Biography:
Russell Morris (born July 1948) is an Australian singer-songwriter, who had many Australian Number 1 singles throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s.
His most successful song was The Real Thing, written by Johnny Young, and produced by Ian Meldrum. It was the biggest selling Australian Single of 1969, and was released when Morris was 20 years old. The song was released in two halves on a small label in the United States of America and received limited international success as a result
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Great Vietnam War song by one of Australia's finest - Russell Morris
Chord Shapes C : x3555x F: 133211
Dm : x57765 Dm7 : x57565
C/E : X7555X
[Intro]
F Dm7 F Bb F
[Verse 1]
F
Gather round Ma's knee
Bb F
To read this week's letter
F
I wonder what will be
Bb F Dm7 F Bb
We hope the news is better
[Verse 2]
F Bb F
The men here die like flies Ma
F Bb F
I bandage their blinded eyes Ma
C Bb F
And the kids with their aching feet ain't got nothing to eat Ma
[Verse 3]
F Bb F
The hospital has no door Dad
F Bb F
Soldiers lie on the floor Dad
C
Oh I did my best
Bb F
But I can't take any more Dad
[Chorus]
F
Rachel's coming home
C
Rachel's coming home
Bb F
Oh and I don't think she'll go away again
F
Rachel's seen the light
C
The world's too big to fight
Bb F
And I don't think she'll go away again
C/E Dm C Bb
My dear fam- ily
[Verse 3]
F Bb F
The world and people in it
F
go the way they will
C
But there's not a man,
Black or white,
Bb F
Who can ever hope to stop them
[Chorus]
F
Rachel's coming home
C
Rachel's coming home
Bb F
Oh and I don't think she'll go away again
F
Rachel's seen the light
C
The world's too big to fight
Bb F
And I don't think she'll go away again
C/E Dm C Bb
My dear fam- ily
[Chorus]
F
Rachel's coming home
C
Rachel's coming home
Bb F
Oh and I don't think she'll go away again
F
Rachel's seen the light
C
The world's too big to fight
Bb F
And I don't think she'll go away again
C/E Dm C Bb
My dear fam- ily
Chord Shapes C : x3555x F: 133211
Dm : x57765 Dm7 : x57565
C/E : X7555X
[Intro]
F Dm7 F Bb F
[Verse 1]
F
Gather round Ma's knee
Bb F
To read this week's letter
F
I wonder what will be
Bb F Dm7 F Bb
We hope the news is better
[Verse 2]
F Bb F
The men here die like flies Ma
F Bb F
I bandage their blinded eyes Ma
C Bb F
And the kids with their aching feet ain't got nothing to eat Ma
[Verse 3]
F Bb F
The hospital has no door Dad
F Bb F
Soldiers lie on the floor Dad
C
Oh I did my best
Bb F
But I can't take any more Dad
[Chorus]
F
Rachel's coming home
C
Rachel's coming home
Bb F
Oh and I don't think she'll go away again
F
Rachel's seen the light
C
The world's too big to fight
Bb F
And I don't think she'll go away again
C/E Dm C Bb
My dear fam- ily
[Verse 3]
F Bb F
The world and people in it
F
go the way they will
C
But there's not a man,
Black or white,
Bb F
Who can ever hope to stop them
[Chorus]
F
Rachel's coming home
C
Rachel's coming home
Bb F
Oh and I don't think she'll go away again
F
Rachel's seen the light
C
The world's too big to fight
Bb F
And I don't think she'll go away again
C/E Dm C Bb
My dear fam- ily
[Chorus]
F
Rachel's coming home
C
Rachel's coming home
Bb F
Oh and I don't think she'll go away again
F
Rachel's seen the light
C
The world's too big to fight
Bb F
And I don't think she'll go away again
C/E Dm C Bb
My dear fam- ily
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