Biography:
Weddings Parties Anything, often known as WPA and Weddoes, is an Australian folk rock band formed by Mick Thomas in Melbourne in 1985 and continuing until 1998. Their name came from a Clash song ("Revolution Rock") and musicologist Billy Pinnell described their first album as the best Australian rock debut since Skyhooks' Living in the '70s.
WPA initially gained a reputation as a hot new band through their constant touring in their early days, however they never really became a commercial success.
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[Intro]
G C
Down in the valley, the valley so low,
G Bm C D
Lay the town over and hear the winds blow,
Bm C G D
Lay the town over and dig it all in,
F C G G
For what we once had will not come again.
G C
The people are crying, the people are down,
G Bm C D
They look at the crevice where once lived a town,
Bm C G D
And it's not for the money, they cry not for the blame
F C G G
They just cry for a ghost town, such a great shame.
G G G
G C
Take six politicians and dig me a grave
G Bm C D
Take six intellectuals, my soul try to save
Bm C G D
And six union workers, a red flag to wave
F C G G
And one stupid singer to rant and to rave...
[Verse 1]
C C C C G G C C C C G G
G C
Now Old King Coal was a merry old soul
D
Such a merry old soul was he,
G D C G
Cause he fed my dad, he fed my mum,
D
He fed us children three.
C C D
And I remember Old Coach Road,
C D
And the pine trees by its side
G D C
And I remember the playground there,
D
And every swing and slide.
[Chorus]
C C D
It's goodbye to you my old grey friend
C C D
Soon your days are at an end
G D C G
They'll dig you up, tear you down,
D G
Goodbye to you - Industrial Town.
[Verse 2]
G D C
In the morning when the sun came up
D
On commission housing, there,
G D C G
We could feel the ash from the mine sometimes
D
Come floating through the air.
C C D
But times were good and we didn't mind
C D
About the chimneys and their mess.
G D C
Oh no, three meals a day, a sleep at night,
D
We couldn't have cared less.
[Chorus]
C C D
It's goodbye to you my old grey friend
C C D
Soon your days are at an end
G D C G
They'll dig you up, tear you down,
D G
Goodbye to you - Industrial Town.
[Verse 3]
G D C
Time moved on, we moved away
D
How a young child soon forgets,
G D C G
Twelve years later I returned,
D
And I see with regret
C C D
Empty houses, empty streets,
C C D
Not a single soul to meet,
G D C G
Sold right out, damned on whim,
D
Sing this chorus, sing this hymn.
[Chorus]
C C D
It's goodbye to you my old grey friend
C C D
Soon your days are at an end
G D C G
They'll dig you up, tear you down,
D G
Goodbye to you - Industrial Town.
G G C C C C G G C C C C G G*
Industrial Town, Industrial Town, Industrial Town.
G C
Down in the valley, the valley so low,
G Bm C D
Lay the town over and hear the winds blow,
Bm C G D
Lay the town over and dig it all in,
F C G G
For what we once had will not come again.
G C
The people are crying, the people are down,
G Bm C D
They look at the crevice where once lived a town,
Bm C G D
And it's not for the money, they cry not for the blame
F C G G
They just cry for a ghost town, such a great shame.
G G G
G C
Take six politicians and dig me a grave
G Bm C D
Take six intellectuals, my soul try to save
Bm C G D
And six union workers, a red flag to wave
F C G G
And one stupid singer to rant and to rave...
[Verse 1]
C C C C G G C C C C G G
G C
Now Old King Coal was a merry old soul
D
Such a merry old soul was he,
G D C G
Cause he fed my dad, he fed my mum,
D
He fed us children three.
C C D
And I remember Old Coach Road,
C D
And the pine trees by its side
G D C
And I remember the playground there,
D
And every swing and slide.
[Chorus]
C C D
It's goodbye to you my old grey friend
C C D
Soon your days are at an end
G D C G
They'll dig you up, tear you down,
D G
Goodbye to you - Industrial Town.
[Verse 2]
G D C
In the morning when the sun came up
D
On commission housing, there,
G D C G
We could feel the ash from the mine sometimes
D
Come floating through the air.
C C D
But times were good and we didn't mind
C D
About the chimneys and their mess.
G D C
Oh no, three meals a day, a sleep at night,
D
We couldn't have cared less.
[Chorus]
C C D
It's goodbye to you my old grey friend
C C D
Soon your days are at an end
G D C G
They'll dig you up, tear you down,
D G
Goodbye to you - Industrial Town.
[Verse 3]
G D C
Time moved on, we moved away
D
How a young child soon forgets,
G D C G
Twelve years later I returned,
D
And I see with regret
C C D
Empty houses, empty streets,
C C D
Not a single soul to meet,
G D C G
Sold right out, damned on whim,
D
Sing this chorus, sing this hymn.
[Chorus]
C C D
It's goodbye to you my old grey friend
C C D
Soon your days are at an end
G D C G
They'll dig you up, tear you down,
D G
Goodbye to you - Industrial Town.
G G C C C C G G C C C C G G*
Industrial Town, Industrial Town, Industrial Town.
Weeping Tile
Weeping Willows
Weichafe
Weihnachten
Weird Bananas
Welshley Arms
Welshly Arms
Welt
Weltklasse
Welyar Kauntu