Slim Dusty – Abalinga Mail (Guitar)
Capo 6
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
D G
[Verse 1]
G D My name is Bluey Simpson well how yer goin' mate? G I've been conductor on this train since nineteen twenty-eight D I hope you're in no hurry, sport, sit down and settle back G They call the Abalinga Mail the snail of the outback
[Chorus]
C G Ah, the Abalinga mail my oath she's slow D G And I should be the one to know C G It's no good you goin' crook I tell you son D G 'Cause if you're really in a hurry then you better get out an' run.
[Interlude]
D G
[Verse 2]
G D We once took on two hundred lambs only eight weeks old G They were headed clear across the state to the place where they'd been sold D That trip was takin' so damn long, I didn't think we'd rear 'em G Ah, we had to stop three flamin' times and take 'em off and shear 'em
[Interlude]
C G D D G
[Verse 3]
G D Two newly weds got on one year in the early part of June G They were headed for the seaside for a happy honeymoon D Now I wouldn't say the trip was slow, but I think it was no use G Well by the time we reached the coast their divorce had just come through
[Chorus]
C G Ah, the Abalinga mail my oath she's slow D G And I should be the one to know C G It's no good you goin' crook I tell you son D G 'Cause if you're really in a hurry then you better get out an' run.
[Interlude]
D G
[Verse 4]
G D We made the outback with some Sydney papers late last year G And the people on the cattle stations gave a mighty cheer D They longed to read the latest news from the great big world outside G But they got a dreadful shock to learn that Pharlap he had died, Oh!
[Chorus]
C G Ah, the Abalinga mail my oath she's slow D G And I should be the one to know C G It's no good you goin' crook I tell you son D G 'Cause if you're really in a hurry then you better get out an' run.
[Tag]
D G C G G And if you're really in a hurry then you better get out an' run.
[Outro]
G