Sweeney chords by Slim Dusty
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Verse 1
(D major) It was somewhere in September
and the sun (A major) was goin' down
When I came in search of copy,
to a Darling River town (D major)
Come- And- Have- A- Drink we'll call it,
't (A major) is a fitting name I think
And 'twas raining, for a wonder,
up at Come- And- Have- A- Drink
(D major)
Verse 2
Underneath (G major) the pub verandah
I was resting on a bunk (D major)
When a stranger (E major) rose before me,
and he said that he was (A major) drunk
He apo (D major) logised for speaking,
there was (A major) no offence he swore
But he somehow seemed to fancy
that he'd seen my face be (D major) fore
He agreed you can't remember all
(A major) the chaps you chance to meet
And he said his name was Sweeney,
people lived in Sussex Street
(D major)
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Verse 3
He was camping in a stable,
that he swore (A major) that he was right
Only for the blanky horses
walkin' over him all night (D major)
He'd ap (G major) parently been fighting,
for his face was black and blue (D major)
And it looked (E major) as though the horses
had been treading on him too
(A major)
Verse 4
But an (D major) honest genial twinkle in the
(A major) eye that wasn't hurt
Seemed to hint of something better,
spite of drink and rags and dirt (D major) (A major) (D major)
He was born in Parramatta and
he said (A major) with humour grim
That he'd like to see the city,
'ere the liquor finished (D major) him
But he couldn't raise the money,
he was (A major) damned if he could think
What the Government was doing here,
he offered me a drink
(D major)
Verse 5
I declined, 'twas self- denial and
I lectured (A major) him on booze
Using all the hackneyed arguments
that preachers mostly (D major) use
Things I'd heard in temperance lectures,
I was (A major) young and rather green
And I ended by referring to
the man he might have been
(D major)
Verse 6
But he couldn't (G major) stay to argue,
for his beer was nearly gone (D major)
He was glad, (E major) he said, to meet me,
and he'd see me later on (A major)
But he guessed (D major) he'd have to go
and get his bottle (A major) filled again
And he gave a lurch and vanished
in the darkness and the rain (D major)
Verse 7
Now (D major) of afternoons in cities,
when the (A major) rain is on the land
Visions come to me of Sweeney,
with his bottle in his (D major) hand. (G major)
(D major)
Sweeney
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