The Decimal Currency Pub Chords by Slim Dusty
Tempo:
101.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
E
A
B
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [E]
Snowy Jackson was a ringer [B] from the Outback settlement.
How could he know he changed over to the dollar [E] and the cent?
[A] It was fifteen months or over [E] since money he had spent, [B] so he thought it's time he headed where his elves [E] could be met.
He [A] was bent all right.
He really got [D] himself twisted.
Now the pub looked real inviting [A] as the town came into view.
It had seen a lot of fighting since the days when [D] it was new.
[G] Snowy hoped those days were over.
[D] He was now a peaceful bloke.
[A] All he wanted was to drink with mates and to have the [D] quiet smoke.
[E] But things never turned out that way.
[B] [E]
When the barmaid said a dollar [B] for a round of sparkling beer, he thought she was mistaken or she must be going queer.
[A] Thinking five bob was a dollar [E] and her adding rather strange, [B] he handed her the money and said,
Honey, keep the [E] change.
Keep the [A] change.
This is where the situation changed.
[D] She grabbed him by the collar [A] and said,
Now come on, son.
You heard me say a dollar.
Now I've got no time [D] for your fun.
[G] The bouncer came at Snowy [D] and he landed in a pile.
[A] It sort of came from nowhere and it sort of [D] cramped his style.
[E] He was now a mangled mess.
[B] [E]
The barmaid must be crazy [B] and the bouncer must be mad.
He reckoned that the trouncy was the worst he'd ever [E] had.
[A] He picked himself up later [E] just to make his way back home.
[B] He said, At least that's one place where I'm safe and I'm [E] alone.
Ah, well, [A] here's the payoff.
[D] Before he trudged on homeward, a notice caught his eye.
What it had to say would be enough to make a ringer cry.
[G] It was written in plain English.
[D] He thought, Well, here's the rub.
[A] I didn't know that I'd been inside a decimal [D] currency pub.
Now the old days are gone [G] with the pounds and the pence.
We [A] now shout for mates with dollars [D] and cents.
But we fondly recall [G] the old days round here [A] when we lined up together at the pub with no [D] beer.
[G] [D]
Snowy Jackson was a ringer [B] from the Outback settlement.
How could he know he changed over to the dollar [E] and the cent?
[A] It was fifteen months or over [E] since money he had spent, [B] so he thought it's time he headed where his elves [E] could be met.
He [A] was bent all right.
He really got [D] himself twisted.
Now the pub looked real inviting [A] as the town came into view.
It had seen a lot of fighting since the days when [D] it was new.
[G] Snowy hoped those days were over.
[D] He was now a peaceful bloke.
[A] All he wanted was to drink with mates and to have the [D] quiet smoke.
[E] But things never turned out that way.
[B] [E]
When the barmaid said a dollar [B] for a round of sparkling beer, he thought she was mistaken or she must be going queer.
[A] Thinking five bob was a dollar [E] and her adding rather strange, [B] he handed her the money and said,
Honey, keep the [E] change.
Keep the [A] change.
This is where the situation changed.
[D] She grabbed him by the collar [A] and said,
Now come on, son.
You heard me say a dollar.
Now I've got no time [D] for your fun.
[G] The bouncer came at Snowy [D] and he landed in a pile.
[A] It sort of came from nowhere and it sort of [D] cramped his style.
[E] He was now a mangled mess.
[B] [E]
The barmaid must be crazy [B] and the bouncer must be mad.
He reckoned that the trouncy was the worst he'd ever [E] had.
[A] He picked himself up later [E] just to make his way back home.
[B] He said, At least that's one place where I'm safe and I'm [E] alone.
Ah, well, [A] here's the payoff.
[D] Before he trudged on homeward, a notice caught his eye.
What it had to say would be enough to make a ringer cry.
[G] It was written in plain English.
[D] He thought, Well, here's the rub.
[A] I didn't know that I'd been inside a decimal [D] currency pub.
Now the old days are gone [G] with the pounds and the pence.
We [A] now shout for mates with dollars [D] and cents.
But we fondly recall [G] the old days round here [A] when we lined up together at the pub with no [D] beer.
[G] [D]
Key:
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E
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A
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ Snowy Jackson was a ringer [B] from the Outback settlement.
How could he know he changed over to the dollar [E] and the cent?
[A] It was fifteen months or over [E] since money he had spent, [B] so he thought it's time he headed where his elves [E] could be met.
He _ [A] was bent all right.
He really got [D] himself twisted.
_ Now the pub looked real inviting [A] as the town came into view.
It had seen a lot of fighting since the days when [D] it was new.
[G] Snowy hoped those days were over.
[D] He was now a peaceful bloke.
[A] All he wanted was to drink with mates and to have the [D] quiet smoke. _
[E] But things never turned out that way.
[B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ When the barmaid said a dollar [B] for a round of sparkling beer, he thought she was mistaken or she must be going queer.
[A] Thinking five bob was a dollar [E] and her adding rather strange, [B] he handed her the money and said,
Honey, keep the [E] change.
Keep the [A] change.
This is where the situation changed.
_ [D] _ _ _ She grabbed him by the collar [A] and said,
Now come on, son.
You heard me say a dollar.
Now I've got no time [D] for your fun.
[G] The bouncer came at Snowy [D] and he landed in a pile.
[A] It sort of came from nowhere and it sort of [D] cramped his style. _
[E] He was now a mangled mess.
[B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ The barmaid must be crazy [B] and the bouncer must be mad.
He reckoned that the trouncy was the worst he'd ever [E] had.
[A] He picked himself up later [E] just to make his way back home.
[B] He said, At least that's one place where I'm safe and I'm [E] alone.
_ Ah, well, [A] here's the payoff. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Before he trudged on homeward, a notice caught his eye.
What it had to say would be enough to make a ringer cry.
[G] It was written in plain English.
[D] He thought, Well, here's the rub.
[A] I didn't know that I'd been inside a decimal [D] currency pub. _ _
Now the old days are gone [G] with the pounds and the pence.
We [A] now shout for mates with dollars [D] and cents.
_ But we fondly recall [G] the old days round here [A] when we lined up together at the pub with no [D] beer.
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Snowy Jackson was a ringer [B] from the Outback settlement.
How could he know he changed over to the dollar [E] and the cent?
[A] It was fifteen months or over [E] since money he had spent, [B] so he thought it's time he headed where his elves [E] could be met.
He _ [A] was bent all right.
He really got [D] himself twisted.
_ Now the pub looked real inviting [A] as the town came into view.
It had seen a lot of fighting since the days when [D] it was new.
[G] Snowy hoped those days were over.
[D] He was now a peaceful bloke.
[A] All he wanted was to drink with mates and to have the [D] quiet smoke. _
[E] But things never turned out that way.
[B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ When the barmaid said a dollar [B] for a round of sparkling beer, he thought she was mistaken or she must be going queer.
[A] Thinking five bob was a dollar [E] and her adding rather strange, [B] he handed her the money and said,
Honey, keep the [E] change.
Keep the [A] change.
This is where the situation changed.
_ [D] _ _ _ She grabbed him by the collar [A] and said,
Now come on, son.
You heard me say a dollar.
Now I've got no time [D] for your fun.
[G] The bouncer came at Snowy [D] and he landed in a pile.
[A] It sort of came from nowhere and it sort of [D] cramped his style. _
[E] He was now a mangled mess.
[B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ The barmaid must be crazy [B] and the bouncer must be mad.
He reckoned that the trouncy was the worst he'd ever [E] had.
[A] He picked himself up later [E] just to make his way back home.
[B] He said, At least that's one place where I'm safe and I'm [E] alone.
_ Ah, well, [A] here's the payoff. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Before he trudged on homeward, a notice caught his eye.
What it had to say would be enough to make a ringer cry.
[G] It was written in plain English.
[D] He thought, Well, here's the rub.
[A] I didn't know that I'd been inside a decimal [D] currency pub. _ _
Now the old days are gone [G] with the pounds and the pence.
We [A] now shout for mates with dollars [D] and cents.
_ But we fondly recall [G] the old days round here [A] when we lined up together at the pub with no [D] beer.
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _