Alice Springs chords by John Williamson

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Intro 1

The main thing, mate, is we're

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