Chords for Slim Dusty - Sniff the Digger's Dog
Tempo:
90.4 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
C#
F#
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [E]
Old Sniff the mangy one-eyed [B] dog that knocked around the loo.
A digger's dog was poor Old Sniff [E] whom everybody knew.
[C#] He didn't always live down here but [F#] came from [A] way out west.
Where [E] men are men and dogs are dogs, both [B] are the [E] very best.
At times the dogs would gather round, [B] Sniff's stories listened to.
Of droving days with travelling [E] sheep round the Darling and Bartoo.
[C#] A drafting contest once said [F#] Sniff was held out back [A] of Burt.
[E] Ten dogs took part in it with me and [B] dogs that [E] knew their work.
As each dog rounded off his sheep [B] he drove them in the pen.
He closed the gates, put in [E] the peg, the peg fell out again.
[C#] The peg you see was far too [F#] small for a hole drilled [A] in the post.
[E] Though I went last I won the day, [B] don't think I want [E] to boast.
But the way the crowd stood up and [B] cheered I still remember well.
As I dipped the peg in water and [E] I made the darn thing swell.
[C#] All the city dogs all looked with [F#] awe and they were [A] all agog.
[E] Till here of daring deeds like these [B] from a simple [E] country dog.
[Bm] [E]
Now once with sheep in a mulga scrub [B] said Sniff here's one that's true.
A ram got lost from out [E] the mob, the boss kicked up a blue.
[C#] He said hey Sniff go find him [F#] boy when I return [A] that night.
[E] It was on the old ram's back I rode with [B] low arms [E] for a light.
Then Sniff he took a look [B] around winking his old blind eye.
As the big Alsatian [E] said ain't things getting dry.
[C#] Old Sniff he looked him over [F#] said dry you're [A] telling me.
[E] Oh it's way out west where sand flies free [B] that's where [E] you ought to be.
Then he made their blood all curdle [B] and they looked from left to right.
When he told them of a fight [E] he had in an outback pub one night.
[C#] Said Sniff the dogs all fell on [F#] me I thought I'd [A] soon be dead.
[E] But I crept out of that scramble with [B] camp oven [E] on my head.
Old Sniff he took a look at them [B] his chest swelled out with pride.
As he spoke of great granddad [E] and how poor granddad died.
[C#] Oh they've built a statue to him [F#] don't think I've [A] told a lie.
[E] And I'll tell you where you'll find it [B] nine miles from [E]
Gundagai.
Old Sniff a mangy one-eyed [B] dog that knocked around the loo.
A digger's dog was poor old Sniff [E] whom everybody knew.
[C#] He didn't always live down [F#] here but came from [A] way out west.
[E] Where men are men and dogs are dogs [B] both are the [E] very best.
[N]
Old Sniff the mangy one-eyed [B] dog that knocked around the loo.
A digger's dog was poor Old Sniff [E] whom everybody knew.
[C#] He didn't always live down here but [F#] came from [A] way out west.
Where [E] men are men and dogs are dogs, both [B] are the [E] very best.
At times the dogs would gather round, [B] Sniff's stories listened to.
Of droving days with travelling [E] sheep round the Darling and Bartoo.
[C#] A drafting contest once said [F#] Sniff was held out back [A] of Burt.
[E] Ten dogs took part in it with me and [B] dogs that [E] knew their work.
As each dog rounded off his sheep [B] he drove them in the pen.
He closed the gates, put in [E] the peg, the peg fell out again.
[C#] The peg you see was far too [F#] small for a hole drilled [A] in the post.
[E] Though I went last I won the day, [B] don't think I want [E] to boast.
But the way the crowd stood up and [B] cheered I still remember well.
As I dipped the peg in water and [E] I made the darn thing swell.
[C#] All the city dogs all looked with [F#] awe and they were [A] all agog.
[E] Till here of daring deeds like these [B] from a simple [E] country dog.
[Bm] [E]
Now once with sheep in a mulga scrub [B] said Sniff here's one that's true.
A ram got lost from out [E] the mob, the boss kicked up a blue.
[C#] He said hey Sniff go find him [F#] boy when I return [A] that night.
[E] It was on the old ram's back I rode with [B] low arms [E] for a light.
Then Sniff he took a look [B] around winking his old blind eye.
As the big Alsatian [E] said ain't things getting dry.
[C#] Old Sniff he looked him over [F#] said dry you're [A] telling me.
[E] Oh it's way out west where sand flies free [B] that's where [E] you ought to be.
Then he made their blood all curdle [B] and they looked from left to right.
When he told them of a fight [E] he had in an outback pub one night.
[C#] Said Sniff the dogs all fell on [F#] me I thought I'd [A] soon be dead.
[E] But I crept out of that scramble with [B] camp oven [E] on my head.
Old Sniff he took a look at them [B] his chest swelled out with pride.
As he spoke of great granddad [E] and how poor granddad died.
[C#] Oh they've built a statue to him [F#] don't think I've [A] told a lie.
[E] And I'll tell you where you'll find it [B] nine miles from [E]
Gundagai.
Old Sniff a mangy one-eyed [B] dog that knocked around the loo.
A digger's dog was poor old Sniff [E] whom everybody knew.
[C#] He didn't always live down [F#] here but came from [A] way out west.
[E] Where men are men and dogs are dogs [B] both are the [E] very best.
[N]
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
Old Sniff the mangy one-eyed [B] dog that knocked around the loo.
A digger's dog was poor Old Sniff [E] whom everybody knew.
[C#] He didn't always live down here but [F#] came from [A] way out west.
Where [E] men are men and dogs are dogs, both [B] are the [E] very best.
_ At times the dogs would gather round, [B] Sniff's stories listened to.
Of droving days with travelling [E] sheep round the Darling and Bartoo.
[C#] A drafting contest once said [F#] Sniff was held out back [A] of Burt.
[E] Ten dogs took part in it with me and [B] dogs that [E] knew their work.
_ As each dog rounded off his sheep [B] he drove them in the pen.
He closed the gates, put in [E] the peg, the peg fell out again.
[C#] The peg you see was far too [F#] small for a hole drilled [A] in the post.
[E] Though I went last I won the day, [B] don't think I want [E] to boast.
_ But the way the crowd stood up and [B] cheered I still remember well.
As I dipped the peg in water and [E] I made the darn thing swell.
[C#] All the city dogs all looked with [F#] awe and they were [A] all agog.
[E] Till here of daring deeds like these [B] from a simple [E] country dog.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ Now once with sheep in a mulga scrub [B] said Sniff here's one that's true.
A ram got lost from out [E] the mob, the boss kicked up a blue.
[C#] He said hey Sniff go find him [F#] boy when I return [A] that night.
[E] It was on the old ram's back I rode with [B] low arms [E] for a light.
_ Then Sniff he took a look [B] around winking his old blind eye.
As the big Alsatian [E] said ain't things getting dry.
[C#] Old Sniff he looked him over [F#] said dry you're [A] telling me.
[E] Oh it's way out west where sand flies free [B] that's where [E] you ought to be.
_ Then he made their blood all curdle [B] and they looked from left to right.
When he told them of a fight [E] he had in an outback pub one night.
[C#] Said Sniff the dogs all fell on [F#] me I thought I'd [A] soon be dead.
[E] But I crept out of that scramble with [B] camp oven [E] on my head.
_ Old Sniff he took a look at them [B] his chest swelled out with pride.
As he spoke of great granddad [E] and how poor granddad died.
[C#] Oh they've built a statue to him [F#] don't think I've [A] told a lie.
[E] And I'll tell you where you'll find it [B] nine miles from [E]
Gundagai.
Old Sniff a mangy one-eyed [B] dog that knocked around the loo.
A digger's dog was poor old Sniff [E] whom everybody knew.
[C#] He didn't always live down [F#] here but came from [A] way out west.
[E] Where men are men and dogs are dogs [B] both are the [E] very best. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
Old Sniff the mangy one-eyed [B] dog that knocked around the loo.
A digger's dog was poor Old Sniff [E] whom everybody knew.
[C#] He didn't always live down here but [F#] came from [A] way out west.
Where [E] men are men and dogs are dogs, both [B] are the [E] very best.
_ At times the dogs would gather round, [B] Sniff's stories listened to.
Of droving days with travelling [E] sheep round the Darling and Bartoo.
[C#] A drafting contest once said [F#] Sniff was held out back [A] of Burt.
[E] Ten dogs took part in it with me and [B] dogs that [E] knew their work.
_ As each dog rounded off his sheep [B] he drove them in the pen.
He closed the gates, put in [E] the peg, the peg fell out again.
[C#] The peg you see was far too [F#] small for a hole drilled [A] in the post.
[E] Though I went last I won the day, [B] don't think I want [E] to boast.
_ But the way the crowd stood up and [B] cheered I still remember well.
As I dipped the peg in water and [E] I made the darn thing swell.
[C#] All the city dogs all looked with [F#] awe and they were [A] all agog.
[E] Till here of daring deeds like these [B] from a simple [E] country dog.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ Now once with sheep in a mulga scrub [B] said Sniff here's one that's true.
A ram got lost from out [E] the mob, the boss kicked up a blue.
[C#] He said hey Sniff go find him [F#] boy when I return [A] that night.
[E] It was on the old ram's back I rode with [B] low arms [E] for a light.
_ Then Sniff he took a look [B] around winking his old blind eye.
As the big Alsatian [E] said ain't things getting dry.
[C#] Old Sniff he looked him over [F#] said dry you're [A] telling me.
[E] Oh it's way out west where sand flies free [B] that's where [E] you ought to be.
_ Then he made their blood all curdle [B] and they looked from left to right.
When he told them of a fight [E] he had in an outback pub one night.
[C#] Said Sniff the dogs all fell on [F#] me I thought I'd [A] soon be dead.
[E] But I crept out of that scramble with [B] camp oven [E] on my head.
_ Old Sniff he took a look at them [B] his chest swelled out with pride.
As he spoke of great granddad [E] and how poor granddad died.
[C#] Oh they've built a statue to him [F#] don't think I've [A] told a lie.
[E] And I'll tell you where you'll find it [B] nine miles from [E]
Gundagai.
Old Sniff a mangy one-eyed [B] dog that knocked around the loo.
A digger's dog was poor old Sniff [E] whom everybody knew.
[C#] He didn't always live down [F#] here but came from [A] way out west.
[E] Where men are men and dogs are dogs [B] both are the [E] very best. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _