Biography:
Tim Minchin (born 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, composer, songwriter, pianist, musical director and a self proclaimed rock 'n' roll megastar.
He was born in Northampton, England, and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He attended UWA (University of Western Australia) before launching onto the world stage at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival by winning the Best Newcomer Perrier Comedy Award.
His eccentric appearance (wild unkempt hair
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CAPO 3
Chords relative to capo
C - X32010
G - 320033
F - 133211
Fm - 133111
C7 - X35353
Am - X02210
D - XX0232
D7 - XX0212
E - 022100
C
This is my Earth
G
And I live in it
F
It’s one third dirt
Fm
And two thirds water
C
And it rotates and revolves through space
C7
At rather an impressive pace
F Fm
And never even messes up my hair
Am
And here’s the really weird thing
D D7
The force created by its spin
F C G
Is the force that stops the chaos flooding in
Am
This is my Earth
F
And it’s fine
G E Am
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
F
It’s not perfect
C
But it’s mine
G
It’s not perfect
C
This is my country
G
And I live in it
F
It’s pretty big
Fm
And nice to walk on
C
And the bloke who runs my country
C7
has built a damagoguery
F Fm
and taught us to be fearful and boring
Am
And the wierdest thing is that he is
D D7
conservative of politics
F C G
But really rather redical of eyebrow
Am
This is my country
F
And it’s fine
G E Am
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
F
It’s not perfect
C
But it’s mine
G
It’s not perfect
C
This is my house
G
And I live in it
F
It’s made of cracks
Fm
And photographs
C
we rent it off a guy who bought it from a guy
C7
who bought it from a guy
F Fm
whose grandad left it to him
Am
And the wierdest thing is that this house
D D7
has locks to keep the baddies out
F C G
But they're mostly used to lock ourselves in
Am
This is my house
F
And it’s fine
G E Am
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
F
It’s not perfect
C
But it’s mine
G
It’s not perfect
C
This is my body
G
And I live in it
F
It’s thirty-one
Fm
And 6 months old
C
It's changed a lot since it was new
C7
It's done stuff it wasn't built to do
F Fm
I often try to fill it up with wine
Am
And the wierdest thing about it is
D D7
i spend so much time hating it
F C G
But it never says a bad word about me
Am
This is my body
F
And it’s fine
G E Am
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
F
It’s not perfect
C
But it’s mine
G
It’s not perfect
C
This is my brain
G
And I live in it
F
It’s made of love
Fm
and bad song lyrics
C
It's tucked away behind my eyes
C7
Where all my screwed up thoughts can hide
F Fm
Cos god forbid i hurt somebody
Am
And the wierdest thing about a mind
D D7
Tis that every answer that you find
F C G
Is the basis of a brand new cliche
Am
This is my Brain
F
And it’s fine
G E Am
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
F
It’s not perfect
C
But it’s mine
G
It’s not perfect
F C G
I'm not quite sure i've worked out how to work it
F
It’s not perfect
C
But it’s mine
Chords relative to capo
C - X32010
G - 320033
F - 133211
Fm - 133111
C7 - X35353
Am - X02210
D - XX0232
D7 - XX0212
E - 022100
C
This is my Earth
G
And I live in it
F
It’s one third dirt
Fm
And two thirds water
C
And it rotates and revolves through space
C7
At rather an impressive pace
F Fm
And never even messes up my hair
Am
And here’s the really weird thing
D D7
The force created by its spin
F C G
Is the force that stops the chaos flooding in
Am
This is my Earth
F
And it’s fine
G E Am
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
F
It’s not perfect
C
But it’s mine
G
It’s not perfect
C
This is my country
G
And I live in it
F
It’s pretty big
Fm
And nice to walk on
C
And the bloke who runs my country
C7
has built a damagoguery
F Fm
and taught us to be fearful and boring
Am
And the wierdest thing is that he is
D D7
conservative of politics
F C G
But really rather redical of eyebrow
Am
This is my country
F
And it’s fine
G E Am
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
F
It’s not perfect
C
But it’s mine
G
It’s not perfect
C
This is my house
G
And I live in it
F
It’s made of cracks
Fm
And photographs
C
we rent it off a guy who bought it from a guy
C7
who bought it from a guy
F Fm
whose grandad left it to him
Am
And the wierdest thing is that this house
D D7
has locks to keep the baddies out
F C G
But they're mostly used to lock ourselves in
Am
This is my house
F
And it’s fine
G E Am
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
F
It’s not perfect
C
But it’s mine
G
It’s not perfect
C
This is my body
G
And I live in it
F
It’s thirty-one
Fm
And 6 months old
C
It's changed a lot since it was new
C7
It's done stuff it wasn't built to do
F Fm
I often try to fill it up with wine
Am
And the wierdest thing about it is
D D7
i spend so much time hating it
F C G
But it never says a bad word about me
Am
This is my body
F
And it’s fine
G E Am
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
F
It’s not perfect
C
But it’s mine
G
It’s not perfect
C
This is my brain
G
And I live in it
F
It’s made of love
Fm
and bad song lyrics
C
It's tucked away behind my eyes
C7
Where all my screwed up thoughts can hide
F Fm
Cos god forbid i hurt somebody
Am
And the wierdest thing about a mind
D D7
Tis that every answer that you find
F C G
Is the basis of a brand new cliche
Am
This is my Brain
F
And it’s fine
G E Am
It’s where I spend the vast majority of my time
F
It’s not perfect
C
But it’s mine
G
It’s not perfect
F C G
I'm not quite sure i've worked out how to work it
F
It’s not perfect
C
But it’s mine
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