Nineteen Eighties Bushman On The Move
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ACapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
B7 E A
[Verse]
A E A
You're asking if I am the modern cowboy.
E
Oh, I hardly know the meanin' of your term,
though a fancy truck I'm driving, day by day I’m striving
B7 E
for another job, and another quid to earn.
A E A
My rig would be the best along these highways.
D
In confidence I mention this to you,
B7 E
with my fingertips selectors and computerised injectors
A
I’m a nineteen eighties bushman on the move.
[Verse]
A E A
Oh, you’ve never see me in expensive moleskins.
E
these Cuban heels I hardly can afford.
but I’m content to get along, in a dusty pair of battered thongs.
B7 E
hey, look this fancy t-shirt beats them all.
A E A
Oh, I dig the homely beat of country music.
D
and the honest story in a country song
B7 E
and my wheels are softly ringing to a country favourite singing.
A
while this nineteen eighties bushman rolls along.
[Verse]
A E A
Old Granddad worked these highways many years ago.
E
I guess we'd think those years were pretty mean;
on the roughest track and byway, he shaped the future highway
B7 E
with dray and scoop and grader and his team.
A E A
Oh, if only he were here to see the progress
D
I wonder if the old man would approve,
B7 E
Of the paint job gaily matchin', all the brilliant chrome work flashin'
A
And a Nineteen Eighties Bushman on the move. Oh yeah.
[Instrumental]
A E A
A A D
B7 E E
A
[Verse]
A E A
Down below the border Carol's waiting
E
In the morning she'll be watching for the rig,
She'll be laughing in the evening, be crying when I'm leaving
B7 E
Standing there a-waving with the kids,
A E A
Oh, I often wonder is it really worth it.
D
Does my woman understand why I must roam?
B7 E
With these steering stabilizers, all the faster I can driver her
A
I'm a Nineteen Eighties Bushman going home.
[Break]
E A
[Verse]
A E A
The sun across the lonely west in blazing
E
And the night that follows me is coming fast,
With the super snoopers' growlin', there’s a mobile radar prowlin'
B7 E
It looks as though I've found the bears at last.
A E A
Oh, I wonder if they think that I'm a cowboy
D
Well, they couldn't be much further from the truth.
B7 E
with my fingertips selectors and computerised injectors
A
Of a Nineteen Eighties Bushman on the move.
[Coda]
A E A
A A D
B7 E
With my gleaming chimneys glinting, the tone of "Road Slave" hinting
A
Of a nineteen eighties bushman on the move.
[Outro]
E A A
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