Em               C                DIf brains were made of oak and ash then you'd have balsa wood
     G           Em              C                DI'm ethnic and authentic and I'm really full of class
             G                Em                  C               GWhile you're ignorant, you're cultureless, you're philistines en masse


[Verse 1]
       G            Em         C                DI'm an artist and authority on music and what's more
      G           Em          C                DI'm incredible informative on folksong and folklore
      G             Em        C               DI'm a wonderful performer and so you all must be
   G                Em            C                GSo bloody thick and stupid not to like the like of me


[Chorus]
         G             Em              C         DYou're a bloody rotten audience whilst I am very good
   G                   Em               C                DIf brains were made of oak and ash then you'd have balsa wood
     G           Em              C                DI'm ethnic and authentic and I'm really full of class
             G                Em                  C               GWhile you're ignorant, you're cultureless, you're philistines en masse


[Verse 2]
      G                  Em              C             DI'm a folkie and that's obvious, you can tell it by me clothes
    G               Em         C                  DAnd when I sing traditional, I sing it through me nose
       G              Em          C             DAnd if you insist on talking everytime I sing a song
     G                  Em                  C             GI'll fix you with 'Bold Robin Hood', that's eighty verses long


[Chorus]
         G             Em              C         DYou're a bloody rotten audience whilst I am very good
   G                   Em               C                DIf brains were made of oak and ash then you'd have balsa wood
     G           Em              C                DI'm ethnic and authentic and I'm really full of class
             G                Em                  C               GWhile you're ignorant, you're cultureless, you're philistines en masse


[Verse 3]
    G              Em            C                 DAnd when I sing contemporary, me heart and soul is pure
  G              Em                  C              DI must be bloody brilliant, cause me writing's so obscure
   G              Em       C              DMy hero's Leonard Cohen, I dig him perfectly
      G               Em              C                GBut I must be so much better, because no-one here digs me


[Chorus]
         G             Em              C         DYou're a bloody rotten audience whilst I am very good
   G                   Em               C                DIf brains were made of oak and ash then you'd have balsa wood
     G           Em              C                DI'm ethnic and authentic and I'm really full of class
             G                Em                  C               GWhile you're ignorant, you're cultureless, you're philistines en masse


[Verse 4]
    G                Em                 C                DBut now I'm going to leave you, cause I feel I'm wasting time
         G           Em                    C               DCouldn't possibly be wasting yours, so you must be wasting mine
    G               Em               C               DAnd let me tell you now that I'm not out here for me health
      G                  Em                 C             GSo if you don't come and pull with me, I'll go and pull meself


[Outro]
         G             Em              C         DYou're a bloody rotten audience whilst I am very good
   G                   Em               C                DIf brains were made of oak and ash then you'd have balsa wood
     G           Em              C                DI'm ethnic and authentic and I'm really full of class
      G                  Em      C                    GBut underneath it all I'm just a pain in the flipping arse