Chords for Slim Dusty Family - Old Purple by David Kirkpatrick
Tempo:
91.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [D]
Kids in the [G] back guitar and [Em] hat and old Purple [A] hits the road.
[D]
Across the [G] land, Swim and the [A] band were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty tracks [G] the outback [A] map was printed in its skin.
[D] Old Purple's [G] on the road again [A] from Eton to [D] Darwin.
[A] Who'd have thought that Purple Ford [G] would be part of our [D] history?
[A] Whenever that car pulled into town [G] you knew who it was gonna be.
Year after year, time after [D] time it never [G] let him down.
[A] Taking his songs where they belong [G] to the outback and the [A] country crowds.
[D] [A]
Seen more miles than an interstate [G] truck can just between [D] you and me.
[A] When it came to the crunch that car was [G] tough as any interstate it could be.
Being hit by bulls, stuck in [D] creeks, being bogged in mud [G] axle deep.
[A] The windscreen smashed and the tires [G] slashed by the rocks and the [A] cattle grids.
[D] Kids in the [G] back guitar and [A] hat and old Purple hits the road.
[D] Across the [G] land, Swim and the [A] band were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty [G] tracks the outback [A] map was printed in its skin.
[D] Old Purple's [G] on the road [A] again from Eton to [D] Darwin.
[A]
First time that I saw that car [G] I said there's no way [D] I'm getting in.
[A]
Bubble juco and white trim [G] wheels to me it looked ugly as sin.
But he loved that car and over [D] time became a symbol [G] of the man.
[A] As I crossed the map to every [G] part of this wild [A] brown land.
[D] [A] Hours and hours spent behind the [G] wheel the happiest [D] man I've [A] seen.
Watching the road stretch out in [G] front while living out his dream.
Words and tunes like rambling [D] shoes go running through his [G] head.
And [A] before too long another [G] song sees daylight up [A] ahead.
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D]
[G] [D] [G]
[A]
[D] [G] Kids in the back [A] guitar and hat and old Purple hits the road.
[D] Across the land, [G] Swim and the band [A] were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty tracks [G] the outback map [A] was printed in its skin.
[D] Old Purple's on [G] the road again [A] from Eton to [D] Darwin.
Kids in the back [G] guitar and hat and [A] old Purple hits the road.
[D] Across [G] the land, Swim and the band [A] were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty [G] tracks the [Em] outback map [A] was printed in its skin.
[D] Old [G] Purple's on the road again [A] from Eton to [D] Darwin.
Kids in the [G] back guitar and [Em] hat and old Purple [A] hits the road.
[D]
Across the [G] land, Swim and the [A] band were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty tracks [G] the outback [A] map was printed in its skin.
[D] Old Purple's [G] on the road again [A] from Eton to [D] Darwin.
[A] Who'd have thought that Purple Ford [G] would be part of our [D] history?
[A] Whenever that car pulled into town [G] you knew who it was gonna be.
Year after year, time after [D] time it never [G] let him down.
[A] Taking his songs where they belong [G] to the outback and the [A] country crowds.
[D] [A]
Seen more miles than an interstate [G] truck can just between [D] you and me.
[A] When it came to the crunch that car was [G] tough as any interstate it could be.
Being hit by bulls, stuck in [D] creeks, being bogged in mud [G] axle deep.
[A] The windscreen smashed and the tires [G] slashed by the rocks and the [A] cattle grids.
[D] Kids in the [G] back guitar and [A] hat and old Purple hits the road.
[D] Across the [G] land, Swim and the [A] band were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty [G] tracks the outback [A] map was printed in its skin.
[D] Old Purple's [G] on the road [A] again from Eton to [D] Darwin.
[A]
First time that I saw that car [G] I said there's no way [D] I'm getting in.
[A]
Bubble juco and white trim [G] wheels to me it looked ugly as sin.
But he loved that car and over [D] time became a symbol [G] of the man.
[A] As I crossed the map to every [G] part of this wild [A] brown land.
[D] [A] Hours and hours spent behind the [G] wheel the happiest [D] man I've [A] seen.
Watching the road stretch out in [G] front while living out his dream.
Words and tunes like rambling [D] shoes go running through his [G] head.
And [A] before too long another [G] song sees daylight up [A] ahead.
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D]
[G] [D] [G]
[A]
[D] [G] Kids in the back [A] guitar and hat and old Purple hits the road.
[D] Across the land, [G] Swim and the band [A] were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty tracks [G] the outback map [A] was printed in its skin.
[D] Old Purple's on [G] the road again [A] from Eton to [D] Darwin.
Kids in the back [G] guitar and hat and [A] old Purple hits the road.
[D] Across [G] the land, Swim and the band [A] were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty [G] tracks the [Em] outback map [A] was printed in its skin.
[D] Old [G] Purple's on the road again [A] from Eton to [D] Darwin.
Key:
G
D
A
Em
G
D
A
Em
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
Kids in the [G] back guitar and [Em] hat and old Purple [A] hits the road.
[D]
Across the [G] land, Swim and the [A] band were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty tracks [G] the outback [A] map was printed in its skin.
[D] Old Purple's [G] on the road again [A] from Eton to [D] Darwin.
_ _ _ [A] Who'd have thought that Purple Ford [G] would be part of our [D] history?
[A] Whenever that car pulled into town [G] you knew who it was gonna be.
Year after year, time after [D] time it never [G] let him down.
[A] Taking his songs where they belong [G] to the outback and the [A] country crowds.
_ [D] _ [A]
Seen more miles than an interstate [G] truck can just between [D] you and me.
[A] When it came to the crunch that car was [G] tough as any interstate it could be.
Being hit by bulls, stuck in [D] creeks, being bogged in mud [G] axle deep.
[A] The windscreen smashed and the tires [G] slashed by the rocks and the [A] cattle grids.
_ _ [D] Kids in the [G] back guitar and [A] hat and old Purple hits the road.
[D] Across the [G] land, Swim and the [A] band were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty [G] tracks the outback [A] map was printed in its skin.
[D] Old Purple's [G] on the road [A] again from Eton to [D] Darwin.
_ _ [A]
First time that I saw that car [G] I said there's no way [D] I'm getting in.
[A]
Bubble juco and white trim [G] wheels to me it looked ugly as sin.
But he loved that car and over [D] time became a symbol [G] of the man.
[A] As I crossed the map to every [G] part of this wild _ [A] brown land.
_ [D] _ [A] Hours and hours spent behind the [G] wheel the happiest [D] man I've [A] seen.
Watching the road stretch out in [G] front while living out his dream.
Words and tunes like rambling [D] shoes go running through his [G] head.
And [A] before too long another [G] song sees daylight _ up [A] ahead.
_ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] [G] Kids in the back [A] guitar and hat and old Purple hits the road.
[D] Across the land, [G] Swim and the band [A] were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty tracks [G] the outback map [A] was printed in its skin.
[D] Old Purple's on [G] the road again [A] from Eton to [D] Darwin.
Kids in the back [G] guitar and hat and [A] old Purple hits the road.
[D] Across [G] the land, Swim and the band [A] were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty [G] tracks the [Em] outback map [A] was printed in its skin.
[D] Old [G] Purple's on the road again [A] from Eton to [D] Darwin. _ _ _ _
Kids in the [G] back guitar and [Em] hat and old Purple [A] hits the road.
[D]
Across the [G] land, Swim and the [A] band were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty tracks [G] the outback [A] map was printed in its skin.
[D] Old Purple's [G] on the road again [A] from Eton to [D] Darwin.
_ _ _ [A] Who'd have thought that Purple Ford [G] would be part of our [D] history?
[A] Whenever that car pulled into town [G] you knew who it was gonna be.
Year after year, time after [D] time it never [G] let him down.
[A] Taking his songs where they belong [G] to the outback and the [A] country crowds.
_ [D] _ [A]
Seen more miles than an interstate [G] truck can just between [D] you and me.
[A] When it came to the crunch that car was [G] tough as any interstate it could be.
Being hit by bulls, stuck in [D] creeks, being bogged in mud [G] axle deep.
[A] The windscreen smashed and the tires [G] slashed by the rocks and the [A] cattle grids.
_ _ [D] Kids in the [G] back guitar and [A] hat and old Purple hits the road.
[D] Across the [G] land, Swim and the [A] band were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty [G] tracks the outback [A] map was printed in its skin.
[D] Old Purple's [G] on the road [A] again from Eton to [D] Darwin.
_ _ [A]
First time that I saw that car [G] I said there's no way [D] I'm getting in.
[A]
Bubble juco and white trim [G] wheels to me it looked ugly as sin.
But he loved that car and over [D] time became a symbol [G] of the man.
[A] As I crossed the map to every [G] part of this wild _ [A] brown land.
_ [D] _ [A] Hours and hours spent behind the [G] wheel the happiest [D] man I've [A] seen.
Watching the road stretch out in [G] front while living out his dream.
Words and tunes like rambling [D] shoes go running through his [G] head.
And [A] before too long another [G] song sees daylight _ up [A] ahead.
_ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] [G] Kids in the back [A] guitar and hat and old Purple hits the road.
[D] Across the land, [G] Swim and the band [A] were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty tracks [G] the outback map [A] was printed in its skin.
[D] Old Purple's on [G] the road again [A] from Eton to [D] Darwin.
Kids in the back [G] guitar and hat and [A] old Purple hits the road.
[D] Across [G] the land, Swim and the band [A] were putting on their shows.
[D] Down dusty [G] tracks the [Em] outback map [A] was printed in its skin.
[D] Old [G] Purple's on the road again [A] from Eton to [D] Darwin. _ _ _ _