Slim Dusty – Hard And Calloused Hands (Guitar)

        G              G7             C               G
Now she doesn’t rate a mention in the nation’s social pages

                                         D
And I doubt she’s gonna make the hall of fame

    G                  B7            E
And she’s no corporate cowboy asking ransoms for her wages

    A7                            D
But she's a golden asset just the same.

         G                     B7           C               G
When the kiddies flush, you’ll find her out on the ballroom floor

                          A7              D
In a slump she’ll pick up on the shearing stand

       G               B7               C             A7
She’ll mend a fence or help to pull the casing from a bore

          G              D                  G
She’s the woman with the hard and calloused hands.

        D                           G
She’s a lover and a mother, she’s a hardcase at a party

       D                              G
But in trouble she’s a steady helpin’ hand

        D              B7      Em
Oh, she doesn’t put on airs or play the tinsel smarty

          G                 D                  Em    A7
She’s the soul mate of this wide and far-flung land.

          G              D                  G
She’s the woman with the hard and calloused hands.

    G                                       C              G
She toiled beside the tank stream when they settled Sydney town

                                         D
When the wagons headed westward, she was there

        G            B7            E
Still undaunted at Eureka when the diggers flag came down

    A7                             D
The injured knew her tender loving care.

             G                     B7               C                   G
An’ when the settlers pushed their cattle and their spreading flocks of sheep

                          A7             D
Through brutal scrubs and burning desert sands

    G                B7           C             A7
The care of camp and children was safely in her keep

          G              D                  G
She’s the woman with the hard and calloused hands.

        D                           G
She’s a lover and a mother, she’s a hardcase at a party

       D                              G
But in trouble she’s a steady helpin’ hand

        D              B7      Em
Oh, she doesn’t put on airs or play the tinsel smarty

          G                 D                  Em    A7
She’s the soul mate of this wide and far-flung land.

          G              D                  G
She’s the woman with the hard and calloused hands.

    G                  G7                 C             G
Oh, she’ll pick up the pieces when you’re torn apart by fate

                                  D
She doesn’t know the meaning of despair

       G               B7          E
She’ll keep the ledger straight or be a truckies mate

       A7                                     D
If its shoulders to the wheel, then she’ll be there

         G                  B7               C                   G
Yes, she marched beside the ANZACs when they shouldered arms for war

                       A7               D
To the diggers she was pride of all the land

          G              B7          C              A7
She’s the all Australian woman and a battler to the core

          G              D                  G
She’s the woman with the hard and calloused hands.

        D                           G
She’s a lover and a mother, she’s a hardcase at a party

       D                              G
But in trouble she’s a steady helpin’ hand

        D              B7      Em
Oh, she doesn’t put on airs or play the tinsel smarty

          G                 D                  Em    A7
She’s the soul mate of this wide and far-flung land.

          G              D                  G
She’s the woman with the hard and calloused hands.

          G              D                  G        G
She’s the woman with the hard and calloused hands.