Key: D major
Intro 1
D
G
A
Bm
D
G
A
Bm
Verse 1
G
A
Bm
on the road, it's what we want to do.
G
A
Bm
Alice with a dinkum show and crew.
Bm
A
no rattle trap would do.
D
G
Just learning how to live the life in the
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D
G
A
land of the kangaroo.
D
G
Now look out for the shorthorns,
A
Bm
the cattle signs are warned
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G
You'll see them dead beside the road,
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Bm
I guess they won't be mourned
Bm
A
I guess it hasn't dawned
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G
Like mugs who write their names on rocks,
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D
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A
this countryside is scorned
Barclay
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A
Bm
Tablelands and what a plain to see
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G
It really is a big land,
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Bm
it's open and it's free
The home of the
Flying
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Bm
Doctor, what a page in history
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G
We're heading for the big heart, the
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Northern
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A
Territory
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G
Well another day, how many k's,
Bm
D
We're smack bang in the
G
A
middle of the famous
River
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D
G
Boats with hairy legs,
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G
A
God.
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G
Well I met the local poet,
Bm
Ted.
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G
He didn't know how to play guitar,
A
Bm
he played a box instead.
Bm
A
just drink two dozen cans.
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G
Squeeze it like a bagpipe and
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D
G
A
belt it with your hands.
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A
Bm
Lola dancing up a storm
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A
German background, she said her
name was
Bm
Braun
Three quarters
A
well
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A
land rights is bloody
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G
A
hard to tell
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G
We've had our disappointments,
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Bm
but there's no way I'd trade
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G
Until I've played in every town
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Bm
and all my dues are paid
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A
where memories never fade
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G
I'll find that dreamy bungalow
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D
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A
by the river in the shade
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G
But the main thing, mate, is we're on the road,
A
Bm
it's what we want to do
G
A
Bm
Alice with a vinkum show and crew
Bm
A
could find a rattletrap would do
D
G
Just learnin' how to live the life
A
D
on the land of the kangaroo
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ChordsD G A Bm
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