Chords for Slim Dusty - Somewhere up in Queensland w/lyrics
Tempo:
94.1 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
Ab
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [C] [Eb] Now Billy was a blacksmith [Bb] in the year of [Eb] 42.
[Ab] He went right out of business, there was no [Eb] horses to shoo.
[Ab] He packed his few belongings when the leaves began [Eb] to fall.
He was going up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
He had a horse and sulky [Bb] and an old blue [Eb] heeled dove.
[Ab] They headed ever northward with steady [Eb] old jig jog.
[Ab] They camped beside the river near the willows [Eb] green and tall as they headed up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
One day as they were driving [Bb] the owl [Eb] was dragged along.
[Ab] He joined the friendly bush birds in their pleasant [Eb] mountain song.
[Ab] He overtook a stranger who had his wagon [Eb] o'er.
He was tramping up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
Now Billy said to the stranger, [Bb] would you like to [Eb] take a ride?
[Ab] You can hop up in the sulky if it won't hurt [Eb] your pride.
[Ab] The stranger thanked him kindly and climbed into a [Eb] seat where they talked about their livelihood [Bb] and the fellas that [Eb] you meet.
[Bb] [Eb] The stranger said I'm Jimmy [Bb] and I was the [Eb] shearer's mate.
[Ab] Oh but the big contractors they say I'm [Eb] out of date.
[Ab] I kind of got discouraged so I rolled my [Eb] swag and all and I'm heading up to [Bb] Queensland just to any place [Eb] at all.
The two became good cobblers [Bb] as the weeks they [Eb] rolled around.
[Ab] They went over the border and through the Darling [Eb] [Ab] Downs.
They camped beside the river of the town I [Eb] can't recall but it was somewhere up in [Bb] Queensland at any [Eb] place at all.
Next morning they were waken [Bb] with [Eb] horses all around.
They [Ab] saw the same old hitching rails and thistle [Eb] out back town.
[Ab] Then Billy said to Jimmy in his old familiar [Eb] drawl, I think we'll settle down [Bb] here good as any [Eb] place at all.
They soon rented a stable [Bb] and a shed [Eb] without a floor.
[Ab] Jimmy fixed the sign up and he nailed it on [Eb] the door.
[Ab] He'd read blacksmith and shew and done no job too [Eb] big or small and it was somewhere up in [Bb] Queensland at any [Eb] place at all.
[Bb] [Eb] They had a booming business [Bb] and stayed that [Eb] way for years.
[Ab] Billy did the shewing while Jimmy [Eb] dressed the shears.
[Ab] And if you chance to meet them this story they'll [Eb] recall when they headed up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
When they headed up to Queensland just [Bb] to any [Eb] place at all.
When they headed up to Queensland [Bb] just to any place [Eb] at all.
[Ab] He went right out of business, there was no [Eb] horses to shoo.
[Ab] He packed his few belongings when the leaves began [Eb] to fall.
He was going up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
He had a horse and sulky [Bb] and an old blue [Eb] heeled dove.
[Ab] They headed ever northward with steady [Eb] old jig jog.
[Ab] They camped beside the river near the willows [Eb] green and tall as they headed up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
One day as they were driving [Bb] the owl [Eb] was dragged along.
[Ab] He joined the friendly bush birds in their pleasant [Eb] mountain song.
[Ab] He overtook a stranger who had his wagon [Eb] o'er.
He was tramping up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
Now Billy said to the stranger, [Bb] would you like to [Eb] take a ride?
[Ab] You can hop up in the sulky if it won't hurt [Eb] your pride.
[Ab] The stranger thanked him kindly and climbed into a [Eb] seat where they talked about their livelihood [Bb] and the fellas that [Eb] you meet.
[Bb] [Eb] The stranger said I'm Jimmy [Bb] and I was the [Eb] shearer's mate.
[Ab] Oh but the big contractors they say I'm [Eb] out of date.
[Ab] I kind of got discouraged so I rolled my [Eb] swag and all and I'm heading up to [Bb] Queensland just to any place [Eb] at all.
The two became good cobblers [Bb] as the weeks they [Eb] rolled around.
[Ab] They went over the border and through the Darling [Eb] [Ab] Downs.
They camped beside the river of the town I [Eb] can't recall but it was somewhere up in [Bb] Queensland at any [Eb] place at all.
Next morning they were waken [Bb] with [Eb] horses all around.
They [Ab] saw the same old hitching rails and thistle [Eb] out back town.
[Ab] Then Billy said to Jimmy in his old familiar [Eb] drawl, I think we'll settle down [Bb] here good as any [Eb] place at all.
They soon rented a stable [Bb] and a shed [Eb] without a floor.
[Ab] Jimmy fixed the sign up and he nailed it on [Eb] the door.
[Ab] He'd read blacksmith and shew and done no job too [Eb] big or small and it was somewhere up in [Bb] Queensland at any [Eb] place at all.
[Bb] [Eb] They had a booming business [Bb] and stayed that [Eb] way for years.
[Ab] Billy did the shewing while Jimmy [Eb] dressed the shears.
[Ab] And if you chance to meet them this story they'll [Eb] recall when they headed up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
When they headed up to Queensland just [Bb] to any [Eb] place at all.
When they headed up to Queensland [Bb] just to any place [Eb] at all.
Key:
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Bb
Ab
C
Eb
Bb
Ab
C
[Bb] _ [C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ Now Billy was a blacksmith [Bb] in the year of [Eb] 42.
[Ab] He went right out of business, there was no [Eb] horses to shoo.
[Ab] He packed his few belongings when the leaves began [Eb] to fall.
He was going up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
He had a horse and sulky [Bb] and an old blue [Eb] heeled dove.
[Ab] They headed ever northward with steady [Eb] old jig jog.
[Ab] They camped beside the river near the willows [Eb] green and tall as they headed up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
One day as they were driving [Bb] the owl [Eb] was dragged along.
[Ab] He joined the friendly bush birds in their pleasant [Eb] mountain song.
[Ab] He overtook a stranger who had his wagon [Eb] o'er.
He was tramping up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
_ Now Billy said to the stranger, [Bb] would you like to [Eb] take a ride?
[Ab] You can hop up in the sulky if it won't hurt [Eb] your pride.
[Ab] The stranger thanked him kindly and climbed into a [Eb] seat where they talked about their livelihood [Bb] and the fellas that [Eb] you meet. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ The stranger said I'm Jimmy [Bb] and I was the [Eb] shearer's mate.
[Ab] Oh but the big contractors they say I'm [Eb] out of date.
[Ab] I kind of got discouraged so I rolled my [Eb] swag and all and I'm heading up to [Bb] Queensland just to any place [Eb] at all.
The two became good cobblers [Bb] as the weeks they [Eb] rolled around.
[Ab] They went over the border and through the Darling [Eb] [Ab] Downs.
They camped beside the river of the town I [Eb] can't recall but it was somewhere up in [Bb] Queensland at any [Eb] place at all.
Next morning they were waken [Bb] with [Eb] horses all around.
They [Ab] saw the same old hitching rails and thistle [Eb] out back town.
[Ab] Then Billy said to Jimmy in his old familiar [Eb] drawl, I think we'll settle down [Bb] here good as any [Eb] place at all.
_ They soon rented a stable [Bb] and a shed [Eb] without a floor.
[Ab] Jimmy fixed the sign up and he nailed it on [Eb] the door.
[Ab] He'd read blacksmith and shew and done no job too [Eb] big or small and it was somewhere up in [Bb] Queensland at any [Eb] place at all. _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ They had a booming business [Bb] and stayed that [Eb] way for years.
[Ab] Billy did the shewing while Jimmy [Eb] dressed the shears.
[Ab] And if you chance to meet them this story they'll [Eb] recall when they headed up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
_ When they headed up to Queensland just [Bb] to any [Eb] place at all.
When they headed up to Queensland [Bb] just to any place [Eb] at all. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] He went right out of business, there was no [Eb] horses to shoo.
[Ab] He packed his few belongings when the leaves began [Eb] to fall.
He was going up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
He had a horse and sulky [Bb] and an old blue [Eb] heeled dove.
[Ab] They headed ever northward with steady [Eb] old jig jog.
[Ab] They camped beside the river near the willows [Eb] green and tall as they headed up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
One day as they were driving [Bb] the owl [Eb] was dragged along.
[Ab] He joined the friendly bush birds in their pleasant [Eb] mountain song.
[Ab] He overtook a stranger who had his wagon [Eb] o'er.
He was tramping up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
_ Now Billy said to the stranger, [Bb] would you like to [Eb] take a ride?
[Ab] You can hop up in the sulky if it won't hurt [Eb] your pride.
[Ab] The stranger thanked him kindly and climbed into a [Eb] seat where they talked about their livelihood [Bb] and the fellas that [Eb] you meet. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ The stranger said I'm Jimmy [Bb] and I was the [Eb] shearer's mate.
[Ab] Oh but the big contractors they say I'm [Eb] out of date.
[Ab] I kind of got discouraged so I rolled my [Eb] swag and all and I'm heading up to [Bb] Queensland just to any place [Eb] at all.
The two became good cobblers [Bb] as the weeks they [Eb] rolled around.
[Ab] They went over the border and through the Darling [Eb] [Ab] Downs.
They camped beside the river of the town I [Eb] can't recall but it was somewhere up in [Bb] Queensland at any [Eb] place at all.
Next morning they were waken [Bb] with [Eb] horses all around.
They [Ab] saw the same old hitching rails and thistle [Eb] out back town.
[Ab] Then Billy said to Jimmy in his old familiar [Eb] drawl, I think we'll settle down [Bb] here good as any [Eb] place at all.
_ They soon rented a stable [Bb] and a shed [Eb] without a floor.
[Ab] Jimmy fixed the sign up and he nailed it on [Eb] the door.
[Ab] He'd read blacksmith and shew and done no job too [Eb] big or small and it was somewhere up in [Bb] Queensland at any [Eb] place at all. _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ They had a booming business [Bb] and stayed that [Eb] way for years.
[Ab] Billy did the shewing while Jimmy [Eb] dressed the shears.
[Ab] And if you chance to meet them this story they'll [Eb] recall when they headed up to Queensland [Bb] just to any [Eb] place at all.
_ When they headed up to Queensland just [Bb] to any [Eb] place at all.
When they headed up to Queensland [Bb] just to any place [Eb] at all. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _