¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
I emailed fred and he emailed me back a number of songs he had written up i have gone through and written the chords throughout the whole song as i know how hard it can be to keep track if they arent written out and requests please email me [email protected] other fred smith songs to follow
DmC You're looking hungry cobber, here plant your arse down mate AmG would you like some mashed potatoes with that burger on your plate? FC it's been another long shift here at the Cooper Pedy mess BbDm but if you've got a minute I’ve got something on my chest DmC The 24th of August back in 20 10 AmG I was working out of Tarin Kowt with a squad of 20 men FC the Dutch had pulled the pin leaving Uruzgan for good BbDm it fell to us to fill the void to the west in Deh Rawud DmC It had been a lethal summer starting back in June AmG We’d lost Smithy, Snowy, Palmer, Aplin, Chucky and then Bewes FC August took down Jason Brown then Kirbs and Thomas Dale BbDm On the morning of their service, we set out on Route Whale
DmC I was carrying the Maximi a thumping belt fed gun AmG With an action like a jackhammer, the weapon weighed a tonne FC We drove south of the Tangi to an RV where we met BbDm with two brick of boys from Anur Joy and we turned for Derapet DmC Lance Jack McKinney - the boys all called him ‘Crash’ AmG he was the fastest bastard we all knew for distance or for dash FC a soldier's bloody soldier and the fittest man I’ve met BbDm I was proud to walk beside him on approach to Derapet DmC 60 clicks out in the sticks to the west of Tarin Kowt AmG the sappers saw the FAMS move in and the women all clear out FC a TIC was what we wanted, a TIC was what we’d get
BbDm it was only a matter of when and where in the fields of Derapet DmC Me and Crash were partnered in reserve back at the rear AmG although we weren't at point that day I felt and smelt the fear FC The boys kept probing forward through the aqueduct and sluice BbDm Till from a nearby tree line I could see all hell break loose DmC They’d had hit a complex ambush of about a 100 men AmG the chattering of AKs and the thud of PKMs FC the rounds were whistling around em but we couldn't tell where from BbDm Cause the Talibs had concealment from the tree line and the corn DmC A call came on the ICOM to come forward from the back AmG they needed my machine gun at the front of the attack FC so me and Crash we hoofed it as the rounds around us cracked BbDm running with that weapon and my armour and my pack DmC We’d come 600m through the muddy aquaduct AmG by the time we reached the front line, frankly I was fucked FC my mind said just said keep going but my body just said nope BbDm and I collapsed back on my pack at the bottom of the slope DmC Crash grabbed my Maximi and hauled it up to the crest AmG that's why he was where he was when the round burst through his chest
FC I looked up in that instant and I never will forget BbDm As he spun around and crashed facedown in the dust of Derapet DmC Wooly called for dust off we were too far from the cars AmG We worked on Crash for an hour taking turns on CPR FC the chopper came and medevac’d him back in to TK
BbDm Where the Doctor at the Role 2 declared him DOA DmC Meanwhile, Keighran broke cover dancing dangerous and strange AmG A hundred Talib muzzles flashed untill the Aslav's found their range FC Between those Guncars the Apache and the M777 BbDm Many Talibs became martyrs with their virgins up in heaven
DmC the battle soon was over they had lost their will fight AmG they left their dead and dying they’d pick em up that night FG we walked back to the Aslavs and crawled into the FOB BbDm I remember sitting quietly with Langer, Sean and Rob
DmC Fanners ran the section through an after action brief AmG I tuned in though exhausted I was numb with shame and grief FC The BDA said by the way there’s 30 of them dead BbDm and so they say we won the day and the Battle of Derapet.
DmC AmG FC BbDm
DmC Beckie’s waters broke at the crematorium AmG Just a few hours later, she gave birth to their son FC the boys help out with mowing and she got some compo cash BbDm Helps pay the bills but it wont fill the hole where once was Crash DmC Langers won selection, Daniel Keighran got a gong AmG Abbott won the election, and Fred Smith got his song FC those who get their accolades deserve all they get
BbDm but Crash did not deserve to die at the Battle of Derapet
DmC I came back to Brisbane and got out on civvie street AmG Now I’m working in this mine, mate, in this mess we're miners eat FC I married now with children to a woman named regret BbDm the price you pay for a summers day in the fields of Derapet