Gladstone pier chords by Redgum
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Intro 1
(E minor) (D major) (E minor) (C major)
Verse 1
(G major) Peter was a sailor
(D major) Swarthy lean and proud (E minor)
He could (C major) take a schooner
through a (G major) big sea swell
(A minor) Aloof in the mainland (D major) crowd
She (G major) loved his quiet laughter
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Verse 2
Like a (D major) boy he'd shrug and grin (E minor)
(C major) Beach stretched wide at (G major) Port Mackay
With (A minor) dreams upon the wind (D major)
Verse 3
He (C major) wore her name in a (D major) rose tattoo
(G major) Long week (C major) ends of gin (E minor) s and lime (A minor)
(G major) She (C major) lived in Cairns made
(D major) plans to move (G major)
(E minor) Checkout girl part- time (A minor)
(G major) And (C major) rumour said there's
a (G major) boom ahead
You can (A minor) make your future here (D major)
By the Gladstone (E minor) pier
Verse 4
(C major)
A (G major) two roomed five row shelter
Empty (D major) hopes, the damp, the (E minor) flies
(C major) Prices hyped her (G major) face grew tight
And (A minor) conversation died (D major)
Verse 5
And the (C major) foreman at the smelter
said you're (D major) much too old
(G major) Try the (E minor) cane fields further north (A minor)
(G major) And the (C major) clerk at the market said we
(D major) don't buy (G major) trouble
There's a strike (E minor) down at the port (A minor)
(G major) Then a
Verse 6
(C major) six- day shift in a (G major) filthy pit
The (A minor) drag lines gouging coal (G major)
The (C major) black dust gnaws
at your (G major) lungs and pores
And (A minor) anger rots your soul (G major)
And the (C major) queue round the block
waits for (G major) you to drop
Can you (A minor) take it for another year (D major)
By the Gladstone (E minor) Pier
Interlude 1
(E minor) (D major) (E minor)
(D major) (E minor) (D major)
(E minor)
(A major) (E minor)
(A major)
Verse 7
(G major) Every Sunday he'd (A major) walk alone
Casting pebbles at the passing waves (D major)
(G major) Plunge in brine (A major) cleanse his pride
A stronger man remains (D major)
Verse 8
The (C major) crunch of shale and (D major) distant sails
Ached within his bones (G major)
Seeing ships upon the tide (A minor)
Bound for ports unknown
(D major)
Interlude 2
(E minor) (C major)
(G major) (A minor) (A major) (E minor) (D major) (E minor) (C major)
(G major) (A major)
(E minor) (D major)
Verse 9
Soon (G major) he drank for comfort
She grew (D major) bitter in the weeks between (E minor)
The (C major) nights of beer and (G major) hollow cheer
When (A minor) love became routine (D major)
They (G major) fought, she left him crying
Verse 10
Angry (D major) words in a last cafe (E minor)
In (C major) desperation on a (G major) lonely night
She took the (A minor) bus to Cairns next day (D major)
Verse 11
And (C major) Gladstone couples break (D major) that way
(G major) Mutual (E minor) blame and no regrets
(A minor) (G major) (C major) And boomtown blues
just (D major) fade to grey
(G major) And (E minor) all that's left are debts
(A minor) He (G major)
Verse 12
(C major) cried:
"I've got to leave this (G major) dirty old town
And the (A minor) rattle of broken men (G major)
(C major) Break these chains and (G major) wash the pain
And (A minor) put to sea again (G major)
(C major) Drained all my passion my
(G major) anger and my fears
And (A minor) sank them in a flagon (D major)
Under Gladstone (E minor) pier"
(C major) (A minor) (D major)
Verse 13
She (G major) saw him through the
Greyhound window
As the (D major) dawn glowed on the chrome (E minor)
Stand (C major) ing by the pier under (G major) sullen skies
Sea (A minor) winds calling home (D major)
Verse 14
From (G major) Surfers up to Townsville
Past the (D major) high- rise colonies (E minor)
(C major) Fast food, cheap hotels (G major)
And two more (A minor) (D major) boomtown refugees
(E minor)
Outro 1
(D major) (E minor)
(A major) (E minor) (D major) (E minor)
(A major) (E minor)
(D major) (A major) (E minor)
Gladstone pier
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