Alice Springs chords by John Williamson
Intro 1
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The main thing, mate, is we're
Verse 1
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on the road, it's what we want to do.
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Heading for the
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Alice with a dinkum show and crew.
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With the ruggedest rig that we could find,
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no rattle trap would do.
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Just learning how to live the life in the
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land of the kangaroo.
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Now look out for the shorthorns,
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the cattle signs are warned
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You'll see them dead beside the road,
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I guess they won't be mourned
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Some people won't by travel and lights,
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I guess it hasn't dawned
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Like mugs who write their names on rocks,
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this countryside is scorned
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Well we hit the
Barclay
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Tablelands and what a plain to see
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It really is a big land,
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it's open and it's free
The home of the
Flying
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Doctor, what a page in history
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We're heading for the big heart, the
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Northern
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Territory
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Well another day, how many k's,
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el even hundred odd
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We're smack bang in the
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middle of the famous
River
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Todd
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And racing up the river bed,
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it struck me very odd
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Boats with hairy legs,
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it's true, so help me
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God.
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Well I met the local poet,
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he said his name was
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Ted.
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He didn't know how to play guitar,
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he played a box instead.
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It's all so very simple,
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just drink two dozen cans.
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Squeeze it like a bagpipe and
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belt it with your hands.
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I met a girl named
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Lola dancing up a storm
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She had a
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German background, she said her
name was
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Braun
Three quarters
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Aborigine and
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Irish blood as
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well
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Whether she had any
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land rights is bloody
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hard to tell
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We've had our disappointments,
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but there's no way I'd trade
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Until I've played in every town
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and all my dues are paid
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And when I've stored those pictures
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where memories never fade
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I'll find that dreamy bungalow
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by the river in the shade
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But the main thing, mate, is we're on the road,
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it's what we want to do
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Headin' for the
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Bm
Alice with a vinkum show and crew
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With a ruggedness rigged that we
Bm
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could find a rattletrap would do
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Just learnin' how to live the life
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on the land of the kangaroo
Alice Springs
John Williamson
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