Down Under Chords & Tabs

by Men At Work

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Verses:
BPM: 106
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [2, 102, 2, 102, 2, 202, 202, 202, 2, 202, 101, 202, 2, 202, 101, 202]

[Intro]
| Bm | A | Bm | G A |   (x2)

[Verse 1]
Bm              A              Bm G A
Travelling in a fried-out Kombi
Bm         A                   Bm    GA
On a hippy trail, head full of zombie
Bm              A    Bm             G      A
I met a strange lady,   she made me nervous
Bm          A              Bm        G    A           
She took me in and gave me breakfast,     and she said

[Chorus]
D                  A              Bm G A
Do you come from a land down under
D           A                 Bm  GA
Where women glow, and men plunder?
D                         A            Bm  GA
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
    D               A             Bm GA
You better run, you better take cover
| Bm | A | Bm | G A |   (x2)

[Verse 2]
Bm                  A         Bm      G   A     
Buying bread from a man in Brussels,      he was
Bm       A                Bm     GA
Six foot four and full of muscles
Bm             A                   Bm G A
I said: do you speak-a my language?
Bm                 A                  Bm        G  A          
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich,    and he said

[Chorus]
D             A              Bm G A
I come from a land down under
D               A                Bm GA
Where beer does flow and men chunder
D                         A            Bm  GA
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
    D               A             Bm    G   A 
You better run, you better take cover   yee-ah
| Bm | A | Bm | G A |   (x4)
| D  | A | Bm | G A |   (x2)

[Verse 3]
Bm         A         Bm GA
Lying in a den in Bombay
Bm           A                   Bm GA
With a slack jaw and not much to say
Bm            A                      Bm       GA
I said to the man: are you trying to tempt me?
Bm        A                     Bm      G      A      
Because I come from the land of plenty,    and he said
D                  A           Bm   G A    
Do you come from a land down under  yee-yah
D           A                 Bm  GA
Where women glow, and men plunder?
D                         A            Bm    G A   
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?  yee-ah
    D               A             Bm    G A     
You better run, you better take cover     We are
D           A           Bm GA
Living in a land down under
D           A                 Bm  GA
Where women glow, and men plunder?
D                         A            Bm  GA
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
    D               A             Bm GA
You better run, you better take cover
D           A           Bm GA
Living in a land down under
D           A                 Bm GA
Where women glow, and men plunder
D                         A            Bm    G A       
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?    Ooh yeah
    D               A             Bm    G A     
You better run, you better take cover     We are
D           A           Bm GA
Living in a land down under
D           A                 Bm  GA
Where women glow, and men plunder?
D                         A            Bm  GA
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
    D               A             Bm    G A         
You better run, you better take cover         ..fade