Slim Dusty last thing to learn Chords

[F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A pushbike [G] with a sugar [Ab] bag tied to its [Eb]
handlebar
[Bb] Was leaning against the pub they called the [Eb] Star _
_ Inside I saw its [G] owner, [Ab] a tall and thin [Eb] old man
[Bb] Sitting on a stool beside [Eb] the bar
I [Bb] don't know why I asked him [Ab] if he'd [Eb] join me in a beer
[F] But he looked at me and a smile lit up [Bb] his face
_ [Eb] Oh I only [G] have the two, he said, [Ab] or I [Eb] have to ride my bike
[Bb] But on this occasion three's not [Eb] out of place
He said I've been [G] here thinking [Ab] just how [Eb] much we learn in life
[Bb] We have to learn to crawl [Eb] before we walk
_ We start our learning [G] on the [Ab] very day that [Eb] we are born
[Bb] Before too long we have to learn to [Eb] talk
_ _ [Bb] And later on we go to school, [Ab] we learn [Eb] to read and write
[F] And also have to learn the rule [Bb] of three
Then [Eb] comes the time [G] we go to work, [Ab] we have to learn [Eb] our job
[Bb] And on this depends what our future life [Eb] will be
_ _ _ _ _ Then later on [G] we have to learn if [Ab] what the good book says [Eb] is true
[Bb] When we reach our span of three school years [Eb] and ten
_ _ It's then we [G] learn the one last thing [Ab] that there is left [Eb] to learn
If [Bb] there's another life than this weary world [Eb] of men
_ [C] [Bb] He said goodbye and thank you [Ab] for the drink [Eb] and for the talk
[F] I watched him mount his bike and ride [Bb] away
I [Eb] made myself [G] a promise [Ab] [Eb] I'd be here next week
[Bb] To listen to the things that he [Eb] might say _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] Then _ _ came the day [G] that I went there [Ab] to the [Eb] Tambo Star Hotel
But [Bb] his pushbike wasn't leaning by [Eb] the wall
_ _ Another man [G] was sitting on [Ab] the stool where he [Eb] had sat
[Bb] And I felt my happy spirit kind [Eb] of fall
I [G] [Bb] asked the man behind the bar [Ab] if the old [Eb] chap had been in
And [F] was saddened by the words he had [Bb] to say
_ _ [Eb] No, he said [G] he's not been in [Ab] and he'll never be [Eb] again
[Bb] Our old mate's gone, he was buried [Eb] yesterday
I _ _ _ _ took my glass [G] in silence [Ab] and looked [Eb] out along the road
[F] Where just last week I'd watched him ride away
[Bb] _
_ Oh, [Eb] I knew he'd [G] learned the one last thing [Ab] he said was [Eb] left to learn
[Bb] The secret of that other life he [Eb] knows today
[Ab] _ [Abm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _