Chords for fire of gidgee coal by Mal Norton
Tempo:
124.05 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
A
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
G'day friends.
People say that my dad was a Slim Dusty sound-a-like.
I prefer to think that Slim Dusty sounded like my dad Johnny Norton.
This next song is a Slim Dusty song that I'd like to sing in tribute to my dad.
A song that dad used to sing called by a fire energy coal.
Dad this one's for you.
[G]
[A] [Eb] [Cm] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[A] [Bb]
[Gm] [Dm] [Bb] A warm electric heater, [Eb] in a softly plaited chair, in a lounge room [Bb] brightly lighted.
By [F] a glowing [Bb] chandelier.
[Gm] [A] [Bb] Since my early days of COVID, [Eb] the years have taken toll.
Now I somehow miss [Bb] my swag rap [F] and the fire energy.
[Bb] [A] [Bb]
[G] [A] [Bb] I wake from sleep each morning.
[Eb] I ring the bedside bell and the maid brings in [Bb] my breakfast and [F] she fills my pipe [Bb] as well.
[Gm]
[Dm] There [Bb] are cakes and sweetened coffee [Eb] on a tray of sparkling gold.
But I miss black [Bb] tea and dapper [F] by a fire.
[Bb]
[A] [Bb]
[Eb] [A] [Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[F] [A] [Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [A] [Bb]
[Db] [C] [Bb] I'm driven out each evening.
[Eb] By a chauffeur's Bruce Lee meet.
Through the flowered [F] parks [Bb] and gardens [F] and the crowded city [Bb] streets.
When I drift back through the ages.
[Eb] While that big car softly rolls to a stop route.
[Bb] And a wagon and [F] a fire.
[Bb]
[A] [Bb]
I attend old social parties [Eb] in the rich parts of the town.
Drinking wine from fancy [Bb] glasses [F] as the waiters go [Bb] their round.
But I'd rather share a bottle.
[Gm] With [Eb] those droven mates of old.
In a pair of [Bb] dusty moleskins [F] by a fire.
[Bb]
[Eb] In a pair of [Bb] dusty moleskins [F] by a fire.
[Bb] [A] [Bb]
People say that my dad was a Slim Dusty sound-a-like.
I prefer to think that Slim Dusty sounded like my dad Johnny Norton.
This next song is a Slim Dusty song that I'd like to sing in tribute to my dad.
A song that dad used to sing called by a fire energy coal.
Dad this one's for you.
[G]
[A] [Eb] [Cm] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[A] [Bb]
[Gm] [Dm] [Bb] A warm electric heater, [Eb] in a softly plaited chair, in a lounge room [Bb] brightly lighted.
By [F] a glowing [Bb] chandelier.
[Gm] [A] [Bb] Since my early days of COVID, [Eb] the years have taken toll.
Now I somehow miss [Bb] my swag rap [F] and the fire energy.
[Bb] [A] [Bb]
[G] [A] [Bb] I wake from sleep each morning.
[Eb] I ring the bedside bell and the maid brings in [Bb] my breakfast and [F] she fills my pipe [Bb] as well.
[Gm]
[Dm] There [Bb] are cakes and sweetened coffee [Eb] on a tray of sparkling gold.
But I miss black [Bb] tea and dapper [F] by a fire.
[Bb]
[A] [Bb]
[Eb] [A] [Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[F] [A] [Bb]
[Eb]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [A] [Bb]
[Db] [C] [Bb] I'm driven out each evening.
[Eb] By a chauffeur's Bruce Lee meet.
Through the flowered [F] parks [Bb] and gardens [F] and the crowded city [Bb] streets.
When I drift back through the ages.
[Eb] While that big car softly rolls to a stop route.
[Bb] And a wagon and [F] a fire.
[Bb]
[A] [Bb]
I attend old social parties [Eb] in the rich parts of the town.
Drinking wine from fancy [Bb] glasses [F] as the waiters go [Bb] their round.
But I'd rather share a bottle.
[Gm] With [Eb] those droven mates of old.
In a pair of [Bb] dusty moleskins [F] by a fire.
[Bb]
[Eb] In a pair of [Bb] dusty moleskins [F] by a fire.
[Bb] [A] [Bb]
Key:
Bb
Eb
F
A
Gm
Bb
Eb
F
_ G'day friends.
People say that my dad was a Slim Dusty sound-a-like.
_ I prefer to think that Slim Dusty sounded like my dad Johnny Norton.
_ This next song is a Slim Dusty song that I'd like to sing in tribute to my dad.
A song that dad used to sing called by a fire energy coal.
Dad this one's for you.
[G] _
_ [A] _ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Dm] [Bb] A warm electric heater, _ _ [Eb] in a softly plaited chair, in a lounge room [Bb] brightly _ lighted.
By [F] a glowing _ _ [Bb] chandelier.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [A] [Bb] Since my early _ days of COVID, _ [Eb] the years have taken toll.
Now I somehow miss [Bb] my swag rap [F] and the fire energy.
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] [Bb] I wake from sleep each morning.
_ [Eb] I ring the bedside bell and the maid brings in [Bb] my breakfast and [F] she fills my pipe [Bb] as well.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
[Dm] There [Bb] are cakes and sweetened coffee _ [Eb] on a tray of sparkling gold.
But I miss black [Bb] tea and dapper _ [F] by a fire.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ [C] [Bb] I'm driven out each evening.
_ [Eb] By a chauffeur's Bruce Lee meet.
_ Through the flowered [F] parks [Bb] and gardens _ [F] and the crowded city [Bb] _ streets. _ _ _
_ When I drift back through the ages.
[Eb] While that big car softly rolls to a stop route.
[Bb] And a wagon and [F] a fire.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
[A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I attend old social parties _ [Eb] in the rich parts of the town.
Drinking wine from fancy [Bb] glasses _ [F] as the waiters go [Bb] their round.
_ _ _ _ _ But I'd rather _ share a bottle.
[Gm] With [Eb] those droven mates of old.
In a pair of [Bb] dusty moleskins [F] by a fire.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] In a pair of [Bb] dusty moleskins _ [F] by a fire. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _
People say that my dad was a Slim Dusty sound-a-like.
_ I prefer to think that Slim Dusty sounded like my dad Johnny Norton.
_ This next song is a Slim Dusty song that I'd like to sing in tribute to my dad.
A song that dad used to sing called by a fire energy coal.
Dad this one's for you.
[G] _
_ [A] _ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Dm] [Bb] A warm electric heater, _ _ [Eb] in a softly plaited chair, in a lounge room [Bb] brightly _ lighted.
By [F] a glowing _ _ [Bb] chandelier.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [A] [Bb] Since my early _ days of COVID, _ [Eb] the years have taken toll.
Now I somehow miss [Bb] my swag rap [F] and the fire energy.
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] [Bb] I wake from sleep each morning.
_ [Eb] I ring the bedside bell and the maid brings in [Bb] my breakfast and [F] she fills my pipe [Bb] as well.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
[Dm] There [Bb] are cakes and sweetened coffee _ [Eb] on a tray of sparkling gold.
But I miss black [Bb] tea and dapper _ [F] by a fire.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ [C] [Bb] I'm driven out each evening.
_ [Eb] By a chauffeur's Bruce Lee meet.
_ Through the flowered [F] parks [Bb] and gardens _ [F] and the crowded city [Bb] _ streets. _ _ _
_ When I drift back through the ages.
[Eb] While that big car softly rolls to a stop route.
[Bb] And a wagon and [F] a fire.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
[A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I attend old social parties _ [Eb] in the rich parts of the town.
Drinking wine from fancy [Bb] glasses _ [F] as the waiters go [Bb] their round.
_ _ _ _ _ But I'd rather _ share a bottle.
[Gm] With [Eb] those droven mates of old.
In a pair of [Bb] dusty moleskins [F] by a fire.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] In a pair of [Bb] dusty moleskins _ [F] by a fire. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] _