Biografía:
Redgum was an Australian folk and political music group formed in Adelaide in 1975 by singer-songwriter John Schumann, Michael Atkinson on guitars/vocals and Verity Truman on flute/vocals; they were soon joined by Chris Timms on violin. All four had been students at Flinders University and together developed an intensely passionate and outspoken outlook. They are known for their protest song exploring the impact of war in 1983's "I Was Only Nineteen (A Walk in the Light Green)", which peaked at #1 on the National singles charts.
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Otras canciones:
- I Was Only Nineteen
- Asio
- Beaumont Rag
- Carrington Cabaret
- Critique In G
- Diamantina Drover
- Gladstone Pier
- It Doesnt Matter To Me
- Just Another Mometnt On Your Own
- Killing Floor
- Long Run
- Nuclear Cop
- One More Thursday Night In Adelaide
- Only Nineteen
- Poor Ned
- Servin Usa
- So Goodbye
- Stewie
- The Last Frontier
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Redgum - It Doesn't Matter To Me
A song about that great Australian sport - Apathy !
This is predominantly the version from the the album Virgin Ground as documented in
The Redgum Songbook - Stubborn Words, Flagrant Vices
It has an extra verse which is verse 2
This song is played with various changes in words to suit the political times
C Am
I'm in the RSL, I joined the Lions club Friday
F G
My support of sport is thought of highly
C Am
I'm a Class 6 clerk in the P. C.D.
F G
And who the hell is Ayatollah Khomeni? - alternatively (Osama Bin Laden)
(And)
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am F C G C
I'll sit home and watch you all on my colour TV
C Am
Well I never look further than my own back door
F G
Except when wrapped up in my Commodore - alternatively (checking the cricket score)
C Am
I was reading Nostradamus or 1984
F G
(but) I ran out of Valium and then I got bored
(And)
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am F C G C
I'll sit home and watch you all on my colour TV
C Am
Well I prune in June and I plant in October
F G
And I write to the council when a sign gets knocked over
C Am
I always say that channel 10 news is best
F G
Especially when the weather girl wears a low cut dress
(And)
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am F C G C
I'll sit home and watch you all on my colour TV
[Saxaphone solo)
C Am F G repeat 5 times
G
Sheep, Sheep,
C Am F G repeat 2 times
G
Sheep, Sheep
(an additoinal verse from the Caught In The Act version)
C Am
Well I lost a bit of money on Newganhand
F G
To be quite frank i bought a piece land
C Am
The cops dug it up it really was a drag
F G
A whole pile of guns and 2 tonnes of scag
(And)
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am F C G C
I'll sit home and watch you all on my colour TV
[Saxaphone solo)
C Am F G repeat 5 times
G
Sheep Shit !
C Am
Well, my wife ran of to a Women's Shelter
F G
She didn't understand me or why I had to belt her
C Am
My Daughter carries candles for the festival of light - alternatively (for Mary Whitehouse)
F G
The fridge is full of beer and I'm all right
(And)
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am F C G C
I'll sit home and watch you all on my colour TV
C Am
My son's gone of to the Eastern war - alternatively (Afgan War, Third World War)
F G
And Killen wrote a letter explaining what for - alternatively (Howard, someone !)
C Am
It's the very first job the boy's ever held
F G
He'll learn a good trade while he sees the world
(And)
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am F C G C
I'll sit home and watch you all on my colour TV
C Am
I'm watching colour TV
C Am
Thanking God it's not me
C Am F
OPEC, Exxon and ITT - alternatively Telstra, Ergon, GFC
C G C
Presenting World War Three (darh, narh na !)
A song about that great Australian sport - Apathy !
This is predominantly the version from the the album Virgin Ground as documented in
The Redgum Songbook - Stubborn Words, Flagrant Vices
It has an extra verse which is verse 2
This song is played with various changes in words to suit the political times
C Am
I'm in the RSL, I joined the Lions club Friday
F G
My support of sport is thought of highly
C Am
I'm a Class 6 clerk in the P. C.D.
F G
And who the hell is Ayatollah Khomeni? - alternatively (Osama Bin Laden)
(And)
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am F C G C
I'll sit home and watch you all on my colour TV
C Am
Well I never look further than my own back door
F G
Except when wrapped up in my Commodore - alternatively (checking the cricket score)
C Am
I was reading Nostradamus or 1984
F G
(but) I ran out of Valium and then I got bored
(And)
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am F C G C
I'll sit home and watch you all on my colour TV
C Am
Well I prune in June and I plant in October
F G
And I write to the council when a sign gets knocked over
C Am
I always say that channel 10 news is best
F G
Especially when the weather girl wears a low cut dress
(And)
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am F C G C
I'll sit home and watch you all on my colour TV
[Saxaphone solo)
C Am F G repeat 5 times
G
Sheep, Sheep,
C Am F G repeat 2 times
G
Sheep, Sheep
(an additoinal verse from the Caught In The Act version)
C Am
Well I lost a bit of money on Newganhand
F G
To be quite frank i bought a piece land
C Am
The cops dug it up it really was a drag
F G
A whole pile of guns and 2 tonnes of scag
(And)
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am F C G C
I'll sit home and watch you all on my colour TV
[Saxaphone solo)
C Am F G repeat 5 times
G
Sheep Shit !
C Am
Well, my wife ran of to a Women's Shelter
F G
She didn't understand me or why I had to belt her
C Am
My Daughter carries candles for the festival of light - alternatively (for Mary Whitehouse)
F G
The fridge is full of beer and I'm all right
(And)
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am F C G C
I'll sit home and watch you all on my colour TV
C Am
My son's gone of to the Eastern war - alternatively (Afgan War, Third World War)
F G
And Killen wrote a letter explaining what for - alternatively (Howard, someone !)
C Am
It's the very first job the boy's ever held
F G
He'll learn a good trade while he sees the world
(And)
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am
It doesn't matter to me
C G Am F C G C
I'll sit home and watch you all on my colour TV
C Am
I'm watching colour TV
C Am
Thanking God it's not me
C Am F
OPEC, Exxon and ITT - alternatively Telstra, Ergon, GFC
C G C
Presenting World War Three (darh, narh na !)
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