Something In The Pilliga Chords by Slim Dusty
Tempo:
107.25 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
C
Eb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bb]
I was driving through the pilliger, getting tired [F] of the road,
Pulled over for a breather, stretched my legs and [Bb] checked the load.
It was getting close to sundown, been away near [Eb] on a week,
When I pulled into [Bb] this campsite [F] on the banks of [Bb] Tooley Creek.
Well I walked around the trail and the bush was [F] pretty still,
Checking ropes and kicking tires and the night air [Bb] had a chill.
I was climbing in the cabin when I thought I [Eb] heard a moan,
And I got this [Bb] sudden feeling [F] that I [Bb] wasn't a mile.
[Eb] Oh there's something in the pilliger I've heard [Bb] old timers say,
[Eb] There's some motive in camp there to never [F] go that way.
[Bb] And if you listen to their stories they'll make your [Eb] skin just crawl,
Some may offer [Bb] their opinion [F] and some never [Bb] talk at all.
Well I put a down to maybe the wind blowing in the [F] tree,
Completely disregarding shaky feelings [Bb] in my knees.
I was climbing in the camp of forty winks was all [Eb] I'd take,
When I felt the [Bb] cabin shaking [F] I was really [Bb] wide awake.
Oh I grabbed the tire lever out from [F] underneath the seat,
Hit the lights and threw some Roman sandals [Bb] on my feet.
I was creeping round the bull bar, out roared this [Eb] awful sound,
And my hair was [Bb] standing straight up, [F] I was frozen [Bb] to the ground.
[Eb] Hey there's something in the pilliger I've heard old [Bb] timers say,
[Eb] There's some motive in camp there to never [F] go that way.
And [Bb] if you listen to their stories they'll make your [Eb] skin just crawl,
Some may offer [Bb] their opinion [F] and some never [Bb] talk at all.
[C]
Then the stinking charge in for me it was all up ten feet [G] high,
With hair all covered over murder in its [C] devil's eyes.
And I must have started screaming like a [G] banshee [F] in full flight,
For it roared and [Bb] grunted [C] something [G] and then vanished [C] in the night.
[Bb] [C]
[Eb] When [C] finally I woke up I was lying [G] on the ground,
In an eerie kind of stillness nothing moved nor [C] made a sound.
Both my eyes were big as saucers still seeing [F] in my mind,
That primeval [C] apparition [G] red eyes burning [C] to mine.
[F] Oh there's something in the pilliger I've heard it [C] ran and roar,
[F] And my nerves were shot to pieces remembering what [G] I saw.
It [C] was big and it was hairy its perfume [F] really reeked,
Yeah there's something in [C] the pilliger mate [G] on the banks of Thule [C] Creek.
Let [F] it stay there in [C] the pilliger [G] on the banks of [C] Thule Creek.
Tell you what I'll be there, the time before I die I'll be there.
[Bb] [C] [Gm] [C] [Gm] [C]
I was driving through the pilliger, getting tired [F] of the road,
Pulled over for a breather, stretched my legs and [Bb] checked the load.
It was getting close to sundown, been away near [Eb] on a week,
When I pulled into [Bb] this campsite [F] on the banks of [Bb] Tooley Creek.
Well I walked around the trail and the bush was [F] pretty still,
Checking ropes and kicking tires and the night air [Bb] had a chill.
I was climbing in the cabin when I thought I [Eb] heard a moan,
And I got this [Bb] sudden feeling [F] that I [Bb] wasn't a mile.
[Eb] Oh there's something in the pilliger I've heard [Bb] old timers say,
[Eb] There's some motive in camp there to never [F] go that way.
[Bb] And if you listen to their stories they'll make your [Eb] skin just crawl,
Some may offer [Bb] their opinion [F] and some never [Bb] talk at all.
Well I put a down to maybe the wind blowing in the [F] tree,
Completely disregarding shaky feelings [Bb] in my knees.
I was climbing in the camp of forty winks was all [Eb] I'd take,
When I felt the [Bb] cabin shaking [F] I was really [Bb] wide awake.
Oh I grabbed the tire lever out from [F] underneath the seat,
Hit the lights and threw some Roman sandals [Bb] on my feet.
I was creeping round the bull bar, out roared this [Eb] awful sound,
And my hair was [Bb] standing straight up, [F] I was frozen [Bb] to the ground.
[Eb] Hey there's something in the pilliger I've heard old [Bb] timers say,
[Eb] There's some motive in camp there to never [F] go that way.
And [Bb] if you listen to their stories they'll make your [Eb] skin just crawl,
Some may offer [Bb] their opinion [F] and some never [Bb] talk at all.
[C]
Then the stinking charge in for me it was all up ten feet [G] high,
With hair all covered over murder in its [C] devil's eyes.
And I must have started screaming like a [G] banshee [F] in full flight,
For it roared and [Bb] grunted [C] something [G] and then vanished [C] in the night.
[Bb] [C]
[Eb] When [C] finally I woke up I was lying [G] on the ground,
In an eerie kind of stillness nothing moved nor [C] made a sound.
Both my eyes were big as saucers still seeing [F] in my mind,
That primeval [C] apparition [G] red eyes burning [C] to mine.
[F] Oh there's something in the pilliger I've heard it [C] ran and roar,
[F] And my nerves were shot to pieces remembering what [G] I saw.
It [C] was big and it was hairy its perfume [F] really reeked,
Yeah there's something in [C] the pilliger mate [G] on the banks of Thule [C] Creek.
Let [F] it stay there in [C] the pilliger [G] on the banks of [C] Thule Creek.
Tell you what I'll be there, the time before I die I'll be there.
[Bb] [C] [Gm] [C] [Gm] [C]
Key:
Bb
F
C
Eb
G
Bb
F
C
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I was driving through the pilliger, getting tired [F] of the road,
_ Pulled over for a breather, stretched my legs and [Bb] checked the load. _
It was getting close to sundown, been away near [Eb] on a week,
_ When I pulled into [Bb] this campsite [F] on the banks of [Bb] Tooley Creek. _ _ _ _ _
Well I walked around the trail and the bush was [F] pretty still,
_ Checking ropes and kicking tires and the night air [Bb] had a chill.
_ I was climbing in the cabin when I thought I [Eb] heard a moan,
_ And I got this [Bb] sudden feeling [F] that I [Bb] wasn't a mile. _
[Eb] Oh there's something in the pilliger I've heard [Bb] old timers say,
_ _ [Eb] There's some motive in camp there to never [F] go that way.
[Bb] And if you listen to their stories they'll make your [Eb] skin just crawl,
Some may offer [Bb] their opinion [F] and some never [Bb] talk at all.
_ _ _ _ Well I put a down to maybe the wind blowing in the [F] tree, _ _
Completely disregarding shaky feelings [Bb] in my knees.
I was climbing in the camp of forty winks was all [Eb] I'd take,
_ When I felt the [Bb] cabin shaking [F] I was really [Bb] wide awake.
_ Oh I grabbed the tire lever out from [F] underneath the seat, _ _
Hit the lights and threw some Roman sandals [Bb] on my feet. _
I was creeping round the bull bar, out roared this [Eb] awful sound,
_ And my hair was [Bb] standing straight up, [F] I was frozen [Bb] to the ground.
_ [Eb] Hey there's something in the pilliger I've heard old [Bb] timers say,
_ [Eb] There's some motive in camp there to never [F] go that way.
And [Bb] if you listen to their stories they'll make your [Eb] skin just crawl,
_ Some may offer [Bb] their opinion [F] and some never [Bb] talk at all.
_ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ Then the stinking charge in for me it was all up ten feet [G] high,
With hair all covered over murder in its [C] devil's eyes.
And I must have started screaming like a [G] banshee [F] in full flight,
_ For it roared and [Bb] grunted [C] something [G] and then vanished [C] in the night.
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _
[Eb] When [C] finally I woke up I was lying [G] on the ground,
_ In an eerie kind of stillness nothing moved nor [C] made a sound.
_ Both my eyes were big as saucers still seeing [F] in my mind,
That primeval [C] apparition [G] red eyes burning [C] to mine. _
[F] Oh there's something in the pilliger I've heard it [C] ran and roar,
_ [F] And my nerves were shot to pieces remembering what [G] I saw.
It [C] was big and it was hairy its perfume [F] really reeked,
Yeah there's something in [C] the pilliger mate [G] on the banks of Thule [C] Creek. _
Let [F] it stay there in [C] the pilliger [G] on the banks of [C] Thule Creek.
_ _ Tell you what I'll be there, the time before I die I'll be there.
_ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I was driving through the pilliger, getting tired [F] of the road,
_ Pulled over for a breather, stretched my legs and [Bb] checked the load. _
It was getting close to sundown, been away near [Eb] on a week,
_ When I pulled into [Bb] this campsite [F] on the banks of [Bb] Tooley Creek. _ _ _ _ _
Well I walked around the trail and the bush was [F] pretty still,
_ Checking ropes and kicking tires and the night air [Bb] had a chill.
_ I was climbing in the cabin when I thought I [Eb] heard a moan,
_ And I got this [Bb] sudden feeling [F] that I [Bb] wasn't a mile. _
[Eb] Oh there's something in the pilliger I've heard [Bb] old timers say,
_ _ [Eb] There's some motive in camp there to never [F] go that way.
[Bb] And if you listen to their stories they'll make your [Eb] skin just crawl,
Some may offer [Bb] their opinion [F] and some never [Bb] talk at all.
_ _ _ _ Well I put a down to maybe the wind blowing in the [F] tree, _ _
Completely disregarding shaky feelings [Bb] in my knees.
I was climbing in the camp of forty winks was all [Eb] I'd take,
_ When I felt the [Bb] cabin shaking [F] I was really [Bb] wide awake.
_ Oh I grabbed the tire lever out from [F] underneath the seat, _ _
Hit the lights and threw some Roman sandals [Bb] on my feet. _
I was creeping round the bull bar, out roared this [Eb] awful sound,
_ And my hair was [Bb] standing straight up, [F] I was frozen [Bb] to the ground.
_ [Eb] Hey there's something in the pilliger I've heard old [Bb] timers say,
_ [Eb] There's some motive in camp there to never [F] go that way.
And [Bb] if you listen to their stories they'll make your [Eb] skin just crawl,
_ Some may offer [Bb] their opinion [F] and some never [Bb] talk at all.
_ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ Then the stinking charge in for me it was all up ten feet [G] high,
With hair all covered over murder in its [C] devil's eyes.
And I must have started screaming like a [G] banshee [F] in full flight,
_ For it roared and [Bb] grunted [C] something [G] and then vanished [C] in the night.
_ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _
[Eb] When [C] finally I woke up I was lying [G] on the ground,
_ In an eerie kind of stillness nothing moved nor [C] made a sound.
_ Both my eyes were big as saucers still seeing [F] in my mind,
That primeval [C] apparition [G] red eyes burning [C] to mine. _
[F] Oh there's something in the pilliger I've heard it [C] ran and roar,
_ [F] And my nerves were shot to pieces remembering what [G] I saw.
It [C] was big and it was hairy its perfume [F] really reeked,
Yeah there's something in [C] the pilliger mate [G] on the banks of Thule [C] Creek. _
Let [F] it stay there in [C] the pilliger [G] on the banks of [C] Thule Creek.
_ _ Tell you what I'll be there, the time before I die I'll be there.
_ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _