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Some People Have It Worse Than I

by Tim Minchin

Biography:

Tim Minchin (born 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, composer, songwriter, pianist, musical director and a self proclaimed rock 'n' roll megastar.

He was born in Northampton, England, and grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He attended UWA (University of Western Australia) before launching onto the world stage at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival by winning the Best Newcomer Perrier Comedy Award.

His eccentric appearance (wild unkempt hair

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Tim Minchin - Some People have it worse than me
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[Chords]
Eadd#9 022004
Add#9 x02520
A13 x02022

[Picking Pattern Outlines for Verse]

Eadd#9 Add#9 F#m & B
E |----4---4--| |-----------| |----2---2---2---2--|
B |----0---0--| |----2---2--| |----2---2---4---4--|
G |----0---0--| |----5---5--| |----2---2---4---4--|
D |-----------| |----2---2--| |-------------------|
A |------2----| |--0--------| |------4---2--------|
E |--0--------| |------0----| |--2-----------2----|

[Verse]
Eadd#9
Well I wake up in the morning at 11: 47
Aadd#9
And I can't believe I have to face the horror of another fucking day
Eadd#9
And the magnificent magnitude of my morning erection
Aadd#9
Merely mocks me like the sun in it's optimistic greeting of the day
F#m B
Managing to manifest a modicum of motivation
F#m B F#m
I meander to the kitchen make a mission out of mixing Nescafe
Aadd#9
But the milk is going off and coffee by itself is bitter
B
And there's ants all through the sugar and the supermarket's miles a-fucking-way

E |--------------------|
B |--------------------|
G |--2--3--4-----------|
D |----------2-3-4-----|
A |--------------------|
E |----------------0-1-|

[Chorus]
B E7
My life is pretty sad
A D
But I know that I should be glad
C#7
I could be a starving Ethiope
F# F#7
Or a policeman in Baghdad
B B B7 B6 B
Policeman in Baghdad
B7 B6 B
Bagdad

[Verse]
Eadd#9
At 11: 53 I instigate the day's ablutions
Aadd#9
In the hope my constitution can be altered by some action on the bowl
Eadd#9
But the total non-existence of colonic animation
Aadd#9
Seems to me the perfect metaphor for the utter constipation of my soul
F#m B F#m
By 11: 59 I have decided that my life would be immediately improved
B F#m
By a carefully written list of short-term goals
Aadd#9
But by 12.05 my list consists of one-dot put some pants on
B
Two-dot go to the shop, buy some prunes and Panadol

E |--------------------|
B |--------------------|
G |--2--3--4-----------|
D |----------2-3-4-----|
A |--------------------|
E |----------------0-1-|

[Chorus]
B E7
My life is pretty shit
A D
But I know I shouldn't whinge about it
C#7
I could be a Palestinian
F# F#7
Driving buses on the Gaza strip
B E7
Yeah how bad can it be?
A D
Some people have it worse than me
C F
I could be an Ipswich prostitute
B7
Or Gary Glitter's family

B E7
I have no right to cry
A D
Some people have it worse than I
C#7
I could be a thalidomide kid
F# F#7
With something in my eye
B B B7 B6 B
Something in my eye
B7 B6 B
My eye

[Verse]
E7
At 12: 30 I realise I'm feeling so dejected
A13
That I've totally neglected the beginning of the Jerry Springer show
E7
So I settle on the sofa try to focus an iota of my motor-neurons
A13
On the brilliant insights for which Jerry is known
F#m B F#m
And although on any other day a show entitled "Midgets, Midgets, Midgets"
B F#m
Would excite me like a virgin at her year eleven ball
Aadd#9
Today those little jelly-wrestling fellas fail to free me of my misery
B
Instead they simply serve to make me feel three foot tall

E |--------------------|
B |--------------------|
G |--2--3--4-----------|
D |----------2-3-4-----|
A |--------------------|
E |----------------0-1-|

[Chorus]
B E7
But how bad can it be?
A D
Some people have it worse than me
C#7
I could be a junior life saver
F# F#7
On a Banda Aceh beach

E A7
Or a woman in afghanistan
D G7
Or a Jew in the Ku Klux Klan
C F
Or the architect of the World Trade Centre
B
Or a bobcat driver in Bam Iran

B E7
I could have my identity mistaken
A D
As a bomber in an underground station
C#7
I could be a peace-loving speech-writer
F#7 F
In George W's administration

E A7
Yeah, I know that I don't have the right
D G7
To be unhappy with my life
C F
I could be Hitlers mother
B7
Or Shane Warne's wife

B E7
Yeah, I know that I shouldn't be bitchin'
A D
I could be in a worse position
C#7
I could be a 3-nippled naturopath
F#m7
In the days of the Spanish
F
In the Spanish inquisition

[Outro]
E A7
I know I have no right, no right to cry
D G7
Some people have it much, much worse than I
C F
I could have a serious nut allergy
B A
And be shipwrecked on an island with a crate of Snickers bars,
G#7 F# F E E/G# E/A E/A#
A jar of Nutella and a fresh baked pecan pie
E F E
Some people have it worse than I!