Courtney’s Moving To Newtown (To Start A Band)

capo 3, in D

 

Intro
F, C, Bb x2

F, C, Bb F, C, Bb
Courtney’s moving to Newtown to start a band
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Top floor room in a share house with friends of friends
Am A7
She’ll play guitar
Gm G7
In all the bars
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Courtney’s moving to Newtown to start a band

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Paige is moving to Glebe for a change of scene
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She’s outgrown the friends she had in her teens
Am A7
The suburbs are
Gm G7
So very far
F, C, Bb F, C, Bb
Paige is moving to Glebe for a change of scene

Gm Am Bb
And yes there will be boys
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In pretty band t-shirts
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Who make a pretty noise
Gm C F
Who’ll get them pretty hurt
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Still Courtney’s moving to Newtown to start a band

Solo
F, C, Bb x 2

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Emma’s moving to Enmore cos Courtney’s there
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She’s practising drums and dying her hair
Am A7
They need a bass
Gm G7
So they called Paige
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Emma’s moving to Enmore cos Courtney’s there

Gm Am Bb
And yes there will be boys
Gm C F
Who’re bound to break their hearts
Gm Am Bb
But what’s the other choice
Dm C
Just living in the suburbs married to some guy
Dm C
And paying off a house until the day you die
Dm C
And you turn into your mother as the world goes by
Dm C C7
And having all these dreams and never even trying

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Courtney’s moving to Newtown to start a band
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She’s got two months deposit and she’s booked the van
Am A7
The suburbs are
Gm G7
So very far
F, C, Bb F
Courtney’s moving to Newtown to start a band

Courtney, Paige and Emma are girls I know, who all love music, and are hella rock ‘n’ roll. They live in the Inner West of Sydney, the place with the late night pubs, the share houses, the restaurants, the students…and it tickled me that they were on the same journey I was at 20, moving to that area, playing in bands. I think Elton John calls it the circle of life.