Slim Dusty – Axe Mark On A Gidgee (Guitar)

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[Intro] A E D A [Verse]
     A
With horse bells to keep me company and the waters to flow near me,

                                                    E
Just an axe mark on a gidgee, I don't want no fancy grave,
Somewhere out there on the Cooper, there's a quiet spot near the nine mile,
                                                           A      A7
Where the ringers go each muster, when the gidgee blossoms wave.
[Verse]
        D
Let the wild horse and the clean skin and the brown bee in the clover,

                                                      E
Let the wood duck and the emu, all bear witness to my tomb,
Near that quiet spot at the nine mile make an axe mark on a gidgee,
                                                       A
Let my shrine be always centred, by the western gidgee blooms.
[Instrumental] A E A [Verse]
        A
Make an axe mark on a gidgee, I've no wish for marble headstones,

                                                       E
I've no kin in distant places, who may shed a tear and claim,
I was someone who I wasn't, well you know the way I feel mate,
                                                 A      A7
Just an axe mark on a gidgee and initials for my name.
[Verse]
           D
And in the middle of each muster, when the camp is by the nine mark,

                                                             E
When the steers are being ready and those sand hills flowers wave,
Try and find the time one evenin' to come by where I'll be sleeping
                                                     A
Where an axe mark on a gidgee by the Cooper marks my grave.
[Interlude] E A A7 [Verse]
        D
Let the wild horse and the clean skin and the brown bee in the clover,

                                                      E
Let the wood duck and the emu, all bear witness to my tomb,
Near that quiet spot at the nine mile make an axe mark on a gidgee,
                                                       A      D   A
Let my shrine be always centred, by the western gidgee blooms.