Cape York Peninsula chords by 
John Williamson 
N/A
Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
F
G
C
F
G
F
There's a
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F
warning in the travel book.
G
The road s are rough and
C
no Yan kee chook.
And the side tracks are
F
just as crook.
G
But you've come this far
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G
C
so you take a look at a scary mountain
F
with big black stones.
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C
Axles crack and you rattle your bones.
F
You find yourself stranded all alone
G
and you've got a bloody use
less mobile phone.
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F
That's how you know you are,
Dm
G
C
that's how you know you are,
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that's how you know you are
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C
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Dm
G
on Cape York Peninsula
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Now there's many strange
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trop ical plants,
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C
big cathedrals built by ants
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She finds a scorpion in her pants,
G
we have never seen a woman dance
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F
Toss ing her clothes all over the place,
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C
first the cottons, then the lace
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Look at her go, wow, what a pace
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Come on, fel las, all about face
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F
That's how you know you are
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C
That's how you know you are
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That's how you know you are
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C
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G
C
F
On Cape York Peninsula
Dm
G
C
F
Well, a kookaburra tries to laugh
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C
As a tin pot trailer fall s in half
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If your darling wife has had enough
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of using a bucket for a bath
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F
But you're hardly even halfway there,
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C
it took you ages to prepare
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In desperation to make it square,
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C
you promise her overseas somewhere
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That's how you know you are,
G
C
that's how you know you are
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That's how you know you are
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C
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Dm
G
on Cape York Peninsula
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F
Now there's cattlemen in bare feet
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C
Big spare ribs with not much meat
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Even in June you feel the heat
G
So you give that cro codile a treat
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F
Yeah, jump in the Jacky, Jacky Creek
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C
If that's the kind of thrill you seek
F
Hardly a sport for the meek
C
They lost a re triever there last week
F
That's how you know you are
Dm
G
C
That's how you know you are
F
That's how you know you are
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C
on Cape York Peninsula
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G
C
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G
C
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There's crystal waters, moonlit sands,
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C
no old farts in caravans
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They threw away their travel plans,
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Em
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they got no fur ther than north of Cairns
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Now you're better off to go by ship,
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C
just cruise to the top, en joy the trip
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Have a celebrat ory nip
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C
and kiss your husband on the tip.
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That's how you know you are.
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C
That's how you know you are.
F
That's how you know you are
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C
on Cape York Peninsula.
F
That's how you know you are.
G
C
That's how you know you are.
F
That's how you know you are
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F
on Cape York Penin sula.
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