Slim Dusty – Never Was At All (Guitar)

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Can Play with capo on 1st Fret however you can get away without it. [Intro] D G D A [Verse 1]
D                               G                 D
They say I'm getting older and my hair is turnin' grey

                                               A
They say I should be slowing down, give it all away

D                        G               D
Living like a gypsy doesn't bother me at all

        G            D                A             D
And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'
[Verse 2]
  D                                 G                D
Now, I could've been a shearer and I could've been a vet

                                                A
Could've been a lot of things, of this much you can bet

 D                               G                D
A man can sit there hangin' like a picture on the wall

        G            D               A              D
But I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'
[Chorus]
      G                             D
Oh, Id sooner be 'has been' than a 'never was at all'

                                    A
All my life I had a go, really had a ball

  G                  D                              G
If you don't climb the ladder, mate, then you can never fall

                   D                 A              D
And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'
[Solo] D G D A [Verse 3]
    D                               G                  D
When I look at that old suitcase and I think of how it was

                                                         A
The bad times and the good times, hey, and we did it just because

  D                        G                D
I know I had to try it and today I'm standing tall

          G            D              A               D
Cause I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'
[Verse 4]
   D                                  G                 D
Now, you won't reach the finish line if you don't ever start

                                                         A
You'll never live and you'll never love if you don't have a heart

   D                                   G                D
So don't just sit there whinging mate, it's no damn good at all

         G           D               A              D
And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'
[Chorus]
      G                             D
Oh, Id sooner be 'has been' than a 'never was at all'

                                       A
Give it everything I'd got, really had a ball

  G                  D                              G
If you don't climb the ladder, mate, then you can never fall

                     D               A              D
And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'

        G          D                A               D
And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'

   G            A         D
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