Whitlams - Ballad Of Bertie Kidd Chords

[Intro]
Gmin7 Dmin7 Cmaj9 Ebmaj7
Amaj7 Fmaj Amaj7 Bdim7
 
[Verse 1]
Gmin                          Dmin
They don't write songs 'bout guys like me
Cmaj9                           Ebmaj7
Here, I got one you can have for free
Amaj7
He was with his old mum
Fmaj13                                    Amaj7
He'd brought her up the pub to watch the Rabbits run around
Bdim7
She liked to see him swear at televisions
G#min
Sledging men on football fields
Bmin
And lashing out on counter meals
F#maj
Reminds her of the old man
Emaj                                   G#min Gmaj
How Souths and life will set you up to fall
 
[Verse 2]
Gmin                     Dmin
I was at home with Mum in '88
Cmaj9                       Ebmaj7
Friday night, I wish I'd had a date
Amaj7
The phone rings at nine
Fmaj
It's Bert the Baby Blue-Eyed Killer
Amaj7
on the line
Bdim7
He says, "Meet us out the back in ten"
G#min
Mum says, "Put a jumper on
Bmin
Although you won't be gone for long
F#maj
Not when it goes to plan
Emaj                              G#min Gmaj Gmaj13
And Bert will have a plan, he does alright"
 
[Chorus]
Dmaj
With my balaclava
Fmaj13                        Amaj7
Curled up like a turban on my head
          Dmin   Cmaj7
"Get in," he said
Fmaj                            Gmin7
"All we need is a fourth to be a cockatoo
                       Cmaj7
If you don't come, I'm beltin' you
                         Dmin
I'm Australia's greatest robber
                   Amaj7
It's an honour for ya, son
          Amaj7
Now, come along"
 
[Verse 3]
Gmin                  Dmin
A stolen Sigma in the lane
Gmin                                 Dmin
Bert says, "Get in the back and I'll explain
Amaj7
It's an easy grab
Fmaj13                                         Amaj7
But there's two hours 'til the coast is clear, we'll get a slab
Bdim7
And then we'll get an art collection
G#min
My man has left the key outside
Bmin
We'll cut the canvas with these knives
F#maj
Be in and out in twenty
Emaj                            G#min Gmaj
Pro Hart and Norman Lindsay and Ken Done"
 
[Chorus]
Dmaj
With my balaclava
Fmaj13                        Amaj7
Curled up like a kitten on my head
        Dmin   Cmaj7
"Get in", he said
Fmaj
Some men, when they're drinking
Gmin7
Mistake their thoughts for thinking
Cmaj7
Australia's greatest robber
Dmin                      Cmaj7
With somehow thirty years inside
             Fmaj
And he says, "Now we're four blocks away, boys
Gmin7
Pull your headgear down"
Cmaj7
I wish it had been me deciding
Dmin
You'd be mad to put a bet behind him
Amaj7
Bert, the blue eyes hurt
 
[Verse 4]
Gmin                     Dmin
Four sittin' ducks in a stolen car
Gmin                                    Dmin
We all need the Brassco, but we've come too far
Amaj7
And if we get done
Fmaj13                         Amaj7
I hope that I get Malabar, the old girl would come
Bdim7
Three buses, stay with Aunty Val
G#min
Norman Lindsay and Pro Hart
Bmin
I'm about to give my youth to art
F#maj
These blocks are really long
Emaj                                   G#min Gmaj
And there's not much goin' on behind those eyes
 
[Chorus]
Dmaj
With my balaclava
Fmaj13                        Amaj7
Rolled down really tight below my chin
     Dmin   Cmaj7
They let me in
Fmaj
Some men, when they're drinking
Gmin7
Mistake their thoughts for thinking
Cmaj7
Here we are, two blocks away
Dmin           Cmaj7
Fully hooded, on our way and
Fmaj
Sure enough, some cops are passing
Gmin7
Scratch their chinny-chins
Cmaj7
They see eight wide eyes with cans of Reschs
Dmin                             Amaj7
Call it in, and then they met us there
Amaj7
Foot of the stair
 
[Verse 5]
Gmin                          Dmin
Bert looks the judge right in the eye
Cmaj9                            Ebmaj7
Says, "It was unseasonably cold that night"
Amaj7
They read mine out
Fmaj13
But I don't hear the verdict
Amaj7
Mum was crying out
Bdim7
At least I got the ocean view
G#min
Australia's greatest robber
Bdim
Got me thirteen months of bother
F#maj
Ah, it's who you hang around, boy
Emaj                                 G#min Gmaj
Who says, "You, come along now for a ride"
 
[Outro]
G#min Gmin7 G#min Gmin7