Chords for Slim Dusty! - Middletone Rouseabout

_ _ _ _ _ Hello you old fella.
_ _ So here it is, [E] Middleton's House today. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ All in [B] [E] freckled and sandy,
_ Face [D#] of [C#m] a [B] country lout,
_ _ [A] _ This [C] is the [E] picture of Andy,
_ _ [F#] _ Middleton's arouse [B] about,
_ _ [E] Type [B] of a [E] coming nation,
_ In a land [B] of [C#] cattle [B] and sheep.
_ [A#] _ [A] He [E] worked on Middleton's station,
_ [F#] For a pound [B] a week at [E] his keep,
_ On Middleton's wide _ dominions,
_ Lied the stock, whip [B] and shears,
[A#] _ [A] And [E] he hadn't any opinions,
_ [F#] And he hadn't [A#]
any [B] ideas.
[C#] _ _ [E] Swiftly the years went over,
_ And liquor [D#] and [C#m] drought [B] prevailed,
_ [A#] _ [A] And [E] Middleton he went as a drovey, you know,
_ [F#] After [B] his station [E] had failed, hey,
_ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [A#] Waw, [A] waw, waw, _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ Type [B] of a [E] careless nation,
_ _ Men who [D#] were [B] soon played out,
_ _ [A#] _ [A] Middleton was and so [E] his station,
_ [F#] Was bought [A#] by the rouse [B] about.
[F#] _ [E] Now flourishing, [B] beard [E] and sandy,
_ He's [D#] tall and he's [C#m] solid [B] and stout,
[A#] Yes, [A] _ [C#m] this is the true [E] picture of Andy, you know,
_ [F#] _ [B] Middleton's [E] arouse about,
_ _ And now on his own dominions,
_ He [D#] works with his _ [C#m] _ [B] overseers,
_ [A#] _ [A] And he [C#] still [E] hasn't any opinions,
_ [F#] And he hasn't [C#] _ _ [B] any _ [E] ideas.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]