Slim Dusty – Mechanised Swaggie (Guitar)

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[Intro] G C G D A7 A7 G A7 D [Verse]
      D                                A7     D
I'm a mechanised swaggie in a Kenworth T-Nine-Fifty

  A7
I haul big freight across the paddock to Perth
Me and my girl share the wheel and the berth
       G             A7          D
We can make it in 48 hours, from Sydney.
[Verse]
  D                                A7       D
I used to like hearing my dad tell of the depression

A7
Lookin' for work and getting knocked back
Shouldered his swag and took to the track
G                       A7                     D
Remembers each camp and every good cook on the stations.
[Chorus]
    G          C           D
But times have changed old timer

    G          C          D
The years have passed you by

G           C     D
Some things never alter at all

                A7
Let me tell you why;
[Verse]
    D                            A7      D
The dusty roads you tramped, are now all highways

    A7
The road camp now, a sleeper cab
The billy of tea, a quick coffee we grab
  G                         A7                    D                      G
I live on the road, I’m the mechanised swaggie of this day.(let’s go now)
[Instrumental] D D D D A7 A7 A7 A7 G A7 D [Chorus]
     G           C           D
Yeah things have changed old timer

    G           C         D
And yet they’re still the same

    G         C      D
The Swaggie's old tradition lives on

                A7
In the truckin' game.
[Verse]
            D                                A7     D
Cause I'm a mechanised swaggie in a Kenworth T-Nine-Fifty

A7
Checkin' the gauges and the axle weights
Listening to the sound of the Jacob's brake
   G                           A7                     D
We live on the road, we’re the mechanized swaggies of this day. Hey!
[Verse]
      D                                A7     D
I'm a mechanised swaggie in a Kenworth T-Nine-Fifty

  A7
I haul big freight across the paddock to Perth
Me and my girl share the wheel and the berth
   G                           A7                     D             G D
We live on the road, we’re the mechanized swaggies of this day. Hey!
[Instrumental] D D D D A7 A7 A7 A7 G A7 D D D D D A7 A7 A7 A7
G        A7                          D
    Lets put the Jacob's break on now

D     D  D  D
  Yeah.
A7 A7 A7 A7 G A7 D