Letter From An Australian Mining Town chords by Darren Hanlon
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Intro 1
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (C major) (G major)
Verse 1
If (G major) it wasn't for
the blind (E minor) ing sun I might (C major) enjoy the view (G major)
I'm trying to pick the ripest (E minor) words
to use (C major) to describe (A minor) to
You (C major) all the ordinary (G major) things
with (E minor) in my line of sight (A minor)
I (C major) just wanted to write
(A minor)
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Verse 2
(D major)
Its (G major) only been (E minor) 11 days I won
(C major) der if I'll last (G major)
But the room's just how I like (E minor) 'em
unmoles (C major) ted of its past (A minor)
I've got (C major) books for if I'm bored (G major)
a door to (E minor) open when it's hot (A minor)
To (C major) think it's ever not
(A minor) (D major)
Verse 3
Like (G major) afternoons when cloud (E minor) s come
and hang low (C major) over the planes (G major)
A gentle rapture grips (E minor) the people
(C major) out here when it rains (A minor)
They (C major) dream and wake to find (G major)
it gone (B minor) as quickly (E minor) as it came (A minor)
And (C major) everything's the same
(A minor)
Verse 4
(D major)
And (C major) all around (G major) (E minor) the dust spins and (C major) plays (B minor) across
(A minor) the ground
Interlude 1
(G major) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (C major) (G major)
Verse 5
But (G major) you and I are (E minor) changeable
by mil (C major) lionths of degrees
(G major) Our compasses spin wild (E minor) and we're
(C major) blown round by the breeze (A minor)
We (C major) land to find the secrets (G major) and
the people (E minor) who confess (A minor) them
We just (C major) wanna learn but
never to possess (A minor) them (D major)
Verse 6
So I go (G major) down to meet (E minor) the raucous
din that fill (C major) s the bar most night (G major)
I seek out conversa (E minor) tion
and deftly (C major) avoid the fights (A minor)
One (E minor) says "If we're all of (G major) this earth
then (E minor) on the earth we dwell (A minor) ,
But (C major) can take out what's in the
earth (A minor) (D major) aswell"
Verse 7
(G major) Another seems to be (E minor) amused
that I (C major) came here by choice (G major)
And it hits you,
all the miles (E minor) you travelled (C major) just to find a voice (A minor)
For (C major) all these ends and loose (G major) threads
that need (E minor) pulling in your brain (A minor)
To (C major) know that you are strange
(A minor)
Verse 8
(D major)
And all (C major) around (G major) (E minor) the dust spins an (C major) d plays (G major) across
(A minor) the ground
Interlude 2
(G major) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (C major) (G major)
Verse 9
I try (G major) to understand the sol (E minor) ar
system (C major) 'till it hurts my head (G major)
I decide to make it (E minor) relative with
ob (C major) jects round my bed (A minor)
If the (C major) earth is on my pil (G major) low and
the sun (E minor) lies in the sink (A minor)
Then we're (C major) closer than we think
(A minor)
Verse 10
(D major)
Your (G major) father took me (E minor) up to show
the house (C major) upon the hill (G major)
We pushed through racks of dusty (E minor)
clothes to find (C major) your old room (A minor) still
(C major) As it was when once (G major) into with arm
(E minor) s of wood he crep (A minor) t
To (C major) warm you while you slept
(A minor) (D major)
Verse 11
I can (G major) picture you now (E minor) wak ing to
an (C major) other frosty morning (G major)
The winter birds or (E minor) carol for
the places (C major) they were born in (A minor)
Your (C major) little heart beats fast (G major) and sends
a flush (E minor) to your cheeks red (A minor)
And (C major) you get out of bed
(A minor) (D major)
Verse 12
Are there (G major) ways that you can read (E minor) my
thoughts across (C major) the Great Divide (G major)
Can you tell I'm thinking (E minor) of you as if
(C major) you're here by my side (A minor)
Do they (C major) reach you as a shiver (G major) when you're
up hik (E minor) ing 'neath the trees (A minor)
Or as a (C major) pollen in the air that makes you sneeze
Interlude 3
(A minor) (D major) (E minor) (C major) (A major)
(C major)
(G major) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (E minor)
(C major) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (A minor) (C major)
(A minor) (D major)
Verse 13
And on (C major) the (G major) air (E minor) the dust plays
and (C major) gets (G major) in (A minor) everywhere
(G major) (E minor) (C major)
Verse 14
(G major) Now nighttime travels
(E minor) over me with (C major) all the stars aboard (G major)
A freight train leaves for some (E minor) where
and it blows (C major) an eerie chord (A minor)
And (C major) I'll sign off this (G major) letter and I chop
(E minor) the ends and fold it (A minor)
And (C major) send it off tomorrow and hope
that someday soon your hands will hold it
Letter From An Australian Mining Town
Darren Hanlon
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