Slim Dusty – One Truckies Epitaph (Guitar Live)

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[Intro] N.C. We got our twin fiddlers all lined up there. I hope nobody gets their eye poked out. N.C. But this is a true story. And it was told to us by a young fella, 'bout his dad. N.C. Who was tragically killed in his truck. One we call 'One Truckie's Epitaph' N.C. Goes like this right now. [Intro] D [Verse]

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My Dad drove a rig on the northcoast run

and we'd go along for the ride, me and Mum

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but most of the time we'd be home just awaitin' for Dad

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He'd pull in the yard, make the engine roar

blast the horn as he slammed the door

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and we'd hear that old country music turned up loud

[Verse]

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And when he first heard the song about 'Lights on the Hill'

he played it non-stop and he loved it still

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but told me it happens on the highway all of the time

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He said if ever I run into the old S.D.

I'm gunna tell him a few things that's happened to me

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cause there might be a song in this old life of mine

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So I thought I'd drop you a line to tell you of Dad

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about all the tapes and records he had

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cause he won't be around anymore to meet the old S.D.

[Verse]

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And when they pulled him from the wreck by the riverside

'Lights on the Hill' was playin' when he died

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and that song was the one that he heard the last

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You never believe it could happen to you

but that's the one time it really came true

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and 'Lights on the Hill' was one truckie's epitaph. Here we go. Twin Fiddles now. Hey

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So I thought I'd drop you a line to tell you of Dad

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about all the tapes and records he had

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cause he won't be around anymore to meet the old S.D.

[Verse]

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And when they pulled him from the wreck by the riverside

'Lights on the Hill' was playin' when he died

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and that song was the one that he heard the last

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You never believe it could happen to you

but that's the one time it really came true

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and 'Lights on the Hill' was one truckie's epitaph. Hey

[Tag]

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yeah, 'Lights on the Hill' was one truckie's epitaph. Here we go.

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