Special Treatment

All right all!! At front I must stage the background of this tab. I’m in Australia in Melbourne were I believe till this point in time native Australians are marginalize, looked down on, racialist, and still treated like something that doesn’t belong in this world. It’s for this reason I’ve try to compose this tab written by Paul Kelly. Must note This highlights a dark time for the aboriginals.  


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Grandfather walked this land in chains,


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A~land he called his own

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He was given another name 

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And taken in~to town 

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He got special treatment, special treatment 

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Very special treatment

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My father worked a twelve hou~r day 

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As a stockman on the station

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The very same work but no the same pay 

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As his white companions 

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He got special treatment, special treatment 

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Very special treatment

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Mother and father loved each other well 

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But together they could not stay

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They were split up against there will 

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Until their dying day 

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They got special treatment, special treatment 

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Very special treatment…melody……..

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Mama gave birth to a estrangers child 

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A child she call her own

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Strangers came, and took away that child 

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To a strangers home

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She got special treatment, special treatment 

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Very special treatment

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I never spoke my mothers toughen 

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I never knew my name

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I never learnt the song she sang 

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I was race in shame 

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I got special treatment, special treatment 

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Very special treatment

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We got special treatment, special treatment 

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Very special treatment