Tim Minchin

Fat Children(Chords)

Tim Minchin

Key: Am

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Am             G                 F                Em 
Do not feed doughnuts to your obese children 
Am           G                F                   Em 
You will regret it when they?re in their teens 
Am                G                 F                       Em 
Maccas might shut them up now that they?re seven 
      F             
But they won?t forgive you, when 
Em                                        Am 
They?re getting picked last for PE 
Bm7 
Don?t 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? 
Am 
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 
Am                                D7 
It?s just the way that God made me 

Am             D7    
It?s unlikely, statistically 
             Am      
To be a physical thing 
               D7 
But either way it don?t explain why you 
               Am 
Are in the cue at Burger King 

             Am            D7 
You can blame it on biology 
             Am                    D7 
You can blame your physiology 
             Am                D7 
You can point to genealogy 
             Am                 D7 
And your social anthropology 
            
              Am                       D7 
You can say you are an ectomorph 
              Am                            D7       
That you just can?t get the kilos off 
                     Bm7     
Well you can be what you wanna be 
                                           E7 
But stop feeding that boy KFC 

     F                          
He weighs 40 kilos and he?s only three 
     Bm7                                           E7 
He looks like a clean-shaven Pavarotti 

F                                     C 
Switching to Diet Coke is not the way back 
G                   
Boombalata kiddie-stuffer 
        D 
Your kid?s a fat, have you noticed that? 
Am                   F       G 
And you oughta be ashamed 
             Am                F       G   
For you only have yourself to blame. 

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

Am 
Boombalata kiddie-stuffer 
D9                                     Dm 
Have you noticed that your kids are fat? 
Am                                          D7 
What are you going to do about that? 
Am 
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 
Am                                D7 
It?s just the way that God made me 

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

                 Am                   D7 
There?s no excuse you silly goose 
         Am             D7 
For a child with a caboose 
          Am                                        D7 
Like a moose who?s eaten too much mousse 
      Am                          D7 
It?s tantamount to child abuse 

                 Am                D7 
Kick them off the fucking couch 
    Am              D7 
Unplug the Playstation 
                 Am             D7 
Send them down to the park 
                    Am           D7 
If they don?t wanna go, make ?em 

Am                            D7 
Tell them they have to jog 
               Am                D7 
Until their jogging shorts fit?em 
          Am               D7 
If they hesitate, ask firmly 
           Am 
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 
Your kids are fat, did ya notice that? 

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

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