Australia chords by Amanda Palmer

Eb              F
I could do the dishes while talking on the phone
    Eb              F
I could ask you for an answer but you want to be alone
    Eb              F
I could never do the dishes a single dish at a time
     Eb            F
It's too much of a commitment so I line them up and fire

    Eb
I could calamine your insides
    F
I could wind them all around me I could
Eb               F
Tiptoe on a tightrope made of fear and looking down see
    Eb             F
All the people do they see me I can wave or
          Eb
I can carry all the dishes that they gave me that are
F

Keeping me steady

Bb     F    Gm
Or I could go to Australia
    Eb   F
Carry a bowie knife
      Eb        F       Gm
And wear my hair like Hepburn parted on the side
     F        Eb
And learn card tricks and buy
      Gm      F     Eb
Everyone drinks and take boxing and write
Gm     F    Eb
Songs about my bowie knife

Gm   F    Eb       Gm
I could do these dishes I could try
  F     Eb
To do these dishes

Eb
I could try..

Eb   Gm   F
I could bake a cake
  Bb     F             Eb
My kitchen is small but I could clear the space
Eb   Gm    F
I could write my name
    Bb       F              Eb
Because practice makes perfect yes that's what they say

Eb              F
I could make a button out of plaster
              Eb
That said finished I could hang it in my closet
    F
To the left side of a lightswitch
    Eb               F
I could walk down to Columbus and try drinking to forget it
     Eb               F
and then come home less afraid and then press it and press it

Bb     F    Gm
Or I could go to Australia
    Eb   F
Carry a bowie knife
      Eb        F       Gm
And wear my hair like Hepburn parted on the side
     F        Eb
And learn card tricks and buy
      Gm      F     Eb
Everyone drinks and take boxing and try
       Gm    F        Eb
Eating things only with chopsticks and write
Gm     F    Eb
Songs about my bowie knife


Gm   F    Eb       Gm
I could do these dishes I could try
  F     Eb
To do these dishes
     Gm   F     Eb
I could decide to do these dishes
I could decide..

Bb     F    Gm
Or I could go to Australia
     Eb
Carry a bowie knife
  F         Eb       F
And wear my hair like Hepburn parted on the side
      Gm       F      Eb
And learn card tricks and physics and buy
      Gm      F     Eb
Everyone drinks and take boxing and try
       Gm    F        Eb
Eating things only with chopsticks and finally
     Gm    F        Eb
Be like a person I think you might like

Gm   F    Eb       Gm
I could do these dishes I could try
  F     Eb
To do these dishes
     Gm   F     Eb
I could decide to do these dishes
     Gm   F     Eb
I could decide to do these dishes
F    Eb
Time to DECIDE...
Fuck it
Bb    F    Gm   Eb
I'm gonna go to Australia
Bb    F    Gm   Eb
I'm gonna go to Australia
Bb    F    Gm   Eb
I'm gonna go to Australia
Gm     F    Eb
She's gonna go to Australia
  Eb Bb