Chords for Laughter in the hills ---- Slim Dusty
Tempo:
116.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] [A] [B]
[A] From out across the great divide a story [E] reached my ears
About a jackass and a boy I'd like you [A] all to hear
At daylight in the morning his little [E] heart it thrills
To the echoes in the valley from the [A] laughter in the hill
Perched up in the tall gun tree by Homestead so [E] I hear
A happy cook, a burrer, laughs [A] away his fear
He wakes a little fella who just tumbled out [E] of bed
As he got dressed he said aloud, my friend, [A] must be fed
[B] [A]
He found some bits and pieces which he placed upon [E] some bark
And soon that jackass he came down as [A] happy as a lark
And as the sun peeped all the hill he jumped around so [E] grand
And then he ate a piece of meat out of the [A] youngster's hand
Well when that lad went back inside his father [B] said, young man
You'll have to get rid of that bird as quickly [A] as you can
For lately I've been worried and I miss my [E] morning's rest
I think that bird of yours, young man, is [A] nothing but a pheas
Next morning sees his father underneath that old [E] gun tree
With bread made full of strychnine, I'll get that [A] bird, thought he
Then as he went towards the house he chanced to look [B] around
[E] And saw that jackass swoop upon a black snake [A] on the ground
He dived down and grabbed that snake as quick as [B] any cat
He bumped and bashed and banged him and shook him [A] like a rat
They tussled there upon the ground and then he flew [E] up high
And soon that reptile met his death from somewhere in [A] the sky
[B] [A] [B]
[A] The father scratched his graying head and felt a [E] little shamed
If my son had been poisoned I'd be the [A] one to blame
So he told his wife and little son of all that [E] he did see
And now that jackass is just one of a [A] happy family
From out across the great divide a story rings [E] so [B] true
About a jackass and a boy, I think [A] it's something new
At daylight in the morning his little heart [E] it thrills
To the echoes in the valley from the laughter [A] in the hills
[B]
[A] From out across the great divide a story [E] reached my ears
About a jackass and a boy I'd like you [A] all to hear
At daylight in the morning his little [E] heart it thrills
To the echoes in the valley from the [A] laughter in the hill
Perched up in the tall gun tree by Homestead so [E] I hear
A happy cook, a burrer, laughs [A] away his fear
He wakes a little fella who just tumbled out [E] of bed
As he got dressed he said aloud, my friend, [A] must be fed
[B] [A]
He found some bits and pieces which he placed upon [E] some bark
And soon that jackass he came down as [A] happy as a lark
And as the sun peeped all the hill he jumped around so [E] grand
And then he ate a piece of meat out of the [A] youngster's hand
Well when that lad went back inside his father [B] said, young man
You'll have to get rid of that bird as quickly [A] as you can
For lately I've been worried and I miss my [E] morning's rest
I think that bird of yours, young man, is [A] nothing but a pheas
Next morning sees his father underneath that old [E] gun tree
With bread made full of strychnine, I'll get that [A] bird, thought he
Then as he went towards the house he chanced to look [B] around
[E] And saw that jackass swoop upon a black snake [A] on the ground
He dived down and grabbed that snake as quick as [B] any cat
He bumped and bashed and banged him and shook him [A] like a rat
They tussled there upon the ground and then he flew [E] up high
And soon that reptile met his death from somewhere in [A] the sky
[B] [A] [B]
[A] The father scratched his graying head and felt a [E] little shamed
If my son had been poisoned I'd be the [A] one to blame
So he told his wife and little son of all that [E] he did see
And now that jackass is just one of a [A] happy family
From out across the great divide a story rings [E] so [B] true
About a jackass and a boy, I think [A] it's something new
At daylight in the morning his little heart [E] it thrills
To the echoes in the valley from the laughter [A] in the hills
[B]
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_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ _ From out across the great divide a story [E] reached my ears
About a jackass and a boy I'd like you [A] all to hear
At daylight in the morning his little [E] heart it thrills
To the echoes in the valley from the [A] laughter in the hill
_ Perched up in the tall gun tree by Homestead so [E] I hear
A happy cook, a burrer, laughs [A] away his fear
He wakes a little fella who just tumbled out [E] of bed
As he got dressed he said aloud, my friend, [A] must be fed _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ He found some bits and pieces which he placed upon [E] some bark
And soon that jackass he came down as [A] happy as a lark
And as the sun peeped all the hill he jumped around so [E] grand
And then he ate a piece of meat out of the [A] youngster's hand
_ Well when that lad went back inside his father [B] said, young man
You'll have to get rid of that bird as quickly [A] as you can
For lately I've been worried and I miss my [E] morning's rest
I think that bird of yours, young man, is [A] nothing but a pheas
_ Next morning sees his father underneath that old [E] gun tree
With bread made full of strychnine, I'll get that [A] bird, thought he
Then as he went towards the house he chanced to look [B] around
[E] And saw that jackass swoop upon a black snake [A] on the ground _
He dived down and grabbed that snake as quick as [B] any cat
He bumped and bashed and banged him and shook him [A] like a rat
They tussled there upon the ground and then he flew [E] up high
And soon that reptile met his death from somewhere in [A] the sky
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ _ The father scratched his graying head and felt a [E] little shamed
If my son had been poisoned I'd be the [A] one to blame
So he told his wife and little son of all that [E] he did see
And now that jackass is just one of a [A] happy family
_ _ From out across the great divide a story rings [E] so [B] true
About a jackass and a boy, I think [A] it's something new
At daylight in the morning his little heart [E] it thrills
To the echoes in the valley from the laughter [A] in the hills _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ From out across the great divide a story [E] reached my ears
About a jackass and a boy I'd like you [A] all to hear
At daylight in the morning his little [E] heart it thrills
To the echoes in the valley from the [A] laughter in the hill
_ Perched up in the tall gun tree by Homestead so [E] I hear
A happy cook, a burrer, laughs [A] away his fear
He wakes a little fella who just tumbled out [E] of bed
As he got dressed he said aloud, my friend, [A] must be fed _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ He found some bits and pieces which he placed upon [E] some bark
And soon that jackass he came down as [A] happy as a lark
And as the sun peeped all the hill he jumped around so [E] grand
And then he ate a piece of meat out of the [A] youngster's hand
_ Well when that lad went back inside his father [B] said, young man
You'll have to get rid of that bird as quickly [A] as you can
For lately I've been worried and I miss my [E] morning's rest
I think that bird of yours, young man, is [A] nothing but a pheas
_ Next morning sees his father underneath that old [E] gun tree
With bread made full of strychnine, I'll get that [A] bird, thought he
Then as he went towards the house he chanced to look [B] around
[E] And saw that jackass swoop upon a black snake [A] on the ground _
He dived down and grabbed that snake as quick as [B] any cat
He bumped and bashed and banged him and shook him [A] like a rat
They tussled there upon the ground and then he flew [E] up high
And soon that reptile met his death from somewhere in [A] the sky
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ _ The father scratched his graying head and felt a [E] little shamed
If my son had been poisoned I'd be the [A] one to blame
So he told his wife and little son of all that [E] he did see
And now that jackass is just one of a [A] happy family
_ _ From out across the great divide a story rings [E] so [B] true
About a jackass and a boy, I think [A] it's something new
At daylight in the morning his little heart [E] it thrills
To the echoes in the valley from the laughter [A] in the hills _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _