Slim Dusty – The Mad Cook (Guitar)

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[Intro]
        G                   D                   G
e|-----|---3-----|---3-----|---2---2-|---2-----|---3---3-|
B|-----|---0-----|-0-0-----|---3---3-|---3-----|---0---0-|
G|-----|---0-2-3-|---0-----|---2---2-|---2-----|---0---0-|
D|-----|-0-------|---------|-0-----0-|-0-------|---0-0---|
A|-1-2-|---------|------023|-----0---|-----1-0-|---2-----|
E|-----|---------|-----3---|---------|---------|-3-------|
[Verse]
    G                                   C                  G
The old time cooks of stock camps, they take their jobs to heart

                                         A7              D
So I knew that something had occurred to give our cook a start.

   G                              C               G
He shivered like a dingo that had took a poisoned bait

       C                  G               D                 G
Cursed heaven, earth, and angels, all the souls in hell and fate
[Verse]
     D                                     A7
Then shook his fist and muttered, tore his hair and scratched his head

                                                              D
He stamped his feet and shouted, "someone's doped the flamin' bread"

      G                                A7
For a little while he pondered then he started off again

      D                                                   G
And I sat and thought in silence if the poor old chap was sane.
[Chorus]
         G                                C              G
Yes, our cook was in a rage it seemed for what I did not know

                             A7              D
What him so cantankerous and gave him such a blow

      G                              A7
But I knew I'd better watch it if he came to close to me

         D                                               G
For this chorus would be ended and this song would never be

[Interlude]
        D                   G
e|-----|---2---2-|---2-----|---3---3-|
B|-----|---3---3-|---3-----|---0---0-|
G|-----|---2---2-|---2-----|---0---0-|
D|-----|-0-----0-|-0-------|---0-0---|
A|-1-2-|-----0---|-----1-0-|---2-----|
E|-----|---------|---------|-3-------|
[Verse]
G                             C                 G
Next he took a sidestep and careered around the packs

                                 A7                  D
Sort of doubled up with pain and grabbed the flamin' axe

   G                                C             G
He turned upon the horse tailor who bolted like a shot

    C                        G             D                G
And consigned the whole damn outfit to the regions that are hot
[Verse]
D                              A7
Next he talked of mongrels and deadbeats that he knew

                                                       D
His curses gettin‘ close to home as round the packs he flew

    G                          A7
His rage was so tremendous I'd thought he'd bust a vein

         D                                           G
For he'd really now convinced me that he truly was insane, hey.
[Chorus]
         G                                C              G
Yes, our cook was in a rage it seemed for what I did not know

                             A7              D
What him so cantankerous and gave him such a blow

      G                              A7
But I knew I'd better watch it if he came to close to me

         D                                               G
For this chorus would be ended and this song would never be.

[Interlude]
        D                   G
e|-----|---2---2-|---2-----|---3---3-|
B|-----|---3---3-|---3-----|---0---0-|
G|-----|---2---2-|---2-----|---0---0-|
D|-----|-0-----0-|-0-------|---0-0---|
A|-1-2-|-----0---|-----1-0-|---2-----|
E|-----|---------|---------|-3-------|
[Verse]
   G                            C                G
He ran around the campfire then kicked the billy can

                                     A7               D
He must have hurt his toe because he limped now as he ran

         G                                C                G
And this calmed him down a little bit and brought him to a halt

       C                 G              D              G
But he scattered all the pepper out and threw away the salt
[Verse]
        D                          A7
All the flour in the pack bags was emptied out as well

                                                    D
Then he collapsed unconscious and lay down where he fell

       G                                  A7
Oh, he wasn't a bad old chap at heart and harmful not the least

        D                                                     G
Oh, the trouble was he'd set the bread but forgot the flamin' yeast.
[Chorus]
         G                                C              G
Yes, our cook was in a rage it seemed for what I did not know

                             A7              D
What him so cantankerous and gave him such a blow

      G                              A7
But I knew I'd better watch it if he came to close to me

         D                                               G
For this chorus would be ended and this song would never be.

[Outro]
        D                   G
e|-----|---2---2-|---2-----|-2----3-|
B|-----|---3---3-|---3-----|-0----0-|
G|-----|---2---2-|---2-----|-0----0-|
D|-----|-0-----0-|-0-------|-0----0-|
A|-1-2-|-----0---|-----1-0-|-2----2-|
E|-----|---------|---------|-3----3-|