Biography:
The Jane Austen Argument are a Melbourne, Australia-based indie cabaret noir duo who combine raw ballads and sharp tongues with chaotic abandon and overtones of anti-folk and punk love.
Brought together through a chance cigarette break encounter (I have a cabaret show and need a pianist. I’m a cabaret pianist in need of a show…), a shared love of Regina Spektor, Nick Cave, dressups and theatrical musical convention, The Jane Austen Argument’s Tom Dickins and Jen Kingwell have been playing together since around September 2009
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D C
See, the debt collector's coming
G
He's come to break my fingers
D Em A
So I can't play piano, no, no more
D C
And see, the debt collector's coming
G
He's come to take my tongue
D Em A
So I can't sing any songs any more
D
I just go "Ah-ha-ah-ha-ah"
C
To the top of the pop charts
"Ah-ha-ah-ha-ah"
G
In your iPods
"Ah-ha-ah"
D
That's the sound of silence,
Em A
Simon and Garfunkel
[Verse 2]
D C
And see, the Grim Reaper is coming
G
He's sharpening his scythe
D Em A
'Til he can see his own reflection
D C
And you see, the Grim Reaper is crying -
G
His business down the drain
D
'Cos people do it so much quicker
Em A
(And cheaper, and better...)
[Chorus]
D
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
C
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
G
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
Oh
D
And ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
C
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
G
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
Oh
[Verse 3]
D C
And you see – our Saviour's second coming
G
He's such a selfish bastard
D Em A
(Some of us don't get to come even once)
D C
And you see, his fans avoid my house now
G
'Cos I've signed a sealed deal with Satan
D Em A
To just love everybody that I can...
[Verse 4]
D C
And you see, I think the Grim Reaper should go after
G
That fucking debt collector
D Em A
So I can sing whenever I bloody goddamn well please
D C
And our Saviour should just make love to Satan
G
So both can see that either
Are terrible
D Em A
Without the other...
[Chorus] (x4)
D
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
C
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
G
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
Oh
D
And ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
C
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
G
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
Oh
[Ending]
D
D
[Verse 1]
D C
See, the debt collector's coming
G
He's come to break my fingers
D Em A
So I can't play piano, no, no more
D C
And see, the debt collector's coming
G
He's come to take my tongue
D Em A
So I can't sing any songs any more
D
I just go "Ah-ha-ah-ha-ah"
C
To the top of the pop charts
"Ah-ha-ah-ha-ah"
G
In your iPods
"Ah-ha-ah"
D
That's the sound of silence,
Em A
Simon and Garfunkel
[Verse 2]
D C
And see, the Grim Reaper is coming
G
He's sharpening his scythe
D Em A
'Til he can see his own reflection
D C
And you see, the Grim Reaper is crying -
G
His business down the drain
D
'Cos people do it so much quicker
Em A
(And cheaper, and better...)
[Chorus]
D
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
C
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
G
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
Oh
D
And ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
C
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
G
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
Oh
[Verse 3]
D C
And you see – our Saviour's second coming
G
He's such a selfish bastard
D Em A
(Some of us don't get to come even once)
D C
And you see, his fans avoid my house now
G
'Cos I've signed a sealed deal with Satan
D Em A
To just love everybody that I can...
[Verse 4]
D C
And you see, I think the Grim Reaper should go after
G
That fucking debt collector
D Em A
So I can sing whenever I bloody goddamn well please
D C
And our Saviour should just make love to Satan
G
So both can see that either
Are terrible
D Em A
Without the other...
[Chorus] (x4)
D
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
C
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
G
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
Oh
D
And ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
C
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
G
Ba-da-dum-bum, ba-dum, ba-dum
Oh
[Ending]
D
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