Road Train Blues Chords by Slim Dusty

Tempo:
116.05 bpm
Chords used:

F

Dm

C

Bb

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Slim Dusty - Road Train Blues chords
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[F] [Dm]
[C] [F]
Another [Dm] day is dawning [F] out on the [Dm] lonely plain, [F] Here am I a-droving [C] on the big beef train.
[F] There's drivers [Dm] there before [F] me, some [Dm] behind me too, [F] Just like me I know [C] they've got the road train [F]
blues.
You drive all night and listen to the engine drone, With [Bb] lots of time to think about the folk back home.
[F] I've always [Dm] been a [F] wanderer, had these [Dm] rambling [F] shoes, Guess that I was born to [Gm] know the [Am] road train [F] blues.
I'd better [Dm] stop and get [F] out, a careful [Dm] check to make, [F] I hope there's nothing going [C] or about to break.
[F] No time to [Dm] boil the billy, [F] got no [Dm] time to lose, [F] Gotta keep a-rolling [C] with my road train [F] blues.
You drive all night and listen to the engine drone, [Bb] With lots of time to think about the folk [Dm] back home.
[F] I've always [Dm] been a [F] wanderer, had these [Dm] rambling shoes, [F] Guess that I was born to [C] know the road [F] train blues.
I'll bet in [Dm] every wagon [F] there's a beast [Dm] that's down, [F] You've gotta get him on his [C] feet and turned around.
[F] You sweat and [Dm] curse and struggle, [F] get knocked [Dm] about and bruised, [F] Your temper's getting shorter [C] with the road train [F] blues.
You drive all night and listen to the engine drone, [Bb] With lots of time to think about the folk back home.
[F] I've always [Dm] been a [F] wanderer, had these [Dm] rambling shoes, [F] Guess that I was born to [C] know the road [F] train blues.
Your eyes are [Dm] nearly blinded [F] by the red [Dm] bull dust, [F] I hope there's [C] nothing going or about to bust.
[F] Tourist [Dm] buses passing [F] on a [Dm] pleasure cruise, [F] They wave and seem to mock your [C] rolling road train [F] blues.
You drive all night and listen to the engine drone, [Bb] With lots of time to think about the folk back home.
[F] I've always been [Dm] a wanderer, had these rambling [Dm] shoes, [F] Guess that I was born to know [C] the road train [F] blues.
I guess that I was born to know [C] the road train [F] blues.
Key:  
F
134211111
Dm
2311
C
3211
Bb
12341111
Gm
123111113
F
134211111
Dm
2311
C
3211
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To learn Slim Dusty - (Live From Australia/1966/1996 Digital Remaster) Road Train Blues chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: C, F, C, F, Dm and F. A strategic approach would be to train at 58 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 116. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: F Major.

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_ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ Another [Dm] day is dawning [F] out on the [Dm] lonely plain, [F] Here am I a-droving [C] on the big beef train.
[F] There's drivers [Dm] there before [F] me, some [Dm] behind me too, [F] Just like me I know [C] they've got the road train _ [F]
blues.
You drive all night and listen to the engine drone, With [Bb] lots of time to think about the folk back home.
[F] I've always [Dm] been a [F] wanderer, had these [Dm] rambling [F] shoes, Guess that I was born to [Gm] know the [Am] road train [F] blues.
_ _ _ _ _ _
I'd better [Dm] stop and get [F] out, a careful [Dm] check to make, [F] I hope there's nothing going [C] or about to break.
[F] No time to [Dm] boil the billy, [F] got no [Dm] time to lose, [F] Gotta keep a-rolling [C] with my road train [F] blues. _
You drive all night and listen to the engine drone, [Bb] With lots of time to think about the folk [Dm] back home.
[F] I've always [Dm] been a [F] wanderer, had these [Dm] rambling shoes, [F] Guess that I was born to [C] know the road _ [F] train blues. _ _
_ _ _ I'll bet in [Dm] every wagon [F] there's a beast [Dm] that's down, [F] You've gotta get him on his [C] feet and turned around.
[F] You sweat and [Dm] curse and struggle, [F] get knocked [Dm] about and bruised, [F] Your temper's getting shorter [C] with the road train [F] blues.
_ You drive all night and listen to the engine drone, [Bb] With lots of time to think about the folk back home.
[F] I've always [Dm] been a [F] wanderer, had these [Dm] rambling shoes, [F] Guess that I was born to [C] know the road _ [F] train blues. _ _ _ _
_ Your eyes are [Dm] nearly blinded [F] by the red [Dm] bull dust, [F] I hope there's [C] nothing going or about to bust. _
[F] Tourist [Dm] buses passing [F] on a [Dm] pleasure cruise, [F] They wave and seem to mock your [C] rolling road train [F] blues.
_ You drive all night and listen to the engine drone, [Bb] With lots of time to think about the folk back home.
[F] I've always been [Dm] a wanderer, had these rambling [Dm] shoes, [F] Guess that I was born to know [C] the road train [F] blues. _
I guess that I was born to know [C] the road _ train _ [F] blues. _ _ _
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