A Bastard Like Me

	  		Intro: G#m   C#m   G#m 


Verse 
C#m                         B                     A                       C#m 
I was born in the bush near old Alice Springs, as far as you get from the sea. 
C#m                         B                       A                  C#m 
My mother was a fighter, my daddy was too. He never knew a bastard like me. 
C#m                         B                                 A                           C#m 
My brothers and sisters are scattered like the wind, from the desert and the hills to the sea. 
C#m      E                     B                   A                    C#m 
Much too young, many died, but I have survived. So lucky, a bastard like me. 

 
C#m   B        A                    C#m 
Oooh, oooh. So lucky, a bastard like me. 
E                 B                      A                   C#m 
I have survived a hell of a life. Nobody knows a bastard like me. 



Verse 
E                  B              A         B            C#m 
Call me a stray, a dog every day. Call me a mongrel half-breed. 
E                       B                     C#m 
Mongrels are strong, so you take me on. Watch out for a bastard like me. 


C#m   B                A                           C#m 
Oooh, oooh. You better watch out for a bastard like me. 
 E                      B                    A                        C#m 
I fuoght all the way. I fight every day. You can't stop a bastard like me. 



Interlude 
B A C#m E B A C#m 


Verse 
C#m  E                    B               A               C#m 
I've taken my licks, I've taken my kicks. I am a man of degree. 
E                   B                          A                   C#m 
I wear the scars, I earned them so hard. Every day in the lucky country. 


C#m   B           A                    C#m 
Oooh, oooh. every day in the lucky country. 
C#m  E                    B                          A                                  C#m 
I've taken my licks. I've kicked against the pricks. Don't try and stop...a bastard like me. 



Outro 
C#m 
(fade...)