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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[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.
[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
Dm
C
Bb
Gm
F
Dm
C
_ _ [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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[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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