Never Was At All Chords by Slim Dusty

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They say I'm getting older and [Ab] my hair is turning [Eb] gray
They say I should be slowing down and give it all [Bb] away
[Eb] Living like a gypsy [Ab] doesn't bother me [Eb] at all
And [Ab] I'd sooner be [Eb] a has-been [Bb] than a never was [Eb] at all
_ _ _ Now I could have been a shearer [Ab] and I could have been [Eb] a vet
Could have been a lot of things but this much you [Bb] can bet
[Eb] A man can sit there hanging [Ab] like a picture on [Eb] the wall
But [Ab] I'd sooner be [Eb] a has-been [Bb] than a never was [Eb] at all
_ Oh, [Ab] I'd sooner be a has-been [Eb] than a never was at all
All my life I had a go and really [Bb] had a ball
[Ab] If you don't [Eb] climb the ladder, mate, then you can [Ab] never fall
And I'd sooner be [Eb] a has-been [Bb] than a never was [Eb] at all
When [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ I look at that old suitcase [Ab] and I think of how [Eb] it was
The bad times and the good times, eh, and we did it just [Bb] because
[Eb] I know I had to try it [Ab] and today I'm standing [Eb] tall
Cause [Ab] I'd sooner be [Eb] a has-been [Bb] than a never was [Eb] at all _ _ _ _
Now you won't reach the finish line [Ab] if you don't [Eb] have a start
You'll never live and you'll never love if you don't [Bb] have a heart
_ [Eb] So don't just sit there whinging, mate, [Ab] it's no damn [Eb] good at all
And [Ab] I'd sooner be [Eb] a has-been [Bb] than a never was [Eb] at all
Oh, [Ab] I'd sooner be a has-been [Eb] than a never was at all
_ Give it everything I've got, [Cm] really had [Bb] a ball
[Ab] If you don't climb [Eb] the ladder, mate, then you can never [Ab] fall
And I'd sooner be a [Eb] has-been than [Bb] a never was [Eb] at all
And [Ab] I'd sooner be a [Eb] has [Bb]-been than a never was [Eb] at all _
[Ab] Oh, today, [Eb] oh, today, oh, today _ _