Buddy And Slim chords by John Williamson

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Verse 1
D 
G 
Thinkin'  (D major) about Buddy and Slim  (G major) 
D 
G 
And Stan Cost (D major) er too  (G major) 
C 
And  (C major) all those pioneers,
G 
before the tar came through  (G major) 
C 
Before rock and roll  (C major) 
G 
Before the hip hooray  (G major) 
D 
Thinkin'  (D major) about the trail they blazed
G 
and the songs they  (G major) made

Verse 2
G 
Stan was short of a quid  (G major) 
D 
G 
And the pub had no  (D major) beer  (G major) 
C 
The rain  (C major) tumbled down in July,
G 
and we  (G major) had a good year
C 
We had a drink with Shorty  (C major) 
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C 
G 
At Three Rivers  (G major)  (C major) Hotel  (G major) 
D 
 (D major) There was Smoky and Tex and Chad,
G 
and Rick and  (G major) Thel

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Verse 3

There was Banjo and Henry

And all their peers

They wondered what an Aussie would

be in a hundred years

Will they keep our romance?

With the bush, out there

And I must admit, I wonder,

Interlude 1

will we still care?

Verse 4
Ab 
It's all about  (A flat major) how
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Ab 
The world  (E flat major) can  (A flat major) change
Db 
 (D flat major) But maybe not so much,
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the other side of the range  (A flat major) 
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There will always be  (D flat major) battlers
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That feel right at  (A flat major) home
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 (E flat major) Out there where the white- faced cattle roam
Ab 
 (A flat major) 

Verse 5
A fire of Gidgee Coals
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Ab 
Will keep us  (E flat major)  (A flat major) warm
Db 
It'll  (D flat major) rain on the Diamantina and
Ab 
the birds will swarm  (A flat major) 
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We'll boil a  (D flat major) billy
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And admire the stars  (A flat major) 
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Sing  (E flat major) about droughts and floods
and apricots in jars
Ab 
 (A flat major) 