Slim Dusty – Territory Ringer (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

Notes: [Intro] G A7 D G [Verse 1]
G                             A7                                             
I was born on the Murranji, I tell yer mate Im a Dinki-di 

D                              G     D
Ringer from the northern territ'ry

   G                                A7
My mother raised me on the track my daddy never did come back

       D                         G
So I'm not too sure about my pedigree
[Verse 2]
    G                                     A7
But I'm a bloke whats knocked around I've seen the city seen the towns

    D                                G    D
And I'm well known in social circles too

       G                     A7
At the Mataranka races I get up and show my faces

        D                           G
And the ladies take in everything I do
[Verse 3]
           G                           A7
Yeah, I've drank Georgina water and I crossed the Queensland border

         D                                    G     D
And I've dance the claypan boogie through the night

     G                                A7
Been drovin down the Cooper and while in a drunken stupor

        D                                 G             
With my beery breath blew out the min min light. Play there Charlie
[Instrumental] G A7 D G D G A7 D G [Verse 4]
         G                                   A7
Oh, I've boiled my quart with a combihole, a haunted place so I've been told

    D                              G    D
But all I saw was a Bunyip and his mate

          G                           A7
They were lazin' 'neath the coolibah, yarnin' with a mad galah

        D                             G
While a pelican was fishin' round for bait.
[Verse 5]
      G                              A7
Oh, I lost my heart to Julia creek a western beauty so to speak

    D                              G     D 
But I overstayed my welcome there abouts

    G                              A7     
She heard me mention Alice Springs told me where to put my ring

    D                               G
And old man Sandy Flinders threw me out
[Verse 6]
     G                                    A7
So I rolled my swag and I hit the track I never stopped I never looked back

     D                          G    D
Till I was in the Northern Territ'ry

    G                            A7
I'm never gonna roam no more I'm gonna live till I'm 94

         D                                    G
And if I ain't dead then you can come and bury me. Here we go again Charlie
[Interlude] G A7 D G [Verse 7]
    G                              A7
Oh, roll me up in my old swag wrap tie me down with a hobble strap

D                                       G   D
Lay me deep where the dogs can't dig me up

    G                                A
And I dont care where you bury me as long as its in the Territory

    D                          G
And not too far from Mataranka pub
[Verse 8]
         G                             A7
Oh, I've drank Georgina water and I've crossed the Queensland border

         D                                    G     D
And I've dance the claypan boogie through the night

     G                                A7
Been drovin down the Cooper and while in a drunken stupor

        D                                 G             
With my beery breath blew out the min min light. That's it theres no more.
[Outro] G A7 D G G