Port Augusta chords by Slim Dusty

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Verse 1
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 (A major)  (D major) Life in Port Au (G major) gusta,
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things don't  (D major) change
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Life in Port Au (G major) gusta, remains the same  (D major) 
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The world goes  (A major) by and the
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world gets  (G major) strange
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Except in  (A major) Port Au (D major) gusta

Verse 2
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 (D major) Road trains rollin' through the night
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 (G major) to anywhere
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 (D major) Headin' north to Alice or
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 (A major) west out on the Eyre
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 (D major) People they keep passin'
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by  (G major) just like the time
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Sydney  (D major) Melbourne Adelaide,
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 (A major) Perth on down the line  (G major) 
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Way  (A major) down the line  (D major) 

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Verse 3

Life in Port Augusta,

things don't change

Life in Port Augusta, remains the same

The world goes by,

and the world gets strange

Except in Port Augusta

Verse 4
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Out there on the bypass  (D major) doin'
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 (G major) business night and day
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Fast  (D major) food multi nationals sellin'
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 (A major) plastic take away
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While the  (D major) shops in town
are closin' down
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 (G major) Dried up dreams on stony ground
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You  (D major) wonder why it always seems
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to  (A major) end up this  (G major) way
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Same  (A major) old  (D major) way

Verse 5
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Nobody  (A major) seems to question
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or  (G major) even wonder why  (D major) 
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Some  (A major) towns get forgotten
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and  (G major) left alone to die  (D major) 
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While  (B minor) out  there on the  (A major) highway faded  (G major) signs
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Of  (B minor) glory days and  (A major) memories in  (G major) time
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Port  (A major) Au gusta time  (D major) 

Verse 6
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And the  (A major) older generation
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in si (G major) lence fade away  (D major) 
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No  (A major) work for the younger folk
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no  (G major) reason left to stay  (D major) 
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And  (B minor) out  there on the
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 (A major) highway there's a sign  (G major) 
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 (B minor) Find a better fu (A major) ture down the  (G major) line
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Way  (A major) down the  (D major) line

Verse 7
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Life  (D major) in Port Au (G major) gusta,
D 
things don't  (D major) change
G 
D 
Life in Port Au (G major) gusta, remains the same  (D major) 
A 
The world goes  (A major) by and the
G 
world gets  (G major) strange
A 
D 
Except in  (A major) Port Au (D major) gusta