Slim Dusty – Kellys Offsider (Guitar)

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Well, they told me tonight that Kelly's offsider just died,

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I put my head in my hands and I just couldn't help but, I cried;

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And its's no use you telling me now that's the way of all life,

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Kind of different with Kelly, cause the Offsider was his wife.

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It was just a nickname the truckies all knew her by,

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we'd all give her a wave and a blast of the horn as we'd fly;

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And if Kelly pulled over and stopped by the road for a spell

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Kelly's grin and the Offsider's smile made us pull in as well

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Well, the Offsider rode all the highways there were to ride,

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Nowhere in the world was she happy but by Kelly's side:

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And after a while we all said that she brought us good luck

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But to them the whole world was the cabin of a roaring truck

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So it's hard to take in that Kelly's offsider just died,

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But Kelly's gonna take his Offsider for one last ride,

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With a casket of ashes and a semi that's rolling slow,

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Kelly's heading for a place on the highway the truckies all know.

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And he'll be leaving her where the tall trees bend and sigh

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Where she won't be lonely cause she'll hear the big wheels rolling by

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And the sound of the horns from the trucks passing day and night

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Kelly's Offsider will be riding with him till he dies

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Well they told me tonight that Kelly's offsider just died,

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I put my head in my hands and I just couldn't help but, I cried;

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And its's no use you telling me now that's the way of all life,

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Kind of different with Kelly, cause the Offsider was his wife.

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Oh kind a different with Kelly cause the Offsider was his wife