Camooweal Chords by Slim Dusty
Tempo:
93.6 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
Ab
Cm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb] [N] Here's a song written by an old friend of mine, [Ab] the late and great Mac Cormack,
who travelled with our show many times right around Australia.
He more or less became my second dad and a great mate.
He wrote this particular [N] song one time on one of our round Australia trips.
It's a ballad about a little town out on the black soil plains of [Eb] Queensland.
[N] He called it the Ballad of Camel Wheel.
You can hear it right [Eb] now.
[Ab] [Cm] [Eb] [Gm]
[Bb] [Dm] [Eb]
Should ever I go back to Camel Wheel
It would be in spring when desert flowers bloom
[Bb]
All the spinifex I know would still be there
And the desert pea would [F] brighten up [Eb] the gloom
Should ever I go back to Camel Wheel
One thing is sure I'd not be [Ab] twenty-two
As in that day when I first [Eb] wandered there
[Bb] But memories stay with me as [Eb] memories do
Here we go [Ab] now, some country guitar, hey
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
How fresh her memory keeps for still I feel
[Bb] The [Eb] velvet softness [Bb] of her auburn hair
And see again the moonbeams in her eyes
As I did so long ago [Gm] when [Eb] I was there
You called me youth in that now distant day
Oh I did not heed, my heart did not [Ab] reveal
And now I know that love [Cm] was born [Eb] and lost
[Bb] In that little border town of [Eb] Camel Wheel
Here we go now, [Ab] some country fiddle
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
Oh the long road beckoned on my feet said go
To search beyond the hills [Bb] for what I'd find
Although I wandered far to sunburnt land
I never found what I had left [Eb] behind
Oh the burning fire of that other spring
Is an albert ashes and the hurt [Ab] won't heal
Time heals all wounds they say but leaves [Eb] the scars
So [Bb] I think I'll not go back to [Eb] Camel Wheel
Time [Ab] heals all wounds they say [Eb] but leaves the scars
So [Bb] I think I'll not go back [Dm] to [Eb] Camel Wheel
Oh no, [Bb] I think I'll not go back to [Eb] Camel [D] Wheel
[Eb]
who travelled with our show many times right around Australia.
He more or less became my second dad and a great mate.
He wrote this particular [N] song one time on one of our round Australia trips.
It's a ballad about a little town out on the black soil plains of [Eb] Queensland.
[N] He called it the Ballad of Camel Wheel.
You can hear it right [Eb] now.
[Ab] [Cm] [Eb] [Gm]
[Bb] [Dm] [Eb]
Should ever I go back to Camel Wheel
It would be in spring when desert flowers bloom
[Bb]
All the spinifex I know would still be there
And the desert pea would [F] brighten up [Eb] the gloom
Should ever I go back to Camel Wheel
One thing is sure I'd not be [Ab] twenty-two
As in that day when I first [Eb] wandered there
[Bb] But memories stay with me as [Eb] memories do
Here we go [Ab] now, some country guitar, hey
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
How fresh her memory keeps for still I feel
[Bb] The [Eb] velvet softness [Bb] of her auburn hair
And see again the moonbeams in her eyes
As I did so long ago [Gm] when [Eb] I was there
You called me youth in that now distant day
Oh I did not heed, my heart did not [Ab] reveal
And now I know that love [Cm] was born [Eb] and lost
[Bb] In that little border town of [Eb] Camel Wheel
Here we go now, [Ab] some country fiddle
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
Oh the long road beckoned on my feet said go
To search beyond the hills [Bb] for what I'd find
Although I wandered far to sunburnt land
I never found what I had left [Eb] behind
Oh the burning fire of that other spring
Is an albert ashes and the hurt [Ab] won't heal
Time heals all wounds they say but leaves [Eb] the scars
So [Bb] I think I'll not go back to [Eb] Camel Wheel
Time [Ab] heals all wounds they say [Eb] but leaves the scars
So [Bb] I think I'll not go back [Dm] to [Eb] Camel Wheel
Oh no, [Bb] I think I'll not go back to [Eb] Camel [D] Wheel
[Eb]
Key:
Eb
Bb
Ab
Cm
Gm
Eb
Bb
Ab
[Eb] _ _ [N] Here's a song written by an old friend of mine, [Ab] the late and great Mac Cormack,
who travelled with our show many times right around Australia.
He more or less became my second dad and a great mate.
He wrote this particular [N] song one time on one of our round Australia trips.
It's a ballad about a little town out on the black soil plains of [Eb] Queensland.
[N] He called it the Ballad of Camel Wheel.
You can hear it right [Eb] now. _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ _
Should ever I go back to Camel Wheel _
It would be in spring when desert flowers bloom
[Bb] _
All the spinifex I know would still be there _ _
And the desert pea would [F] brighten up [Eb] the gloom _
Should ever I go back to Camel Wheel
One thing is sure I'd not be [Ab] twenty-two
As in that day when I first [Eb] wandered there _
[Bb] But memories stay with me as [Eb] memories do
Here we go [Ab] now, some country guitar, hey
[Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
How fresh her memory keeps for still I feel
[Bb] The [Eb] velvet softness [Bb] of her auburn hair _
And see again the moonbeams in her eyes
As I did so long ago [Gm] when [Eb] I was there _
You called me youth in that now distant day
Oh I did not heed, my heart did not [Ab] reveal
And now I know that love [Cm] was born [Eb] and lost
[Bb] In that little border town of [Eb] Camel Wheel
Here we go now, [Ab] some country fiddle
_ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
Oh the long road beckoned on my feet said go _
To search beyond the hills [Bb] for what I'd find _ _
Although I wandered far to sunburnt land _
I never found what I had left [Eb] behind
Oh the burning fire of that other spring _ _
Is an albert ashes and the hurt [Ab] won't heal _ _
Time heals all wounds they say but leaves [Eb] the scars
So [Bb] I think I'll not go back to [Eb] Camel Wheel _
Time [Ab] heals all wounds they say [Eb] but leaves the scars
So [Bb] I think I'll not go back [Dm] to [Eb] Camel Wheel
Oh no, [Bb] I think I'll not go back to [Eb] Camel [D] Wheel
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
who travelled with our show many times right around Australia.
He more or less became my second dad and a great mate.
He wrote this particular [N] song one time on one of our round Australia trips.
It's a ballad about a little town out on the black soil plains of [Eb] Queensland.
[N] He called it the Ballad of Camel Wheel.
You can hear it right [Eb] now. _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ _
Should ever I go back to Camel Wheel _
It would be in spring when desert flowers bloom
[Bb] _
All the spinifex I know would still be there _ _
And the desert pea would [F] brighten up [Eb] the gloom _
Should ever I go back to Camel Wheel
One thing is sure I'd not be [Ab] twenty-two
As in that day when I first [Eb] wandered there _
[Bb] But memories stay with me as [Eb] memories do
Here we go [Ab] now, some country guitar, hey
[Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
How fresh her memory keeps for still I feel
[Bb] The [Eb] velvet softness [Bb] of her auburn hair _
And see again the moonbeams in her eyes
As I did so long ago [Gm] when [Eb] I was there _
You called me youth in that now distant day
Oh I did not heed, my heart did not [Ab] reveal
And now I know that love [Cm] was born [Eb] and lost
[Bb] In that little border town of [Eb] Camel Wheel
Here we go now, [Ab] some country fiddle
_ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
Oh the long road beckoned on my feet said go _
To search beyond the hills [Bb] for what I'd find _ _
Although I wandered far to sunburnt land _
I never found what I had left [Eb] behind
Oh the burning fire of that other spring _ _
Is an albert ashes and the hurt [Ab] won't heal _ _
Time heals all wounds they say but leaves [Eb] the scars
So [Bb] I think I'll not go back to [Eb] Camel Wheel _
Time [Ab] heals all wounds they say [Eb] but leaves the scars
So [Bb] I think I'll not go back [Dm] to [Eb] Camel Wheel
Oh no, [Bb] I think I'll not go back to [Eb] Camel [D] Wheel
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _