Biography:
The Whitlams are an Australian four-piece band hailing from Newtown, New South Wales.
Formed in 1992, the band originally comprised Tim Freedman (lead vocals, piano), Stevie Plunder (lead vocals, guitar) and Andy Lewis (double bass, backing vocals). The line-up has changed many times over the years with Tim the only consistent member of the band, not to mention the only original member still alive. In the current line-up Terepai Richmond hits the drums
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"One In A Million" or "5 More In NSW" by The Whitlams
From the forthcoming single "Fall for you"
Transcribed by Dan Meijer
Dan's transcriptions are at http://www.zipworld.com.au/~dm/
This song is an "alternate recording" of "Up Against The Wall" from
Eternal Nightcap. First heard years ago with the Moody Jews, it was
entitled "5 more in NSW" and was re-recorded in Memphis for the Love This
City sessions. Its release as a b-side in 2002 will bear the title "One in
a million."
Intro:
F Eb Bb C(sus2)
F Bb
To think it was going so well
Dm C
we'd go out at night, come home and fight like hell
F Bb Dm
Good fights about big things - you know just
C Bb C
Pushing round in the dark.
F Bb
To think I was scared to open the box
Dm C
New love on the doorstep, and nothing on how it works
F Bb
Go on have a look inside
Dm C
You'll wonder what you did without it
Gm
Well you slept (ahh-ahh)
Bb Cm
You met interesting people
Eb
And you slept with them
Gm Bb Cm Eb
Yeah up against the wall again now
Dm Cm Bb
Some say, "love it comes once in a lifetime,"
Gm
That's enough for me
Am Dm
She was one, one in a million
Bb C
There's five more in New South Wales.
F Eb Bb C(sus2)
F Bb
Vitriol and cigarettes
Dm
A long night of thinking,
C
and the search for the best thing yet
F Bb
Yeah well it was good wasn't it?
Dm C
Then it got, then it got bad
Bb C
(one in a million, one in a million)
F
There's a show (there's a show)
Bb
On the television now
Dm
'bout monkeys ('bout monkeys)
C
How we've come so far (come so far)
F Bb
Yeah well it's news to me -
Dm C
I'd better go and evolve now
Dm Cm Bb
Some say, "love it comes once in a lifetime,"
Gm
That's enough for me
Am Dm
She was one, one in a million
Bb Gm
There's five more in New South Wales.
Am Dm Bb
Some say, "love it comes once in a lifetime,"
Gm
That's enough for me
Am Dm
She was one, one in a million
Bb C
There's five more in New South Wales.
Bb C
(One in a million, one in a million)
F
Ohh yeah
Bb Gm C
There goes one now
F Bb
You gotta be strong to play this game
Gm C
Woo-hoo-ooh-ooh-ooh
F Bb
To think it was going so well
Dm C
we'd go out at night, come home and fight like hell
F Bb Dm
Good fights about big things like
C
who wrote the book on men?
Gm
Well it was me (ahh-ahh)
Bb Cm Eb
And I'm up against the wall again now
Gm Bb Cm Eb
Up against the wall again now
Gm Bb Cm
You met interesting people
Eb
and slept with them
Gm Bb Cm Eb
I'm up against the wall again now
Dm Cm Bb
Some say, "love it comes once in a lifetime,"
Gm
That's enough for me
Am Dm
She was one, one in a million
Bb Gm
There's five more in New South Wales.
Am Dm Bb
Some say, "love it comes once in a lifetime,"
Gm
That's enough for me
Am Dm
She was one, one in a million
Bb C
There's five more in New South Wales.
Bb C
...
Bb C
There's five more in New South Wales.
Bb C
...
Bb C
There's five more in New South Wales.
Bb C
(One in a million, one in a million)
Bb C
Two more here in Tennessee
Bb C
(One in a million, one in a million)
From the forthcoming single "Fall for you"
Transcribed by Dan Meijer
Dan's transcriptions are at http://www.zipworld.com.au/~dm/
This song is an "alternate recording" of "Up Against The Wall" from
Eternal Nightcap. First heard years ago with the Moody Jews, it was
entitled "5 more in NSW" and was re-recorded in Memphis for the Love This
City sessions. Its release as a b-side in 2002 will bear the title "One in
a million."
Intro:
F Eb Bb C(sus2)
F Bb
To think it was going so well
Dm C
we'd go out at night, come home and fight like hell
F Bb Dm
Good fights about big things - you know just
C Bb C
Pushing round in the dark.
F Bb
To think I was scared to open the box
Dm C
New love on the doorstep, and nothing on how it works
F Bb
Go on have a look inside
Dm C
You'll wonder what you did without it
Gm
Well you slept (ahh-ahh)
Bb Cm
You met interesting people
Eb
And you slept with them
Gm Bb Cm Eb
Yeah up against the wall again now
Dm Cm Bb
Some say, "love it comes once in a lifetime,"
Gm
That's enough for me
Am Dm
She was one, one in a million
Bb C
There's five more in New South Wales.
F Eb Bb C(sus2)
F Bb
Vitriol and cigarettes
Dm
A long night of thinking,
C
and the search for the best thing yet
F Bb
Yeah well it was good wasn't it?
Dm C
Then it got, then it got bad
Bb C
(one in a million, one in a million)
F
There's a show (there's a show)
Bb
On the television now
Dm
'bout monkeys ('bout monkeys)
C
How we've come so far (come so far)
F Bb
Yeah well it's news to me -
Dm C
I'd better go and evolve now
Dm Cm Bb
Some say, "love it comes once in a lifetime,"
Gm
That's enough for me
Am Dm
She was one, one in a million
Bb Gm
There's five more in New South Wales.
Am Dm Bb
Some say, "love it comes once in a lifetime,"
Gm
That's enough for me
Am Dm
She was one, one in a million
Bb C
There's five more in New South Wales.
Bb C
(One in a million, one in a million)
F
Ohh yeah
Bb Gm C
There goes one now
F Bb
You gotta be strong to play this game
Gm C
Woo-hoo-ooh-ooh-ooh
F Bb
To think it was going so well
Dm C
we'd go out at night, come home and fight like hell
F Bb Dm
Good fights about big things like
C
who wrote the book on men?
Gm
Well it was me (ahh-ahh)
Bb Cm Eb
And I'm up against the wall again now
Gm Bb Cm Eb
Up against the wall again now
Gm Bb Cm
You met interesting people
Eb
and slept with them
Gm Bb Cm Eb
I'm up against the wall again now
Dm Cm Bb
Some say, "love it comes once in a lifetime,"
Gm
That's enough for me
Am Dm
She was one, one in a million
Bb Gm
There's five more in New South Wales.
Am Dm Bb
Some say, "love it comes once in a lifetime,"
Gm
That's enough for me
Am Dm
She was one, one in a million
Bb C
There's five more in New South Wales.
Bb C
...
Bb C
There's five more in New South Wales.
Bb C
...
Bb C
There's five more in New South Wales.
Bb C
(One in a million, one in a million)
Bb C
Two more here in Tennessee
Bb C
(One in a million, one in a million)
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