Chords for Slim Dusty - Bent Axle Bob
Tempo:
133.25 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Db
Bb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Eb] [Ab]
I was short of a dollar so [Eb] I called on a bloke, his pay wasn't good, [Ab] his gear was a joke.
You can't pick and choose when you're down [Db] on your luck, and [Eb] your only profession is [Ab] driving a truck.
[Eb] So we talked for a spell [Ab] and he gave me a job, [Bb] this cunning old guy known as Van [Eb] Axel Bob.
[Ab] The rig which he owned was an F [Db] model Mac, [Eb] and the run that I drew was the [Ab] Territory Track.
Bob's break was the kind [Eb] which no other would cop, the places he sent [Ab] me would just break your heart.
From dead ends in Balmain to drill [Db] rigs out west, [Eb] where the sands of the desert put your gear to [Ab] the test.
But [Eb] I battled along [Ab] and I shifted some weight, [Bb] old Van Axel whinged every time [Eb] I ran late.
[Ab] Small wonder if you saw the smoke from [Db] the pump, [Eb] and saw half the metal that I [Ab] found in the sump for the driver.
[Eb]
[Ab] The trailers were buckled, the [Eb] tires were worn, the tops which he [Ab] owned were tattered and torn.
The dogs in the chains were all rusty [Db] and joined, [Eb] out was easy to see how his nickname [Ab] was going.
[Eb] Every axle was bent [Ab] and the dolly was cracked, [Bb] the kingpins were strained from the loads they [Eb] had hacked.
[Ab] I did what I could mate, yes I [Db] really [Eb] tried, and old Van Axel whinged till the day [Ab] that he died, he did yeah.
[Eb]
[Ab]
I'm sitting here at home and [Eb] I'm out of a job, no longer employed [Ab] by old Van Axel Bob.
A note from the lawyer, I read [Db] what's [Eb] inside, seems I own a road train now since old [Ab] Van Axel died.
Yes [Eb] I'm heir to the [Ab] fortune of Van Axel Bob.
[Bb] I need a good driver if you [Eb] need a job, [Ab] you can drive this old rig to the scrap dealers [Db] dumps.
[Eb] Complete with Van Axels and that [Ab] smoky fuel pump.
Complete with Van Axels and smoky [Db] fuel pump.
[Eb] You can drive this old rig to the scrap [Ab] dealers dump and leave it there.
[Eb] [Ab] [F] [Ab]
I was short of a dollar so [Eb] I called on a bloke, his pay wasn't good, [Ab] his gear was a joke.
You can't pick and choose when you're down [Db] on your luck, and [Eb] your only profession is [Ab] driving a truck.
[Eb] So we talked for a spell [Ab] and he gave me a job, [Bb] this cunning old guy known as Van [Eb] Axel Bob.
[Ab] The rig which he owned was an F [Db] model Mac, [Eb] and the run that I drew was the [Ab] Territory Track.
Bob's break was the kind [Eb] which no other would cop, the places he sent [Ab] me would just break your heart.
From dead ends in Balmain to drill [Db] rigs out west, [Eb] where the sands of the desert put your gear to [Ab] the test.
But [Eb] I battled along [Ab] and I shifted some weight, [Bb] old Van Axel whinged every time [Eb] I ran late.
[Ab] Small wonder if you saw the smoke from [Db] the pump, [Eb] and saw half the metal that I [Ab] found in the sump for the driver.
[Eb]
[Ab] The trailers were buckled, the [Eb] tires were worn, the tops which he [Ab] owned were tattered and torn.
The dogs in the chains were all rusty [Db] and joined, [Eb] out was easy to see how his nickname [Ab] was going.
[Eb] Every axle was bent [Ab] and the dolly was cracked, [Bb] the kingpins were strained from the loads they [Eb] had hacked.
[Ab] I did what I could mate, yes I [Db] really [Eb] tried, and old Van Axel whinged till the day [Ab] that he died, he did yeah.
[Eb]
[Ab]
I'm sitting here at home and [Eb] I'm out of a job, no longer employed [Ab] by old Van Axel Bob.
A note from the lawyer, I read [Db] what's [Eb] inside, seems I own a road train now since old [Ab] Van Axel died.
Yes [Eb] I'm heir to the [Ab] fortune of Van Axel Bob.
[Bb] I need a good driver if you [Eb] need a job, [Ab] you can drive this old rig to the scrap dealers [Db] dumps.
[Eb] Complete with Van Axels and that [Ab] smoky fuel pump.
Complete with Van Axels and smoky [Db] fuel pump.
[Eb] You can drive this old rig to the scrap [Ab] dealers dump and leave it there.
[Eb] [Ab] [F] [Ab]
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_ I was short of a dollar so [Eb] I called on a bloke, his pay wasn't good, [Ab] his gear was a joke.
You can't pick and choose when you're down [Db] on your luck, and [Eb] your only profession is [Ab] driving a truck.
_ _ [Eb] So we talked for a spell [Ab] and he gave me a job, [Bb] this cunning old guy known as Van [Eb] Axel Bob.
[Ab] The rig which he owned was an F [Db] model Mac, [Eb] and the run that I drew was the [Ab] Territory Track.
_ _ _ _ _ Bob's break was the kind [Eb] which no other would cop, the places he sent [Ab] me would just break your heart.
From dead ends in Balmain to drill [Db] rigs out west, [Eb] where the sands of the desert put your gear to [Ab] the test.
But [Eb] I battled along [Ab] and I shifted some weight, [Bb] old Van Axel whinged every time [Eb] I ran late.
_ [Ab] Small wonder if you saw the smoke from [Db] the pump, [Eb] and saw half the metal that I [Ab] found in the sump for the driver.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ The trailers were buckled, the [Eb] tires were worn, the tops which he [Ab] owned were tattered and torn.
The dogs in the chains were all rusty [Db] and joined, [Eb] out was easy to see how his nickname [Ab] was going.
_ [Eb] Every axle was bent [Ab] and the dolly was cracked, [Bb] the kingpins were strained from the loads they [Eb] had hacked.
_ [Ab] I did what I could mate, yes I [Db] really [Eb] tried, and old Van Axel whinged till the day [Ab] that he died, he did yeah.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
I'm sitting here at home and [Eb] I'm out of a job, no longer employed [Ab] by old Van Axel Bob.
A note from the lawyer, I read [Db] what's [Eb] inside, seems I own a road train now since old [Ab] Van Axel died.
_ Yes [Eb] I'm heir to the [Ab] fortune of Van Axel Bob.
[Bb] I need a good driver if you [Eb] need a job, _ [Ab] you can drive this old rig to the scrap dealers [Db] dumps.
[Eb] Complete with Van Axels and that [Ab] smoky fuel pump. _
Complete with Van Axels and smoky [Db] fuel pump.
[Eb] You can drive this old rig to the scrap [Ab] dealers dump and leave it there.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Ab] _
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_ I was short of a dollar so [Eb] I called on a bloke, his pay wasn't good, [Ab] his gear was a joke.
You can't pick and choose when you're down [Db] on your luck, and [Eb] your only profession is [Ab] driving a truck.
_ _ [Eb] So we talked for a spell [Ab] and he gave me a job, [Bb] this cunning old guy known as Van [Eb] Axel Bob.
[Ab] The rig which he owned was an F [Db] model Mac, [Eb] and the run that I drew was the [Ab] Territory Track.
_ _ _ _ _ Bob's break was the kind [Eb] which no other would cop, the places he sent [Ab] me would just break your heart.
From dead ends in Balmain to drill [Db] rigs out west, [Eb] where the sands of the desert put your gear to [Ab] the test.
But [Eb] I battled along [Ab] and I shifted some weight, [Bb] old Van Axel whinged every time [Eb] I ran late.
_ [Ab] Small wonder if you saw the smoke from [Db] the pump, [Eb] and saw half the metal that I [Ab] found in the sump for the driver.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ The trailers were buckled, the [Eb] tires were worn, the tops which he [Ab] owned were tattered and torn.
The dogs in the chains were all rusty [Db] and joined, [Eb] out was easy to see how his nickname [Ab] was going.
_ [Eb] Every axle was bent [Ab] and the dolly was cracked, [Bb] the kingpins were strained from the loads they [Eb] had hacked.
_ [Ab] I did what I could mate, yes I [Db] really [Eb] tried, and old Van Axel whinged till the day [Ab] that he died, he did yeah.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
I'm sitting here at home and [Eb] I'm out of a job, no longer employed [Ab] by old Van Axel Bob.
A note from the lawyer, I read [Db] what's [Eb] inside, seems I own a road train now since old [Ab] Van Axel died.
_ Yes [Eb] I'm heir to the [Ab] fortune of Van Axel Bob.
[Bb] I need a good driver if you [Eb] need a job, _ [Ab] you can drive this old rig to the scrap dealers [Db] dumps.
[Eb] Complete with Van Axels and that [Ab] smoky fuel pump. _
Complete with Van Axels and smoky [Db] fuel pump.
[Eb] You can drive this old rig to the scrap [Ab] dealers dump and leave it there.
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