Slim Dusty – One Truckies Epitaph (Guitar)

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[Intro] E [Verse 1]
E
My Dad drove a rig on the north-coast run,
And we'd go along for the ride, me and mum,
    A                                                E    B
But most of the time we were home just a-waitin' for dad.

     E
He'd pull in the yard, make the engine roar,
Blast the horn as he slammed the door,
         F#                                    B7
And we'd hear that old country music turned up loud.
[Verse 2]
        E
When he first heard the song about lights on the hill,
He played it non stop and he loved it still,
   A                                            E     B
He told me it happens on the highway all of the time.

           E
He said if ever I run into the old S.D,
I'm gonna tell him a few things that's happened to me,
            F#                 B7               E
Cause there might be a song in this old life of mine!
[Bridge]
B
So I thought id drop a line, to tell your dad,

E
About all the tapes and records he had,

         F#                                        B
Cause he won't be around anymore to meet the old S.D.
[Chorus]
          E
When they pulled him from the wreck by the riverside,
Lights on the hill was playin' when he died,
A                                       E     B
That song was the one that he heard the last.

          E
You would never believe it could happen to you,
But that's the one time it really came true,
    F#
And lights on the hill,

    B                E
Was one truckies epitaph,
[Instrumental] E A E B E F# B E [Bridge]
B
So I thought id drop a line, to tell your dad,

E
About all the tapes and records he had,

         F#                                        B
Cause he won't be around anymore to meet the old S.D.
[Chorus]
          E
When they pulled him from the wreck by the riverside,
Lights on the hill was playin' when he died,
A                                       E     B
That song was the one that he heard the last.

          E
You would never believe it could happen to you,
But that's the one time it really came true,
    F#
And lights on the hill,

    B                E
Was one truckies epitaph,

      F#
Yeah, lights on the hill,

    B                E
Was one truckies epitaph
[Outro] E A B E A B