Slim Dusty – Dinkum Bushmans Hands (Guitar)
Capo 4
Key
-
Auto-scroll
Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
C C G E A7 D G
[Chorus]
G C G The fingers are cracked and twisted, D The nails are black an' are torn,
The backs are sunburnt to leather,
C G The palms are calloused and worn. C G They're bent to the shape of an old horse shoe, C G B7 They're rope burned, scarred and tanned, C G E But there's true strength in the hand shake, A7 D G Of a dinkum bushman's hands.
[Verse]
G C G You'll see them curled 'round a glass, C G Or swingin' in the midst of a fight, C G Or frozen blue on the night watch, A7 D On a long cold winter's night, C G But don't think they are unfeeling, C G They're not only rough and hard, D Oh, just watch the gentle way they work, C D G Handling a colt in the yard.
[Interlude]
A7 D G
[Verse]
C G They'll grip like a blue heeler's jaws, C G Impossible almost to shake free, C G But I've seen them pick up a tiger snake A7 D And crack it against a tree, C G And they can hang on through the hard times, C G To life in the back barren land, D Oh, but money has a way of slippin' through, C D G A dinkum bushman's hands.
[Chorus]
G C G The fingers are cracked and twisted, D The nails are black an' are torn,
The backs are sunburnt to leather,
C G The palms are calloused and worn. C G They're bent to the shape of an old horse shoe, C G B7 They're rope burned, scarred and tanned, C G E But there's true strength in the hand shake, A7 D G Of a dinkum bushman's hands.
[Verse]
G C G Have you noticed the hands of the desk man, C G They're more like a woman's to me, D Sheltered from wind and the blazing sun, A7 D In an office, down by the sea. C G I don't think they'll leave a big imprint, C G In the shapin' of this old land, D I like to think that more will be done, C D G By our dinkum bushman's hands.
[Chorus]
G C G The fingers are cracked and twisted, D The nails are black an' are torn,
The backs are sunburnt to leather,
C G The palms are calloused and worn. C G They're bent to the shape of an old horse shoe, C G B7 They're rope burned, scarred and tanned, C G E But there's true strength in the hand shake, A7 D G E Of a dinkum bushman's hands. A7 D G C G dinkum bushman's hands.