Slim Dusty – When A Boy From Alabama Meets A Girl From Gundagai - A Little Boy Called Smiley - A Town Like Alice (Guitar)

       E                         F#
When a boy from Alabama, meets a girl from Gundagai,

       B7
Winter turns into spring, and the birds start to sing

  E
A sweet lullaby.

         E                           F#
Then the boy from Alabama, tells the girl from Gundagai

       B7
that believe it or not, he just likes her a lot.

  E               B7     E
A silver lining's in the sky.

E
Pretty soon they’re strolling out together,

  A
a new day has begun.

F#
Life is just a bunch of sunny weather,

    B7            F#                B7
and troubles like bubbles go one by one.

       E                         F#
When a boy from Alabama, meets a girl from Gundagai

        B7
all the world is in tune and a sweet honeymoon

     E             B7     E
will happen in the by and by.

E           A                E          A         E
Whose happy smile makes your heart feel brighter?

         Fdim       F#m     B7
a little boy called Smiley.

F#m           B7           F#m      B7       F#m
Who makes the cares of the day seem lighter?

              B7          E
that freckled faced young Smiley.

Ab
Though at first, you’d think the worst

    C#7
and say that he looks a disgrace.

    F#
yet when he grins that cheeky grin

    B7            C#/F            F#m   B7
you don’t seem to know he's got a dirty face.

E              A                 E        A        E
Who leaves the kids when there’s mischief brewing?

              Fdim       F#m       B7
that barefoot boy called Smiley.

F#m          B7                 F#        B7
Who gets the blame when there’s something ruined?

     A            Ab
it's Smiley every time.

       C#
but he makes you forget you are wild.

         F#                Gdim
with his cute irresistible smile

      E            A          E7  Eb7 D7  C#7   F#
every dad would be glad if he had a   lad like

            B7            E
that little boy called Smiley.

  Gm  C      F        Gm                 F
A town  like Alice is just the place for me.

        Dm           Am          Dm        Am            G         C7
with my own piece of ground, the mountains around that’s where I’d be.

      Gm  C   F      Gm                 F
Don't need  a palace just want a simple home.

         Dm        Am       Dm         Am       Gm C7  F
with the blue sky above and someone to love I’d ne-ver roam

F                    Eb7                     D7
Give me a cluster of roofs that shine in the midday sun.

  Gm    C7         F               G7            Gm
a quiet out on the veranda when my days’ work is done.

  Gm   C      F            Gm    C     F
I might  like Dallas; I'll visit gay Paree.

         Dm       Am       Dm        Am        Gm   C7    F
but when I settle down, it must be a town like Alice  for me.