Abalinga Mail

Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: C#Capotraste: 6th traste ||Chords relative to Capo 6. [Intro] D G [Verse 1] G D My name is Bluey Simpson well how yer goin' mate? G I've been conductor on this train since nineteen twenty-eight D I hope you're in no hurry, sport, sit down and settle back G They call the Abalinga Mail the snail of the outback [Chorus] C G Ah, the Abalinga mail my oath she's slow D G And I should be the one to know C G It's no good you goin' crook I tell you son D G 'Cause if you're really in a hurry then you better get out an' run. [Interlude] D G [Verse 2] G D We once took on two hundred lambs only eight weeks old G They were headed clear across the state to the place where they'd been sold D That trip was takin' so damn long, I didn't think we'd rear 'em G Ah, we had to stop three flamin' times and take 'em off and shear 'em [Interlude] C G D D G [Verse 3] G D Two newly weds got on one year in the early part of June G They were headed for the seaside for a happy honeymoon D Now I wouldn't say the trip was slow, but I think it was no use G Well by the time we reached the coast their divorce had just come through [Chorus] C G Ah, the Abalinga mail my oath she's slow D G And I should be the one to know C G It's no good you goin' crook I tell you son D G 'Cause if you're really in a hurry then you better get out an' run. [Interlude] D G [Verse 4] G D We made the outback with some Sydney papers late last year G And the people on the cattle stations gave a mighty cheer D They longed to read the latest news from the great big world outside G But they got a dreadful shock to learn that Pharlap he had died, Oh! [Chorus] C G Ah, the Abalinga mail my oath she's slow D G And I should be the one to know C G It's no good you goin' crook I tell you son D G 'Cause if you're really in a hurry then you better get out an' run. [Tag] D G C G G And if you're really in a hurry then you better get out an' run. [Outro] G