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