Gumtrees By The Roadway – Slim Dusty · Song Chords

Gumtrees By The Roadway

Slim Dusty · C

Real Key

C

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C

0.2x

120

BPM

1

2

3

4

Rhythm

2/4

3/4

4/4

5/4

6/8

7/8

No Accent

Downbeat

Backbeat

All Equal

1 & 3

Intro

[C] [F] [C] [G] [C]

Verse

[C] [A7] [D]

Tonight here by the roadside after drivin' hard all day

[G] [C] [G]

Dreamin' of the old folks and a homestead o'er the way

[C] [A7] [D]

In dreams I see the old place I'll be there within a week

[F] [C] [G] [C]

Where there's gum trees by the roadway and the willows by the creek

Verse

[C] [A7] [D]

Oh, I see the homestead cattle as around the place they roam

[G] [C] [G]

The old man with the horses on the fields of golden loam

[C] [A7] [D]

And mother in the doorway just to make this scene completе

[F] [C] [G] [C]

With gum trees by the roadway and the willows by the creek. hey

Interlude

[F] [C] [G] [C]

Verse

[C] [A7] [D]

Oh, I'd like to tеll my story in a simple kind of way

[G] [C] [G]

It happened to many hundreds in this war-torn world today

[C] [A7] [D]

I heard the call for duty so I donned the khaki suit

[F] [C] [G] [C]

And I marched 'way from the gumtrees and the willows by the creek

Verse

[C] [A7] [D]

Now when the war was over and we'd marched the victory mile

[G] [C] [G]

The ties with home were broken and from there I stayed a while

[C] [A7] [D]

I palled with some fellas just to live on easy street

[F] [C] [G] [C]

And forgot about the gumtrees and the willows by the creek. hey.

Interlude

[F] [C] [G] [C]

Verse

[C] [A7] [D]

Oh, but when you land in trouble and you're placed behind those bars

[G] [C] [G]

That's when you start thinking of the country moon and stars

[C] [A7] [D]

And when at last they free you and you step out on the street

[F] [C] [G] [C]

Oh, nothing then could hold you from the homestead by the creek

Verse

[C] [A7] [D]

Oh, that's why tonight I'm standing by this cheery roadside fire

[G] [C] [G]

Takin' in the country underneath the summer stars

[C] [A7] [D]

From now on you will find me where the air is fresh and sweet

[F] [C] [G] [C]

Where forever there'll be gum trees and the willows by the creek. Hey

[Tag]

[F] [C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [C]

And the willows by the creek.

Chords Used (5)

Guitar

Ukulele

C

1 / 4

F

1 / 5

G

1 / 5

A7

1 / 4

D

1 / 4

Song Info

Real Key

C

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