Why They Call Him Sundown chords by John Williamson
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Intro 1
(C major) (F major) (G major) (C major) (F major) (G major) (C major) (D minor) (G major) (C major) (D minor)
(G major) I
Verse 1
(C major)
was offered a ride with (F major) sundown
(D minor) to (G major) Malapanya Springs (C major)
Out across the blood (F major) woods
an (G major) d droughts and (C major) things
Why they call him (F major) sundown, (C major)
(F major) I didn't know (A minor)
Free (G major) ride in a plane
and somewhere to go (C major)
Over some sta (F major) tions I've (G major) never seen (C major)
Big cattle coun (F major) try in (G major) between
(C major) We found the lost (F major) city
and we flew around (A minor)
But (G major) sundown had business
back on the ground
(C major) Big swirling (F major) dust way down (G major) below
(C major) Our destina (F major) tion, (G major) down we (C major) go
No tuberculosis, but (F major) that's the (A minor) job
Here (G major) comes sundown to test them (C major) all (D minor)
(G major) (C major) (D minor) (G major) (C major) (D minor) (G major) (C major) (D minor) (G major) (C major)
How you goin' old (F major) mate, (G major) how'd you be
(C major) Stir up the (F major) coals (D minor) and we'll (G major)
have some (C major) tea
What's in those camp (F major) ovens,
(C major) (F major) come on (A minor) Jack
We'll (G major) knock this mob over
and we'll be (C major) back
Cattle and (F major) saddle and
(G major) stockmen work (C major) hard
Cornered by (F major) hornet
(D minor) you straddle (G major) the (C major) yard
The last bloody steer
was as (F major) wild as the first (A minor)
Come (G major) on sun down,
I'm dying of (C major) thirst (D minor) (G major) (C major) (D minor) (G major) (C major) (F major) (G major) (C major)
(F major) (G major)
(C major) I was offered a ride with (D minor) sundown
to (G major) Malapanya Springs (C major)
Out across the bloodwoods (F major)
and (G major) droughts and (C major) things
Why they call him (F major) sundown,
here's the (A minor) tip
It was (G major) bloody near dark
when we found the (C major) strip
Yeah, why they call him (F major) sundown,
now I (A minor) know
Free (G major) riding up the lane
and somewhere to go (C major) (F major) (G major) (C major)
(F major) (G major) (C major) (D minor) (G major) (C major) (D minor) (G major)
(C major) You
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