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Coober Pedy chords by
John Williamson
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Verse 1
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It's a long
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road to Coober Pedy
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Trying to write a note to you
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You can tell by the shaky hands
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It's not an easy thing to do
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You can see by the smudgy paper
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there's bulldust in the air
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There's no piece of cake on a gravel road
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to write you that I care
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But the government will
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tar the road by 1988
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But for poor old Bob and his trucky mates
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It's at least ten years too late
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Still it got us to where they mine
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Those sparkling milky jewels
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Where men can strike it rich
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Where fate has struck at fool
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Well, we drank and talked to the locals
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And ate at the Opal Inn
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The vegetable soup I'm
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pleased to say
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Wasn't out of a heated tin
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And the bowls were more like gold pans
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And boy, the broth was great
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Bm
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It reminded me of my grandma,
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so I ordered another plate
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In a dusty gleam -to -town,
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with a dusty digger's face
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Where you can find an opal, Eddie,
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you can stand the pace
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Where you can be a miner
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no matter what your race
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Bm
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Where you can dig a hole
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and live and die without a trace
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Well the bloke at the local garage
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knew the town he now despised
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He said it really had character,
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but now it's all commercial
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Well I'm blood if I could see it,
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it had a hell of a way to go
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But his petrol was dear as poison,
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so I guess he ought to know
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In a dusty lean -to town,
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with a dusty digger's face
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Where you can find an opal,
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if you can stand the pace
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Where you can be a miner
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no matter what your age
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Where you can dig a hole
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and live and die without a trace
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Well the blacks call
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them whitefella burrows
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Like anthills everywhere
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And blowers pop through those
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sandstone dumps
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Lookin' like hammerheads in the air
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In the middle of nothing but saltbush
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It's alien and it's rare
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There's no piece of cake on a gravel road
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To write you that I care
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In a dusty lean -to town
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With a dusty figure's face,
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where you can find an opal
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If you can stand the place,

where you can be a miner
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No matter what your race,
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where you can dig a hole
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We'll live and die without
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dreams
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Bm

    2

  • E

Capo: 1

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Coober Pedy by John Williamson is Eb major.

The primary chords used in Coober Pedy are Eb, Ab, Bb, Cm, F.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 1 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Eb, Ab, Bb, Cm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Coober Pedy is approximately 90 beats per minute.

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