WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Slim Dusty - Straight Ahead Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
C G7 C
[Verse]
C G C
Dave and I were travellin' through the top end,
F G C
November and the sun was pretty hot.
G C
We were somewhere on the road that led to Cooktown.
D G
At a not too busy quiet petrol stop.
[Verse]
C G C
An old man was workin' at the bowser.
F G C
He was brown and black from years out in the sun.
F C
A bent-up cigarette hung from his bottom lip,
G C
And his eyes still held a twinkle left for fun.
[Verse]
C G C
We filled our water tanks and got our diesel,
F G C
And was getting set to roll or just about.
F C
When a fancy kind of four wheel hit the driveway.
G C
And a pale faced southern tourist tumbled out.
[Verse]
C G C
The old man looked him over, said nothing.
F G C
Just filled his tanks and quietly moved, not fast.
F C
The flies were getting sticky and so friendly.
G C
That we wondered if the wet was gonna start.
[Interlude]
D
Mhmm
[Verse]
D A7 D
The stranger asked about the road conditions.
G A7 D
I remember well just what the old man said.
G D
"How many miles to Cooktown?" asked the stranger.
E A7 D
"Not miles, mate," said the old man, "straight ahead".
[Interlude]
D D C# C
[Verse]
C G C
And you realize the power of mother nature.
F G C
When you're just a tiny speck out on the plain.
G C
Land and sky where the road goes on forever,
D G
And you'd swear this land had never tasted rain.
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C G C
You hope to hell you don’t have any trouble.
F G C
A breakdown in this place could hold you up.
F C
Then a mighty road train looms and you pull over,
G C
A busted tyre and rim there on the spot.
[Interlude]
C D
Mhmm
[Verse]
D A7 D
Oh, you curse the heat and flies and change the tyre,
G A7 D
But you smile a bit and laugh inside your head.
G D
"How many miles to Cooktown?" asked the stranger,
E A7 D
"Not miles, ey," said the old man, "straight ahead".
[Verse]
D A7 D
And I guess that just about sums up life's highway,
G A7 D
That ever-changing path we all must tread.
G D
"How many miles to Cooktown?" asked the stranger,
E A7 D
"Not miles, mate," said the old man, "straight ahead".
D
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