A Pub With No Beer
A Pub With No Beer

A Pub With No Beer easy guitar chords by Slim Dusty

1957•Country
Guitar
Tuning

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Fret 1

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Oh, 
    lonesome 
    away 

    from 
    your 
    kindred 
    and 
    all 

    By 
    the 
    campfire 
    at 
    night, 

    we'll 
    hear 
    the 
    wild 
    dingoes 
    call 

    But 
    there's-a 
    nothing 
    so 
    lonesome, 

    morbid 
    or 
    drear 

    Than 
    to 
    stand 
    in 
    the 
    bar, 

    of 
    a 
    pub 
    with 
    no 
    beer 

    Now 
    the 
    publican's 
    anxious, 

    for 
    the 
    quota 
    to 
    come 

    And 
    there's 
    a 
    faraway 
    look, 

    on 
    the 
    face 
    of 
    the 
    bum 

    The 
    maid's 
    gone 
    all 
    cranky, 

    and 
    the 
    cook's 
    acting 
    queer 

    Oh, 
    what 
    a 
    terrible 
    place 
    is 
    a 
    pub 
    with 
    no 
    beer 

    Verse 2
    Then 
    the 
    stockman 
    rides 
    up, 

    with 
    his 
    dry 
    dusty 
    throat 

    He 
    breasts 
    up 
    to 
    the 
    bar, 

    and 
    pulls 
    a 
    wad 
    from 
    his 
    coat 

    But 
    the 
    smile 
    on 
    his 
    face, 

    quickly 
    turns 
    to 
    a 
    sneer 

    As 
    the 
    barman 
    said 
    sadly, 

    the 
    pubs 
    got 
    no 
    beer 


    Then 
    the 
    swaggie 
    comes 
    in, 

    smothered 
    in 
    dust 
    and 
    flies 

    He 
    throws 
    down 
    his 
    roll 

    and 
    rubs 
    the 
    sweat 
    from 
    his 
    eyes 

    But 
    when 
    he 
    is 
    told, 

    he 
    says, 
    "What's 
    this 
    I 
    hear? 

    I've 
    trudged 
    fifty 
    flamin' 
    miles 

    to 
    a 
    pub 
    with 
    no 
    beer" 

    Verse 3
    Now 
    there's 
    a 
    dog 
    on 
    the 
    v'randah, 

    for 
    his 
    master 
    he 
    waits 

    But 
    the 
    boss 
    is 
    inside, 

    drinking 
    wine 
    with 
    his 
    mates 

    He 
    hurries 
    for 
    cover 
    and 
    he 
    cringes 
    in 
    fear 

    It's 
    no 
    place 
    for 
    a 
    dog, 

    round 
    a 
    pub 
    with 
    no 
    beer 

    And 
    old 
    Billy 
    the 
    blacksmith, 

    the 
    first 
    time 
    in 
    his 
    life 

    Why 
    he's 
    gone 
    home 
    cold 
    sober, 

    to 
    his 
    darling 
    wife 

    He 
    walks 
    in 
    the 
    kitchen, 

    she 
    says 
    "You're 
    early, 
    Bill 
    dear" 

    But 
    then 
    he 
    breaks 
    down 
    and 
    tells 
    her, 

    the 
    pubs 
    got 
    no 
    beer 

    Verse 4
    Oh, 
    it's 
    hard 
    to 
    believe 

    that 
    there's 
    customers 
    still 

    But 
    the 
    money's 
    still 
    tinkling 

    in 
    the 
    old 
    ancient 
    till 

    The 
    wine 
    dots 
    are 
    happy 

    and 
    I 
    know 
    they're 
    sincere 

    When 
    they 
    say 
    they 
    don't 
    care 

    if 
    the 
    pub's 
    got 
    no 
    beer 

    Outro 1
    So 
    it's-a 
    lonesome 
    away 

    from 
    your 
    kindred 
    and 
    all 

    By 
    the 
    campfire 
    at 
    night, 

    we'll 
    hear 
    the 
    wild 
    dingoes 
    call 

    But 
    there's-a 
    nothing 
    so 
    lonesome, 

    morbid 
    or 
    drear 

    Than 
    to 
    stand 
    in 
    the 
    bar 

    of 
    that 
    pub 
    with 
    no 
    beer 

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