1. |
Light On
04:44
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C#m
Left my light on baby
F#m C#m
And I’m still waiting here for you
F#m
Left my light on baby
C#m
And I’m still waiting here for you
G#m
You’re everything I long for
F#m C#m
You’re in everything I do
V2
C#m
Pick up the telephone
F#m C#m
Say you won’t be long
F#m
Pick up the telephone
C#m
Say you won’t be long
G#m
I’ll have this sweet home ready darlin'
F#m C#m
And I’ll be waiting here for you
Lead
C#m F#m C#m F#m G#m F#m C#m
C#m
Write me a letter baby
Tell me all your travels do
Write me a letter darlin
C#m
Tell me all your travels do
You can travel all over this sweet wide world
F#m C#m
And I’ll be waiting here for you
Buildup and Lead
C#m D# E F# G# A C C C#m F#m C#m F#m G#m F#m C#m
C#m
Left my light on baby
F#m C#m
And I’m still waiting here for you
F#m
Left my light on baby
C#m
And I’m still waiting here for you
G#m
You’re everything I long for
F#m (STOP) C#m
You’re in everything I do
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2. |
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Well come on now baby
Come on now baby
Well come on now baby
I’ve been comin' all night long
V2
Well the moon hangs over Darwin
Cross the Arafura Sea
If I send for my baby, send for my baby
An she won’t answer me
I’m alone
I’m alone
V3
Well I gotta find something
Gotta find someone
Gonna see my nephew
He’s an oh so army boy
He likes to chase those women
He likes to chase those women
An all you girls are gonna look around
When my nephew comes to town
He’s a hoochy coocher
Instrumental G F x 8
V4
Well the moon hangs over Maningrida
The old man croc by the sea
There’s mermaids in the river
Ol' men sing their melodies
V5
The moon hangs over Darwin
The moon hangs over Darwin
The moon hangs over Darwin
Cross the Arafura sea
V6
Well the moon hangs over Jordan
I hear my nephew's comin on down
And all you girls better watch yourselves
When my nephew comes to town
He’s a Hoochy Coocher
Instrumental G F x 8 (born under the sign of the scales)
Instrumental Bb C C#D F
V7
I’m gonna buy myself a pistol
And shoot that moon from the sky
I’m gonna buy myself a gatling gun
And shoot that moon on high
I shot the moon
I shot the moon
I’m alive
But I’m alone
I’m alone But I’m alive
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3. |
Briar Road
06:35
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I went out on the highway
Em B7
Where the lost and lonely go
Em D C B7 Am
A woman cried and I almost died
B7 Em
When I found her on old Briar Road
V2 (band)
Em B7
She fell into my window
Em B7
As I was cruising down the road
Em D C B7 Am
My heart jumped for her beauty
B7 Em
When I found her on old Briar Road
V3
Em B7
My heart jumped for her crazy
Em B7
Her wild bright shining smile
Em D C B7 Am
My world fell down and she held the crown
B7 Em
When I found her on ol' Briar Road
V4
Em B7
But no man can own a woman like this
Em B7
No man can own that kiss
Em D C B7 Am
And no man I know could ever let her go
B7 Em
I found her on Old Briar road
V5
Em B7
Baby, baby, baby
Em B7
Where you spend last night-tell me please
Em D C B7 Am
You didn’t come home until the morning light
B7 Em
Was creeping on through those trees
V6
Em B7
I took her to the river out west
Em B7
Where the cold wild water flows
Em D C B7 Am
I held a knife against her breast
B7 Em
Now she’s going where the river goes
Instrumental (low down) x 3
Em B7
Em B7
Em D C B7 Am
B7 Em
V7
Em B7
But still I hear her laughter
Em B7
And see her wild bright smile
Em D C B7 Am
A jailbird's time will soon be mine
B7 Em
For the girl from old Briar Road
V8
Em B7
If every angel has a shadow
Em B7
And every rose a thorn
Em D C B7 Am
If you find sunshine you will find the storm
B7 Em
I found her on Ol' Briar Road
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4. |
Feel Da Groove
04:46
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Brothers and sisters
Comrades in arms
We are gathered here today to pay homage
To pay homage to this thing we call 'the blues'
The great bluesmen Muddy Waters and B.B. King
The great blueswomen Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone
We pay our dues
We pay our dues and we become the blues
It came out of Africa
through the Voodoo Caribbean
Building the railroads
Fields of cotton
Leadbelly often shared his culture with us
In 1990 I saw the great blues man CLARENCE GATEMOUTH BROWN
in Milwaukee Wisconsin
A week later I was down in Chicago walking from bar to bar
Seeing how our African-American brothers do this thing
Yeah I was down
Yeah I was down
Yeah I was down, down on the scene
G G G
V1
Gypsy man looked into my eyes
Shaman held me by my soul
Said 'tell me what you want Boy, in this whole wide world'
Is it money? is it girls?
If you could have anything in this whole wide world?
Well, let me think about it...
G G G
(What do you want?)
V2
A
Well I want love and I want life
Peace love and happiness for my brothers my sisters and me
Air that my children can breathe fish in the sea
Justice for my brothers in the Northern Territory
CH
F G
I wanna feel the love (ah ah)
Am
I wanna feel the groove
F G
I wanna feel the love (ah ah)
Am
I wanna feel the groove
Lead A____________________F G AM F G AM
V3
A
I wanna hear the music till people are dancing on the street
I wanna hear the music
I wanna hear the birdsong in this moment now
Justice for the children caught in jails like zoos
Justice for my brothers in the Northern Territory
F G
I wanna feel the love (ah ah)
Am
I wanna feel the groove
F G
I wanna feel the love (ah ah)
Am
I wanna feel the groove
F G
I wanna feel the love (ah ah)
Am
I wanna feel the groove
F G
I wanna feel the love (ah ah)
Am
I wanna feel the groove
G G G G G G
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5. |
Jimmy James
03:21
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E
Jimmy James is gone, slipped into the sky
A E
He was a guitar man, and a hell of guy
B A
Seems he wasn’t round that long but, now they say
E
My Jimmy James is gone
V2
E
He was my little brother, but he always wanted to be in charge
A E
he didn’t hear the word impossible, and he did nought by halves
B A E
he could write the meanest song but now they say my Jimmy James is gone
V3
E
And if you listen closely, to the songbirds in the sky
A E
You can hear my brother singing, you can hear his guitar cryin’
B A E
And I sometimes feel it's wrong to say my Jimmy James is gone
V4
E A E
But I know, I know I know, I know
B A E
That this grief I’ve struck upon is cos my Jimmy James is gone
LEAD with WALKING BASS x 2 E E A E B A E
V5
E
He was always running riot, Ask a copper for a cup of tea
A E
Cut snakes would run a mile, He wouldn’t listen to me
B A E
He could kill you with a song, and then, they say, my Jimmy James would be gone
V6
E
We called him Djagamarra, but he was a river man
A E
We called him Djagamarra, but he was from the Bakindji clan
B A E
Wilcannia and the Johnsons Now our brother’s gone
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6. |
Suzanne
04:54
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Well I met this dark haired woman
C G G
And Suzanne was her name
C
Well I met this dark haired woman
G
And Suzanne was her name
D
Her legs were long her body tight
C GG BB CC C#C# DDDD C C# D
And heartache was her game
V2
G
I gave her a rose on Monday
C G G
On Tuesday gave her two
C G
On Wednesday there was chocolates, Champagne in a flute
D C GG BB CC C#C# DDDD C C# D
But then came stormy Thursday and she said she don’t want do
LEAD GUITAR
G C
G G
C C
G G
D C
GG BB CC C#C# DDDD C C# D
LEAD PIANO
G C
G G
C C
G G
D C
GG BB CC C#C# DDDD C C# D
V3
G
Well I gave her pretty clothes
C G G
Knelt down with a diamond ring
C
Well I gave her pretty clothes
G
Knelt down with a diamond ring
D C
But she threw it in the water
GG BB CC C#C# DDDD C A# G9
Now blues is all I sing
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7. |
What's Your Magic?
04:42
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Baby I see you walking down the road
Gm Dm
Baby I see you walking down the road
Bb
And the sun lights you up
A Dm
It turns you into gold
V2
Dm
When I saw you stepping into the sea
Gm Dm
When I saw you baby you were stepping into the sea
Bb
I got to thinkin honey
A Dm
you’re nothing but magic to me
Lead x 2 Dm Dm Gm Dm Bb A Dm
V3
Dm
You’re hear at the crossroads, which way you gonna go?
Gm Dm
Now you’re hear at the crossroads, which way you gonna go?
Bb A Dm
What’s your magic? Girl I gotta know
V4
Dm
Baby I see you walking down the road
Gm Dm
Baby I see you walking down the road
Bb A Dm
And the sun lights you up it turns you into gold
Guitar Hammond duel x 2 Dm Dm Gm Dm Bb A Dm
V5
Dm
When I saw you stepping into the sea
Gm Dm
When I saw you darlin stepping into the sea
Bb A ***
I got to thinkin honey you’re nothing
Dm
....but magic to me
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8. |
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Dm
I was brooding drums were beating
Dm
Far away across the ocean coming in
GM Dm
Electric blues and blacks were climbing up the creepers
Bb C Dm
And my garden breathed a breath like I’d never beard her breathe before
...and I remember
V2
Dm
We were young full of rum and so much more
Dm
We partied on the Sydney harbour shore
GM
Skies were dark -her name was Storm
Dm
We kissed-and she was gone
Bb C Dm
But I remember the girl with the lightning in her eyes
Instrumental 1 Dm Dm Gm Dm Bb C Dm
Instrumental 2 Dm Dm Gm Dm Bb C Dm
V3
Dm
Through the night a raging storm
Dm
Through her lips she lit my soul
Gm
With the fire of a desire that lit the skies
Dm
I kissed a girl very first time
Bb C Dm
The girl with the lightning in her eyes
Mmm mm mm x 1 Dm Dm Gm Dm Bb C Dm
Dm (Andy and Rainstick out)
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9. |
Lloydy
01:53
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D
Now Lloydy was a singer
G
playin up and down the Birdsville Track
When Lloydy took the guitar
A D
nobody would ask it back
V2
D
In the thick of the scrub of the Mai Mai
G
by the banks of the old river Barcoo
When Lloydy sang his song
A D
It’s like that he was singin' to you
V3
D
He sang the songs of stockmen
G
Drovin' up and down the Birdsville track
When Lloydy took the guitar
A D
Nobody would ask it back
(Instrumental x 2) D G A D
V4
D
He was workin on the railroad
G
The Ol' Ghan by the Oodnadatta Track
He liked to have a lager
A D
And sing the songs that took him back
V5
D
With the soul of Robert Johnson
G
Like the blind boys of Alabama he was black
But he came from up round Birdsville
A D
In the heart of the Australian outback
(Instrumental x 2) D G A D
V1 rpt
D
Now Lloydy was a singer
G
playin up and down the Birdsville Track
When Lloydy took the guitar
A D
nobody would ask it back
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10. |
All About The Woman
02:48
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11. |
The Ol' Ghan
04:21
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Em
It was raining in the desert
Am Em Em
My car went for a slide
Am
It was raining in the desert
Em
My car went for a slide
B7 C B7 Em
I rolled her now I wish this Ol' Ghan could take us for a ride
CH
Em
Hear the ghost train comin'
Am Em Em
Down by the Oodnadatta Track
Am
Hear the ghost train comin'
Em
Down by the Oodnadatta Track
B7
It's the Ol Ghan comin'
C B7 Em
All the ghosts are bringing her back
V2
Em
Now Andy pulls his guitar
Am Em Em
Out from his gunny sack
Am
Now Andy pulls his guitar
Em
Out from his gunny sack
He's playing to the songbird and the songbird's singing back
CH
Em
Hear the ghost train comin'
Am Em Em
Down by the Oodnadatta Track
Am
Hear the ghost train comin'
Em
Down by the Oodnadatta Track
B7
It's the Ol Ghan comin'
C B7 Em
All the ghosts are bringing her back
V3
Em
And you can hear the silence
Am Em Em
In between the dingos' cries
Am
And you can hear the silence
Em
In between the dingos' cries
And the sleepers make a fine fire underneath these desert skies
CH
Em
Hear the ghost train comin'
Am Em Em
Down by the Oodnadatta Track
Am
Hear the ghost train comin'
Em
Down by the Oodnadatta Track
It's the Ol Ghan comin'
All the ghosts are bringing her back
Instrumental
Em Am Em Em Am Am Em Em B7 C B7 Em
Em Am Em Em Am Am Em Em B7 C B7 Em
V4
Em
We were goin' for Oodnadatta,
Am Em Em
Headin' on towards the rock
Am
We were goin' for Oodnadatta,
Em
Headin' on towards the rock
Sometimes you get dealt a hand that tells you where to stop
V5
Em
Still the Ol' Ghan rolls on
Am Em Em
Up and down the track
Am
Still the Ol' Ghan rolls on
Em
Up and down the track
B7 C B7 Em
I left my heart there and and it ain’t ever comin' back
V6
Em
And everything I once knew
Am Em Em
Everything I thought was mine
Am
And everything I once knew
Em
Everything I thought was mine
B7 C B7 Em
Out here in this big space I gotta leave it all behind
CH
Em
Hear the ghost train comin'
Am Em Em
Down by the Oodnadatta Track
Am
Hear the ghost train comin'
Em
Down by the Oodnadatta Track
B7 C B7 Em
It’s the Ol' Ghan comin' all the ghosts are bringin' her back
B7 C B7 Em
It’s the Ol' Ghan comin' all the ghosts are bringin' her back
B7 C ## B7 Em
It’s the Ol' Ghan comin' all the ghosts are bringin' her back
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12. |
Hoochy Cooch
04:16
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E
It’s Friday lights city
I’m here on the street
A brother he calls me
'You got a dollar for me?
You got a dollar for me?
You got a dollar for me?
(only Drums)
E
I walk through the dresses
And into the night
The well to do doin'
They're doin' alright
They're doin' alright
They're doin' alright
(Drums)
CH
A
Well a man starts a playin'his Gibson guitar
E
He’s standing on the corner rockin the blues so hard
A
Come on you fancy dancers find your dancin' shoes
E
I got the Hoochy Coochy Whatchamecall it Jingle Jangle Blues
E x 4
I walk through the dresses
And into the night
The well to do doin'
They're doin' alright
They're doin' alright
They're doin' alright
(Drums)
CH
A
Well a man starts a playin'his Gibson guitar
E
He’s standing on the corner rockin the blues so hard
A
Come on you fancy dancers find your dancin' shoes
E
I got the Hoochy Coochy Whatchamecall it Jingle Jangle Blues
LEAD
E x 8
A x 4
E x 4
A x 4
F# B
CH
A
Well a man starts a playin'his Gibson guitar
E
He’s standing on the corner rockin the blues so hard
A
Come on you fancy dancers find your dancin' shoes
E
I got the Hoochy Coochy Whatchamecall it Jingle Jangle Blues
E x 4
F# B
CH
A
Well a man starts a playin' his Gibson guitar
E
He’s standing on the corner rockin the blues so hard
A
Come on you fancy dancers find your dancin' shoes
E
I got the Hoochy Coochy Whatchamecall it Jingle Jangle Blues
E x 1 STOP
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13. |
Jamestown
03:04
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C
Was a time I thought I knew love
Everything in love seemed to work out right
Thought that I could really do love
I thought that love was really on my side
But right now, I’m nearly through love
Looks like there's nothin' gonna turn out right
Tell me what you're gonna do love
Are you gonna stay with me here tonight
Oh baby do me right
Oh honey do me right
Oh baby do me right
Oh honey do me right
CH
Ab
Well you’re talkin' to me funny
G
And you’re talking to me fake
Ab
Well you think your some game master
G
But you’re making a big mistake
Ab G
Won’t you open up your lovin' and drop this whole charade?
Ab Bb B
Cos baby you know together we’ve really got it made
Riff x 1
Lead C
V2
There's a place where we can go love
Down by the trees underneath the moon
And there’s a place where we can know love
And drink sweet nectar underneath the moon
Oh baby do me right
Oh honey do me right
Oh baby do me right
Oh honey do me right
CH
Ab
Well you’re talkin' to me funny
G
And you’re talking to me fake
Ab
Well you think your some game master
G
But you’re making a big mistake
Ab G
Won’t you open up your lovin' and drop this whole charade?
Ab Bb B C
Cos baby you know together we’ve really got it made
Riff x 3
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14. |
Open Your Mind
03:41
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Open your mind you've gotta leave that man behind
D A
Open your mind you've gotta leave that man behind
E7 D7 A
You know that he's no good come on and let me love you like he should
V2
A
One of these nights youre gonna get into a fight
D A
One of these nights youre gonna get into a fight
E7 D7 A
You're gonna tell him you want more and you'll up and walk right out that door
Drums BREAKDOWN A A D A E D A
Guitar LEAD A A D A E D A
V3
A
One of these days you're gonna walk my way
D A
One of these days you're gonna walk my way
E7 D7 A
I've heard it on the grapevine that you gonna be mine all mine
V4
A
You know it's true you could have somebody new
D A
You know it's true you could have somebody new
E7 D7 A
And the novelty is nice come on and kiss me baby don't think twice
Drums BREAKDOWN A A D A E D A
Guitar LEAD A A D A E D A
V1
A
Open your mind you've gotta leave that man behind
D A
Open your mind you've gotta leave that man behind
E7 D7 A
You know that he's no good come on and let me love you like he should
V2
A
One of these nights youre gonna get into a fight
D A
One of these nights youre gonna get into a fight
E7 D7 A
You're gonna tell him you want more and you'll up and walk right out that door
A G E D C B Bb A
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15. |
Take
02:42
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I said take
Anything you want
A7
I said take
E7
Anything you want
C7 B7
I may not have a lot to give
C7 B7 B7 EEE BB
But what I’ve got it’s yours, it’s free
V2
E7
I said give me
Give me anything
A7
I said give me
E7
Give me anything
C7 B7
If you see a need in me
C7 B7
you can give it to me free
EEE BB
You can give me what you want babe
V3
E7
I said take me
Take me out of here
A7
I said take me
E7
Away from all my fears
C7 B7 C7 B7
I may not have a lot to give but I want to share it with you
Take me out of here CCCCC CCCCC F#F#F#F#F# BB EEE BB
Lead
E
A
E
C B
C B
E
B
V4
E7
I’ll be yours and you’ll be mine
A7 E7
You’ll be mine and I’ll be yours
C7 B7
I’ll be your man you my cherry pie
C7 B7
I'll be yours and you yeah you’ll be mine
E7
I’ll be yours and you’ll be mine
A7 E7
You’ll be mine and I’ll be yours
C7 B7
I may not have a lot to give
C7 B7 CCCCC CCCCC F#F#F#F#F# BB EEE BB *
But I wanna share it with you Take me out of
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16. |
Workin' Woman
02:36
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This song is a line of groove that goes back to the man, BOBBY BLUE BLAND
Turn your love light on
Turn your light on me (turn your light on me)
Turn your light on me (turn your light on me)
Turn your light on me (turn your light on me)
Turn your light on me (turn your light on me)
V2
An next the Blues Brothers came along and reminded with this same song that
Everybody (say what?)
I said everybody (everybody?)
Needs somebody
Someone to love (someone to love)
Someone to love (someone to love)
Someone to love (someone to love)
Someone to love (someone to love)
V3
Ok I got a workin woman she been workin hard for that pay
She been hustling and a fighting with the grindstone to her nose all day
Oh pretty woman won’t you slip me off an step inside
I’ve been cookin and a cleaning just to keep you satisfied
I’ll make you feel alright (make you feel alright)
make you feel alright (make you feel alright)
make you feel alright (make you feel alright)
make you feel alright (make you feel alright)
make you feel alright now (make you feel alright)
V4
Oh I’ve been workin out woman cos I know you like my body tight
Yeah I got your breakfast all a steaming cos you gotta start your working day right
Oh pretty woman I’ll be waitin when you come on home
If there's anything you need we’ll you can call me up in the phone
I’ll make you feel alright (make you feel alright)
make you feel alright (make you feel alright)
make you feel alright (make you feel alright)
make you feel alright (make you feel alright)
make you feel alright now (make you feel al
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17. |
Hindley Street
03:57
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There’s a Cuban squatting squinting in the sun
He aint got no home he’s skin and bone
A
And there’s a woman right behind him smoking a cigarette
E
And her hide turns to leather in the morning sun
B
And there’s places in their eyes that you can almost see
A E B
In the lonely lonely heart of Hindley
V2
E
Now Shannon’s going crazy at horse (what about me?)
He thinks the bouncer should let him in, of course
A
And Cy used to work at that bar over there
E
And the barman says ‘he was always a little strange’ (strange?) strange
B
And the people let their hair down and everyone goes nuts
A E B
In the lonely crazy heart of Hindley
Instrumental E E A E B A E
V3
E
All the pimps and spivs in their suits and bling
Cars goin slow so the girls can sing ‘hi sexy’
A
And the boys are a sight in their silly mock fights
E
Across from Grandmaster Leung’s Wing Chun
B
There’s a bloke in an afro goin sideways
A
He’s hangin with the homeless prams
E B E
On Hindley
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18. |
East Coast Boy
03:36
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Where I come from there's hills up and down
D G
Every street that you want to go
C G
There's buildings so high that they pierce the sky
D G
And lots of people that I used to know
CH
C
But I left that home
G
To wander and roam
D G
Across this wide green, red and brown country
C
And it’s ringed with blue
G
Just like me too
D G
I got an East Coast family
Instrumental x 2
C G D G
C G D G x 2
V2
G
I came to the land with the red, red sand
D G
I was hungry and all out of love then
C
But they gave me food and they gave me a name
D G
And they put me on my feet again
CH
C
But I left that home
G
To wander and roam
D G
Across this wide green, red and brown country
C
And it’s ringed with blue
G
Just like me too
D G
I got an East Coast family
Instrumental x 2
C G D G
C G D G x 2
V3
now in Adelaide both my children are here
D G
I got most everything a man could want
C
But my sister and brothers and all of the others
D G
Well they're in a place where I'm not
CH x 2
C
But I left that home
G
To wander and roam
D G
Across this wide green, red and brown country
C
And it’s ringed with blue
G
Just like me too
D G
I got an East Coast family
(2nd time)
D G
I got an East Coast family
D G
I got an East Coast family
1x short instrumental out
D G
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Holler & The Bones Adelaide, Australia
Original Aussie Blues.
Blues from the bush.
Dog n' beer n' blues.
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