Redgum - The Last Frontier Chords
Tempo:
87.95 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[A] [Bm] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [Bm] [D]
[A] [D] There's a corrugated highway leaning [A] north from Port Augusta lined [Bm] with ratted cars [G] that
didn't rate [A] a tow.
[D] Salt flames out of Pimba and [Bm] your eyes begin to stream onto [F#m] Kinyoona, huddled [C] dusty [A] by the road.
[D] Romantic notions shattered [A] like the tyres that didn't pack it.
[Bm] This has got to be [G] the country's last [A] frontier.
[D] Where are sports cars next to useless [Bm] running cattle grids and riverbeds?
[G] We drove a van [C] from [A] 1963.
[G] [D] Someone [A] mentioned walkabout [D] and kiss your job [G] goodbye.
[D] Just to see the country shimmer through [A] the windscreen.
Drinking [G] beer, telling [F#m] stories [D] while the laughter fills [G] the night.
[D] And flex your times behind you like [A] a bad dream.
[G] [Bm] [F#m] [D] [A]
[F#m] [D] You've got a flat on Anzac Highway [A] and Lawson on your shelf.
[Bm] It's a southern cup [G] for air conditioned [A] rage.
[D] And a homestead's more than just a cheap [Bm] print dangling from a wall.
[G] And mateship's [C] more than lines upon [A] a page.
[F#m] [G] We went looking for [A] Australia [D] in between the TV [G]
lines.
[D] The ABC just couldn't make [A] it real.
[G] [A] Colour documentary [D] from a beanbag [G] on the floor never [D] shows as much as it [A] conceals.
[G] [A]
[D]
[A] [Bm] [G]
[A] [D]
[Bm] [G] [C]
[A] [D] A stark and glistered Alice [F#m] Springs and a river runs with shame.
[Bm] And you wipe the [G] sheets of bulldung [A] from your eye.
[D] Another country's uniform [Bm] and the mirage it falls apart.
[G] Through the open [C] gap between the [A] truth and lies.
[F#m] [G] Go and see [A] your country [D] mate, the travel [G] agents scream.
[D]
Politicians sell it hard just [A] for a pastime.
[G]
Signs and [F#m] high white fences [D] hold the land where [G] I belong.
[D] As if I am in the outback [A] for the last time.
[G] [D]
[G] For the last time.
[D] For [G] the last time.
[D]
[G] For the last time.
[D] Uh huh.
[G] For the last time.
[D]
[G] For the last time.
[D] Uh huh.
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [D]
[A] [Bm] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [Bm] [D]
[A] [D] There's a corrugated highway leaning [A] north from Port Augusta lined [Bm] with ratted cars [G] that
didn't rate [A] a tow.
[D] Salt flames out of Pimba and [Bm] your eyes begin to stream onto [F#m] Kinyoona, huddled [C] dusty [A] by the road.
[D] Romantic notions shattered [A] like the tyres that didn't pack it.
[Bm] This has got to be [G] the country's last [A] frontier.
[D] Where are sports cars next to useless [Bm] running cattle grids and riverbeds?
[G] We drove a van [C] from [A] 1963.
[G] [D] Someone [A] mentioned walkabout [D] and kiss your job [G] goodbye.
[D] Just to see the country shimmer through [A] the windscreen.
Drinking [G] beer, telling [F#m] stories [D] while the laughter fills [G] the night.
[D] And flex your times behind you like [A] a bad dream.
[G] [Bm] [F#m] [D] [A]
[F#m] [D] You've got a flat on Anzac Highway [A] and Lawson on your shelf.
[Bm] It's a southern cup [G] for air conditioned [A] rage.
[D] And a homestead's more than just a cheap [Bm] print dangling from a wall.
[G] And mateship's [C] more than lines upon [A] a page.
[F#m] [G] We went looking for [A] Australia [D] in between the TV [G]
lines.
[D] The ABC just couldn't make [A] it real.
[G] [A] Colour documentary [D] from a beanbag [G] on the floor never [D] shows as much as it [A] conceals.
[G] [A]
[D]
[A] [Bm] [G]
[A] [D]
[Bm] [G] [C]
[A] [D] A stark and glistered Alice [F#m] Springs and a river runs with shame.
[Bm] And you wipe the [G] sheets of bulldung [A] from your eye.
[D] Another country's uniform [Bm] and the mirage it falls apart.
[G] Through the open [C] gap between the [A] truth and lies.
[F#m] [G] Go and see [A] your country [D] mate, the travel [G] agents scream.
[D]
Politicians sell it hard just [A] for a pastime.
[G]
Signs and [F#m] high white fences [D] hold the land where [G] I belong.
[D] As if I am in the outback [A] for the last time.
[G] [D]
[G] For the last time.
[D] For [G] the last time.
[D]
[G] For the last time.
[D] Uh huh.
[G] For the last time.
[D]
[G] For the last time.
[D] Uh huh.
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [D]
Key:
D
G
A
Bm
F#m
D
G
A
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] There's a corrugated highway leaning [A] north from Port Augusta lined [Bm] with ratted cars [G] that
didn't rate [A] a tow.
_ _ [D] Salt flames out of Pimba and [Bm] your eyes begin to stream onto [F#m] Kinyoona, huddled [C] dusty [A] by the road.
_ _ _ [D] Romantic notions shattered [A] like the tyres that didn't pack it.
[Bm] This has got to be [G] the country's last [A] frontier.
_ _ [D] Where are sports cars next to useless [Bm] running cattle grids and riverbeds?
[G] We drove a van [C] from [A] 1963.
_ _ _ [G] [D] Someone [A] mentioned walkabout [D] and kiss your job [G] goodbye.
_ _ [D] Just to see the country shimmer through [A] the windscreen.
Drinking [G] beer, telling [F#m] stories [D] while the laughter fills [G] the night. _ _
[D] And flex your times behind you like [A] a bad dream. _
_ [G] _ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[F#m] [D] You've got a flat on Anzac Highway [A] and Lawson on your shelf.
[Bm] It's a southern cup [G] for air conditioned [A] rage. _
[D] And a homestead's more than just a cheap [Bm] print dangling from a wall.
[G] And mateship's [C] more than lines upon [A] a page. _
[F#m] [G] We went looking for [A] Australia [D] in between the TV [G]
lines.
_ [D] The ABC just couldn't make [A] it real.
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] Colour documentary [D] from a beanbag [G] on the floor never [D] _ shows as much as it [A] conceals.
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] A stark and glistered Alice [F#m] Springs and a river runs with shame.
[Bm] And you wipe the [G] sheets of bulldung [A] from your eye.
_ _ [D] _ Another country's uniform [Bm] and the mirage it falls apart.
[G] Through the open [C] gap between the [A] truth and lies.
_ [F#m] _ [G] Go and see [A] your country [D] mate, the travel [G] agents scream.
_ [D] _
Politicians sell it hard just [A] for a pastime.
_ _ [G]
Signs and [F#m] high white fences [D] hold the land where [G] I belong. _
[D] As if I am in the outback [A] for the last time. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] For the last time.
_ _ [D] For _ [G] the last time.
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] For the last time.
[D] Uh huh. _
[G] For the last time.
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] For the last time.
[D] Uh huh. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] There's a corrugated highway leaning [A] north from Port Augusta lined [Bm] with ratted cars [G] that
didn't rate [A] a tow.
_ _ [D] Salt flames out of Pimba and [Bm] your eyes begin to stream onto [F#m] Kinyoona, huddled [C] dusty [A] by the road.
_ _ _ [D] Romantic notions shattered [A] like the tyres that didn't pack it.
[Bm] This has got to be [G] the country's last [A] frontier.
_ _ [D] Where are sports cars next to useless [Bm] running cattle grids and riverbeds?
[G] We drove a van [C] from [A] 1963.
_ _ _ [G] [D] Someone [A] mentioned walkabout [D] and kiss your job [G] goodbye.
_ _ [D] Just to see the country shimmer through [A] the windscreen.
Drinking [G] beer, telling [F#m] stories [D] while the laughter fills [G] the night. _ _
[D] And flex your times behind you like [A] a bad dream. _
_ [G] _ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[F#m] [D] You've got a flat on Anzac Highway [A] and Lawson on your shelf.
[Bm] It's a southern cup [G] for air conditioned [A] rage. _
[D] And a homestead's more than just a cheap [Bm] print dangling from a wall.
[G] And mateship's [C] more than lines upon [A] a page. _
[F#m] [G] We went looking for [A] Australia [D] in between the TV [G]
lines.
_ [D] The ABC just couldn't make [A] it real.
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] Colour documentary [D] from a beanbag [G] on the floor never [D] _ shows as much as it [A] conceals.
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] A stark and glistered Alice [F#m] Springs and a river runs with shame.
[Bm] And you wipe the [G] sheets of bulldung [A] from your eye.
_ _ [D] _ Another country's uniform [Bm] and the mirage it falls apart.
[G] Through the open [C] gap between the [A] truth and lies.
_ [F#m] _ [G] Go and see [A] your country [D] mate, the travel [G] agents scream.
_ [D] _
Politicians sell it hard just [A] for a pastime.
_ _ [G]
Signs and [F#m] high white fences [D] hold the land where [G] I belong. _
[D] As if I am in the outback [A] for the last time. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] For the last time.
_ _ [D] For _ [G] the last time.
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] For the last time.
[D] Uh huh. _
[G] For the last time.
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] For the last time.
[D] Uh huh. _
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