Roy

Simplificar Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: C#Capotraste: 1st traste || Chords relative to capo 1. [Intro] C Here's the story of a real character, an old mate called Roy. [Verse] C F When I travelled with my show right round Australia G7 C We only got back home at Christmas time F Our home was in the deep south of the Gippsland G And life was mostly full on all the time C F There’s a saying true that people do make places G7 C And our circle of true friends were made to last F But this song is mostly of just one old timer G7 C And we never knew too much about his past [Verse] C F Old Roy just drifted into Metung village G7 C They say he came from Sydney, New South Wales F And they say he was big time in the racing game G But when life went wrong, he wound up on the rails C F And he ended up just working round the village G7 C He drank too much, and chain smoked all the time F But one day every year he dressed up special G7 C And joined us all at Homewood Christmas time [Chorus] F C And he sang with us around the old piana F G Songs like ’harbour lights and ‘Danny boy’ F C Said that "Mother was one of Nature's Gentlemen", yeah G C Christmas day was a big day for old Roy. [Interlude] G7 C [Verse] C F He was famous for his winners of the weekend G7 C He’d whisper "mate, this one’s the real McCoy" F From two bob millionaires to local farmers G Everybody got their tips from good old Roy C F It’s a London to a brick, mate, it’s a certainty G7 C And most of us would listen to him too F We’d leave our change with Roy when we were leaving G7 C Oh, its somehow seemed the decent thing to do [Verse] C F Some said made he made the village look untidy G7 C But his mates made sure he was left alone F They bought him clothes and checked his tattered footwear G And chucked in for a van that was his home C F Disliked or not, he surely was a character G7 C And the last time that I saw he looked thin F He said old mate here’s a keepsake for tomorrow G C And passed across his old log cabin tin. I still got the tin. [Verse] C F He was pretty drunk, so I rolled him some for later G7 C He said all the best to David, Anne and Joy F And you know mumbled something more about natures gentleman G And that was my last drink with poor old Roy C F Oh, the winter came and Roy was thin and weary G7 C He died alone in his little quiet place F But I’m sure he’s riding winners on that big track G7 C C7 But down here he has lost his final race, hey [Chorus] F C Yeah, he sang with us around the old piana F G7 Songs like ‘Harbour Lights' and ’Danny Boy’ F C Said that "mother was one of nature's gentlemen", God bless him G C C Yeah, Christmas day was a big day for old Roy.