Port Augusta Chords by Slim Dusty
Tempo:
83 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
Bb
Cm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [C] [Eb]
Life [Ab] in Port Augusta, things [Eb] don't change.
Life in [Ab] Port Augusta remains [Eb] the same.
The [Bb] world goes by [Eb] [Gm] and the [Ab] world gets strange, [Gm] except [Eb] in Port Augusta.
Road trains rolling through the night [Ab] to anywhere, [Eb] heading north to Alice, [Bb] west out on the air.
[Eb]
People they keep passing [Ab] by, just like the time.
[Eb]
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, [Bb] Perth on [Ab] down the line, way [Eb] down the line.
Life in Port [Ab] Augusta, things [Eb] don't change.
Life in Port [Ab] Augusta remains [Eb] the same.
The [Bb] world goes by and the [Ab] world gets strange, except in [Eb] Port Augusta.
Out there on the bypass, [Ab] doing business night and day.
[Eb] Fast food multinationals [Bb] selling plastic take away.
[Eb] While the shops in town are closing [Ab] down, dried up dreams on stony [Eb] ground.
You wonder why it always [Bb] seems to [Ab] end up this way, [Eb] same old way.
[Bb] Nobody seems to question [Ab] or even [Eb] wonder why, [Bb] some towns get forgotten [Ab] and left [Eb] alone to die.
[Cm] While out [Bb] there on the highway [Ab] faded signs of [Cm] glory days [Bb] and memories in [Ab] time, Port Augusta [Eb] time.
And [Bb] the older generation [Ab] in silence fade [Eb] away, [Bb] no work for the younger [Ab] folk, no reason [Eb] left to stay.
[Cm] And out there [Bb] on the highway [Ab] there's a sign, [Cm] find a [Bb] better future [Ab] down the line, [Bb] way [Eb] down the line.
Life in [Ab] Port Augusta, [Eb] things don't change.
Life in [Ab] Port Augusta [Eb] remains the same.
The [Bb] world goes by and the [Ab] world gets strange, except in [Eb] Port Augusta.
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab] [Bb]
Life [Ab] in Port Augusta, things [Eb] don't change.
Life in [Ab] Port Augusta remains [Eb] the same.
The [Bb] world goes by [Eb] [Gm] and the [Ab] world gets strange, [Gm] except [Eb] in Port Augusta.
Road trains rolling through the night [Ab] to anywhere, [Eb] heading north to Alice, [Bb] west out on the air.
[Eb]
People they keep passing [Ab] by, just like the time.
[Eb]
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, [Bb] Perth on [Ab] down the line, way [Eb] down the line.
Life in Port [Ab] Augusta, things [Eb] don't change.
Life in Port [Ab] Augusta remains [Eb] the same.
The [Bb] world goes by and the [Ab] world gets strange, except in [Eb] Port Augusta.
Out there on the bypass, [Ab] doing business night and day.
[Eb] Fast food multinationals [Bb] selling plastic take away.
[Eb] While the shops in town are closing [Ab] down, dried up dreams on stony [Eb] ground.
You wonder why it always [Bb] seems to [Ab] end up this way, [Eb] same old way.
[Bb] Nobody seems to question [Ab] or even [Eb] wonder why, [Bb] some towns get forgotten [Ab] and left [Eb] alone to die.
[Cm] While out [Bb] there on the highway [Ab] faded signs of [Cm] glory days [Bb] and memories in [Ab] time, Port Augusta [Eb] time.
And [Bb] the older generation [Ab] in silence fade [Eb] away, [Bb] no work for the younger [Ab] folk, no reason [Eb] left to stay.
[Cm] And out there [Bb] on the highway [Ab] there's a sign, [Cm] find a [Bb] better future [Ab] down the line, [Bb] way [Eb] down the line.
Life in [Ab] Port Augusta, [Eb] things don't change.
Life in [Ab] Port Augusta [Eb] remains the same.
The [Bb] world goes by and the [Ab] world gets strange, except in [Eb] Port Augusta.
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab] [Bb]
Key:
Eb
Ab
Bb
Cm
Gm
Eb
Ab
Bb
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Life [Ab] in Port Augusta, things [Eb] don't change.
Life in [Ab] Port Augusta remains [Eb] the same.
The [Bb] world goes by [Eb] [Gm] and the [Ab] world gets strange, [Gm] except [Eb] in Port Augusta.
_ Road trains rolling through the night [Ab] to anywhere, [Eb] heading north to Alice, [Bb] west out on the air.
[Eb]
People they keep passing [Ab] by, just like the time.
[Eb]
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, [Bb] Perth on [Ab] down the line, way [Eb] down the line.
Life in Port [Ab] Augusta, things [Eb] don't change.
Life in Port [Ab] Augusta remains [Eb] the same.
The [Bb] world goes by and the [Ab] world gets strange, except in [Eb] Port Augusta.
_ Out there on the bypass, [Ab] doing business night and day.
[Eb] Fast food multinationals [Bb] selling plastic take away.
[Eb] While the shops in town are closing [Ab] down, dried up dreams on stony [Eb] ground.
You wonder why it always [Bb] seems to [Ab] end up this way, [Eb] same old way. _ _
[Bb] Nobody seems to question [Ab] or even [Eb] wonder why, [Bb] some towns get forgotten [Ab] and left [Eb] alone to die.
[Cm] While out [Bb] there on the highway [Ab] faded signs of [Cm] glory days [Bb] and memories in [Ab] time, Port Augusta [Eb] time.
_ And [Bb] the older generation [Ab] in silence fade [Eb] away, [Bb] no work for the younger [Ab] folk, no reason [Eb] left to stay.
[Cm] And out there [Bb] on the highway [Ab] there's a sign, _ _ [Cm] find a [Bb] better future [Ab] down the line, [Bb] way [Eb] down the line. _ _
Life in [Ab] Port Augusta, _ [Eb] things don't change.
Life in [Ab] Port Augusta [Eb] remains the same.
The [Bb] world goes by and the [Ab] world gets strange, except in [Eb] Port _ Augusta.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Life [Ab] in Port Augusta, things [Eb] don't change.
Life in [Ab] Port Augusta remains [Eb] the same.
The [Bb] world goes by [Eb] [Gm] and the [Ab] world gets strange, [Gm] except [Eb] in Port Augusta.
_ Road trains rolling through the night [Ab] to anywhere, [Eb] heading north to Alice, [Bb] west out on the air.
[Eb]
People they keep passing [Ab] by, just like the time.
[Eb]
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, [Bb] Perth on [Ab] down the line, way [Eb] down the line.
Life in Port [Ab] Augusta, things [Eb] don't change.
Life in Port [Ab] Augusta remains [Eb] the same.
The [Bb] world goes by and the [Ab] world gets strange, except in [Eb] Port Augusta.
_ Out there on the bypass, [Ab] doing business night and day.
[Eb] Fast food multinationals [Bb] selling plastic take away.
[Eb] While the shops in town are closing [Ab] down, dried up dreams on stony [Eb] ground.
You wonder why it always [Bb] seems to [Ab] end up this way, [Eb] same old way. _ _
[Bb] Nobody seems to question [Ab] or even [Eb] wonder why, [Bb] some towns get forgotten [Ab] and left [Eb] alone to die.
[Cm] While out [Bb] there on the highway [Ab] faded signs of [Cm] glory days [Bb] and memories in [Ab] time, Port Augusta [Eb] time.
_ And [Bb] the older generation [Ab] in silence fade [Eb] away, [Bb] no work for the younger [Ab] folk, no reason [Eb] left to stay.
[Cm] And out there [Bb] on the highway [Ab] there's a sign, _ _ [Cm] find a [Bb] better future [Ab] down the line, [Bb] way [Eb] down the line. _ _
Life in [Ab] Port Augusta, _ [Eb] things don't change.
Life in [Ab] Port Augusta [Eb] remains the same.
The [Bb] world goes by and the [Ab] world gets strange, except in [Eb] Port _ Augusta.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _