Biography:
Cold Chisel produced the canonical example of Australian pub rock, with a string of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and they are acknowledged as one of the most popular and successful Australian groups of the period, although this success and acclaim was almost completely restricted to Australia.
The band formed in Adelaide in 1973 as a heavy metal band called Orange around keyboard player Don Walker and original bassist Les Kascmarek and while hard rock remained at the core of their sound Cold Chisel displayed a remarkable versatility.
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- Id Die To Be With You Tonight
- Im Gonna Roll Ya
- Ita
- Janelle
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- Missing A Girl
- My Baby
- Plaza
- Saturday Night
- Shipping Steel
- Standing On The Outside
- Star Hotel
- The Things I Love In You
- Way Down
- When The War Is Over
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Song: Standing On The Outside
By: Cold Chisel
Album: Chisel
Transcribed by: Russell Edwards [email protected]
[Verse]
D A G
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
D A Bm
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
Am Em G D
Whoa-oh, I never strayed outside the law
D A G
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
D A Bm
A room full of money and I'm born to win
Am Em G D
And no amount of work's gonna get me through the door
D A G
When I go walkin' down Blue Water bay
D A Bm
I surface in the city at the end of the day
Am Em G D
Whoa-oh, I got a bad case of the benz
D A G
I'm standing on the sidewalk you can see
D A Bm
Somebody everybody wants to be
Am Em G D
But they got the means to justify every end
D A G
I got a friend broke through illegally
D A Bm
Pulled a job on a small town t.a.b.
Am Em G D
Five grand down on his own little piece of Eden
[Bridge]
(Single strums)
D
And I know ...
D
And I know ...
(Resume full strumming)
E A
The first thing I'll do when I get into town
F# B
Is buy a 22 and cut the whole thing down
G C B A G
No amount of work's gonna buy my way to free-ee-dom
[Short break]
[Chorus]
E A
I'm on the outside lookin' in
E C#m
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
B A E
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh yeah
E A
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
E C#m
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
B A E
[Outro]
E A E C#m B A E x 3
F# Ab A B A E x 3
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh yeah
By: Cold Chisel
Album: Chisel
Transcribed by: Russell Edwards [email protected]
[Verse]
D A G
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
D A Bm
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
Am Em G D
Whoa-oh, I never strayed outside the law
D A G
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
D A Bm
A room full of money and I'm born to win
Am Em G D
And no amount of work's gonna get me through the door
D A G
When I go walkin' down Blue Water bay
D A Bm
I surface in the city at the end of the day
Am Em G D
Whoa-oh, I got a bad case of the benz
D A G
I'm standing on the sidewalk you can see
D A Bm
Somebody everybody wants to be
Am Em G D
But they got the means to justify every end
D A G
I got a friend broke through illegally
D A Bm
Pulled a job on a small town t.a.b.
Am Em G D
Five grand down on his own little piece of Eden
[Bridge]
(Single strums)
D
And I know ...
D
And I know ...
(Resume full strumming)
E A
The first thing I'll do when I get into town
F# B
Is buy a 22 and cut the whole thing down
G C B A G
No amount of work's gonna buy my way to free-ee-dom
[Short break]
[Chorus]
E A
I'm on the outside lookin' in
E C#m
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
B A E
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh yeah
E A
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
E C#m
I'm standing on the outside lookin' in
B A E
[Outro]
E A E C#m B A E x 3
F# Ab A B A E x 3
Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh yeah
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