Tim Minchin - Fat Children Chords & Tabs

 

Fat Children Chords & Tabs

Tim Minchin Chords & Tabs

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Fat Children Chords

   
Am           G             F          E7
Do not feed doughnuts to your obese children
Am        G             F                E7
You will regret it when theyre in their teens
Am           G           F                E7
Maccas might shut them up now that theyre seven
      F            
But they wont forgive you, when
                       Dm                     Am7
Theyre getting picked last for PE
E7
Dont you see?

Am
Boombalata motherfucker
D9                           Dm
Have you noticed that your kids are fat?
Am                              D7
What are you going to do about that?
D7
What are you going to do?

Am                              D7
So you telling me that your family
Am                 D7
Has a history of obesity
               Am       D7
You got a polycystic ovary
Am7                                D7
Its just the way that God made me

E                     Em7 
Its unlikely, statistically
             D7     
To be a physical thing
             E7                       E7/B
But either way it dont explain why you
            E7
Are in the cue at Burger King

          Am          Am/D
You can blame it on biology
          G          G/D
You can blame your physiology
          Am          Am/D
You can point to genealogy
          G          G/D
And your social anthropology
           
          Am                      
You can say you are an ectomorph
           Gaug
That you just cant get the kilos off
               Bm
Well you can be what you wanna be
                              E7
But stop feeding that boy KFC

     F                         
He weighs 40 kilos and hes only three
     B7                              E7
He looks like a clean-shaven Pavarotti

F                         C
Ordering to Diet Coke is not the way back
G                  
Boombalata kiddie-stuffer
       D                      E7
Your kids a fat, have you noticed that?

Am         F        G
And you oughta be ashamed
             Am7         F        G  
For you only have yourself to blame.

                F               C       G
Your 5 year old princess in her size 14 tutu
           F                       G
Only eats pizza like that because you do
           F            
She'lll be dead of a heart attack
     G                        C     G     F   G
Before your grandchildren are ten
   F                          
Perhaps you’ll consider
  G                           C       E7 
A cut-back on extra fries then

Am
Boombalata kiddie-stuffer
D9                           Dm
Your kids are fat, have you noticed that
Am                                          
What are you going to do about that?
D7
What are you going to do?
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Am                              D7
So you telling me that your family
Am                 D7
Has a history of obesity
               Am       D7
You got a polycystic ovary
Am7                          D7
Your mum had childhood diabetes 

Am7           Am7
But - and in your case
                 D7                
There's a reasonably big butt
            Am7                              
Do you think it's an appropriate treat
                          E7           
The all-you-can-eat at Pizza Hut?

            Am               Am/Ab
There’s no excuse you silly goose
      Am/G         Am/Gb
For a child with a caboose
       Am                                        
Like a moose who’s eaten too much mousse
      D                  D7
It’s tantamount to child abuse

           Am               
Kick them off the fucking couch
  G              G/Em
Unplug the Playstation
           Am            
Send them down to the park
               G             G7
If they don’t wanna go, make ’em

Em
Tell them they have to jog
            D7
Until their jogging shorts fit’em
        D              
If they hesitate, ask firmly
          G              Ab
If they still resist, hit’em

     F                          C               
Is this what you want for your little girl and guy?
       G                               D
These chips off the pork chop, for the toffee apples of your eye?
F                          C
Six packs of kit cats are not the way back
G                            
Boombalata Kiddie-Stuffer
      D                       E7
Your kids are fat, did ya notice that?

Am         F        G
And you ought to be ashamed
             Am        F            G
For you have only have yourself to blame
                 C                   G
Your 6 year old miniature Jabba the Hut
                    C                              G
Eating half melted Mars Bars from the folds of his gut
          F          
He'll be dead of an aneurysm
   G                          C    G    F    G               
Before his own children ism ten
     F
Perhaps you’ll consider
   G                          C    G    F    G  
A cut-back on Taco Bell then
     F               
Perhaps you’ll consider
   G                        F             
A cut-back on Krispy Kreme doughnuts
               G         
And Popcorn in bucket-sized boxes
     F                 G
And microwave pizza or drive through McDonalds
      F                     G
For weeknightly dinners in front of the TV
     F                   G
And notes to the phys-ed instructor saying timmy has 
F                          G
Asthma but he really just gets short of breath
          F       G
Cus he’s 35 kilos above the ideal weight
    F               G           C
Of 35 kilos for a nine year old boy