Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
C5
C
Verse 1
C5
C
Hiked up to Sydney in
It was thirty-eight
C
C5
degrees degrees in the shade
C
C5
C
And And I drove it down to Adelaide
C5
C
F
She boiled for an hour
twenty miles out of Euston
C
C5
Christmas with my Sandy
F
Em
And a few extra dollars
Dm
C5
Am
to spend
Verse 2
G
broken
F
hearted
G
C
Well I've been pasted
to the telephone
Am
Em
F
When Boxing Day break was wasted
G
C
sitting here on my own
G
C
And on the radio it's New Year's Eve
Dm
Em
F
What a low down time of the year
G
C
to pack your luggage and leave
Verse 3
the buyer
C
C5
just as fast as I could go
I sure hope it lasted for
C
C5
C
C5
At least until he'd had some fun
C
F
I caught a taxi home
with great anticipation
C
C5
Thinkin' all you have to do is try
There was a note propped up against
F
Em
"Dear Jimmy, it's over,
D5
D
C
goodbye!"
Am
G
F
Em
Dm
Verse 4
C
Am
F
G
C
Well I've been pasted
to the telephone
Am
Em
F
When Boxing Day break was wasted
G
C
sitting here on my own
F
G
ran dry this afternoon
Dm
Em
F
What a low down time of the year to
G
Am
pack your luggage and leave
Verse 5
Am
Yeah
F
G
Don't leave me pain
Interlude 1
D
D5
Dm
D5
Dm
D5
D
G
Am
G
D5
D
D5
D
G
Am
G
Am
G
Dm
D
D5
D
G
D
Verse 6
tried to drink myself happy
D5
D
The steaks were washed away in the rain
D5
D
Fin ished up in bed with
an old acquaintance
Dm
D
could stop
papers
G
F#m
With my heels on the table-top
Em
D
I'm I'm
Verse 7
G
D
Well I've been pasted
to the telephone
Bm
F#m
G
When Boxing Day break was wasted
D
Am
Oh the beer we bought for Christmas
Am
D
On the radio it's New Year's Eve
Em
F#m
G
What a low down time of the year
Am
Bm
to pack your luggage and leave
Verse 8
G
Yeah
Don't leave me baby, wuh
Am
D
G
Am
D
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