tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39880164406392492902024-02-08T09:12:06.251-08:00Mr John Robertson and His Instant NostalgiaComedian, writer, broadcaster, MC, mercenary. Lives in a suitcase, sleeps on planes.Mr Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305284854487059032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988016440639249290.post-45562710256840972612011-05-05T02:32:00.000-07:002011-05-05T11:14:16.257-07:00The Stalin Song (ukulele chords)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Here's The Stalin Song, originally part of my Edinburgh Fringe show, "A Nifty History of Evil" in 2010. It was covered and parodied by the lovely Janet Dudley at Supanova Brisbane 2011 - and I bust it out pretty much whenever I feel like it (which is constantly). It's a sing- a- long about Soviet history, so, you know - feel free to gather your friends and remember the good old days of collective farming, five year plans, steel mills and political genocide.<br />
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</div><div>Chords just go C, F, G, C. Cycles through whole song.<br />
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</div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US">The Stalin Song (A Sing- a- long for Everyone)<br />
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</span></u><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">C F</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Once upon a time there were three bears,<br />
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G<br />
Their names were Lenin, <br />
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C<br />
Trotsky and Stalin,<br />
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C F<br />
They all lived in a giant house, <br />
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G C<br />
a giant house called Russia. <br />
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C F<br />
One day the three bears went to a party,<br />
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G C<br />
It was the Bolshevik party,<br />
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C F<br />
Everybody was invited,<br />
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G<br />
Except the rich, <br />
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C<br />
Because they were all dead! <br />
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CROWD: Deaditty, deaditty, deaditty,<br />
deaditty, deaditty, deaditty, dead! <br />
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</span></i><span lang="EN-US">(C, F, G for two “deaditties” each. Finish on “C” for dead)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br />
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When they got back from the party,<br />
Lenin said, “Someone’s been eating my porridge!”<br />
Stalin said, “It was Trotsky!” <br />
And jammed an ice- pick through Trotsky’s head!<br />
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CROWD: Stabbity, stabbity, <o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">stabbity, stabbity, stabbity, <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">stabbity, ow!</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">At that point, Lenin said,</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">"Someone's been having a stroke in my bed!"</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">"Someone's been having a stroke in my bed!"</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Then he had a stroke in his bed!</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">CROWD: Strokedy, strokedy, </span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Strokedy, strokedy,</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Strokedy, strokedy,</span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Stroke!<br />
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So Stalin was the only bear left in Russia,<br />
And Stalin had this story re- edited,<br />
So he was the only bear who’d ever lived in Russia,<br />
This is how the story goes:<br />
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Once upon a time,<br />
There was Stalin,<br />
There was never a time before Stalin!<br />
There was only Stalin, Stalin, Stalin, Stalin, Stalin – everybody!<br />
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CROWD:STALIN, STALIN, <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">STALIN, STALIN, <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">STALIN, STALIN, STALIN<br />
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Just the ladies!<br />
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STALIN, STALIN, <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">STALIN, STALIN, <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">STALIN, STALIN,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">STALIN<br />
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Just the gentlemen!<br />
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STALIN, STALIN, <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">STALIN, STALIN,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">STALIN, STALIN, STALIN<br />
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Just the Communists!<br />
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(See what happens)<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></i> </div><div><br />
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</div></div></div></div>Mr Robertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11305284854487059032noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988016440639249290.post-28541188897769014662011-05-05T01:59:00.000-07:002011-05-05T02:13:00.008-07:00The Cosplay Song (ukulele chords)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hello! In light of lovely requests from lovely people, here are the chords to The Cosplay Song, improvised onstage at the Supanova Pop Culture Expo, Perth in 2008, popped onto YouTube that same year - and vaguely haunting me ever since. :-) It's a lot of fun to play live, so feel free to spread the three- chord joy and bafflement wherever folks may want to dress up like Cloud from Final Fantasy VII.<br />
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Formatting is a little off, but the final "G" in each sequence comes on the last word of the line.<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The Cosplay Song</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> – John Robertson</span><span lang="EN-US"> <br />
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C<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>F<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G<br />
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COSPLAY, COSPLAY, EV’RY’BODY DANCE!<br />
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C<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G <br />
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COSPLAY, COSPLAY, <br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>F<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br />
IT TOOK THREE MONTHS TO MAKE THESE PANTS!<br />
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C<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G <br />
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COSPLAY, COSPLAY, <br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>F<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G<br />
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I JUST GLUED MY HAND TO MY HEAD<br />
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C<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G<br />
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COSPLAY, COSPLAY, <br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>F<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G<br />
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SOMEONE’S TOUCHING ME, THAT’S WEIRD!<br />
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C<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G<br />
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COSPLAY IS AWESOME,<br />
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F<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G<br />
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COSPLAY IS GRAND,<br />
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C<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G<br />
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IT’S BETTER THAN STAYING ON MY LONESOME<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>F<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">AND PLAYING WITH MY HAND<br />
<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">C<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">COSPLAY, COSPLAY<br />
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F<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">HIP- HIP HOORAY<br />
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C<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">COSPLAY, COSPLAY,<br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>F<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>G<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’M TOTALLY NOT GAY <br />
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(UNLESS YOU WANT ME) <br />
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