A Tale They Won't Believe chords by Captain Tractor
Guitar chords with lyrics
Intro 1: Dm C Bb C x4 Intro 2: Dm C Bb C x2 Verse 1: Dm Dm We left Macquarie Harbour it was in the pouring rain Dm C None of us quite sure if we would see England again Bb C Dm Some fool muttered death or liberty Dm Dm There was six of us together a jolly hungry crew Dm C And as the days went by you know our hunger quickly grew Bb C Dm Some fool muttered death or liberty
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Pre-Chorus:
C Dm
So that night we made fires out of twigs and out of bark
C Dm
And our stomachs they were grumbling all through the night so dark
C
We were only trying to keep ourselves alive
C C
But when the sun came up next morning well the six had turned to five, and I said
Chorus:
Dm C Bb C
Right there's another one, don't you frown
Dm C Bb C
Chew the meat and hold it down,
Dm C Bb C
It's a tale they won't believe...
C
When I get down to Hobart town
Interlude:
Dm C Bb C x2
Verse 2:
Dm Dm
All five of us were nervous and I'll tell you that's a fact
Dm C
But you should have seen the bastard who was carrying the axe
Bb C Dm
He was a sick man he had murder in his heart
Dm Dm
And then we reached the Franklin River, and it took two days to cross
Dm C
We were wet and almost starvin' and for food were at a loss
Bb C Dm
We were hungry men with murder on our minds
Pre-Chorus:
C Dm
So that night we made a fire out of twigs and out of bark
C Dm
And our stomachs they were rumbling all through the night so dark
C Dm
And they were making noises the dead could not ignore
C
And when the sun came up next morning
C
The five had turned to four! And I said,
Chorus:
Dm C Bb C
Right there's another one, don't you frown
Dm C Bb C
Chew the meat and hold it down,
Dm C Bb C
It's a tale they won't believe...
C
When I get down to Hobart town
Interlude:
Dm C Bb C x2
Verse 3:
Dm Dm
Well the four of us kept marching to a place called Western Tiers
Dm C
A country full of tasty game but for us it held no cheer
Bb C Dm
We had no guns we were traveling without hope
Dm Dm
But the axe it loomed so ominous and God's hand was at play
Dm C
A sick man is a type of game which can not run away
Bb C Dm
So stay easy, my poor man, your time's at hand
Pre-Chorus:
C Dm
So that night we made a fire out of twigs and out of bark
C Dm
And our stomachs they were rumbling all through the night so dark
C Dm
I can't say I feel guilty, after all it wasn't me
C C
But when the sun came up next morning the four had turned to three! And I said,
Chorus:
Dm C Bb C
Right there's another one, don't you frown
Dm C Bb C
Chew the meat and hold it down,
Dm C Bb C
It's a tale they won't believe...
C
When I get down to Hobart town!
Interlude:
Dm C Bb C x2
Verse 4:
Dm Dm
Well the three of us kept moving but one was fading fast
Dm C
He had been bitten by a snake and you could see he would not last
Bb C Dm
Stay easy my good man your time's at hand
Dm Dm
And when he could last no longer his days were fading fast
Dm C
We were far to weak to carry him subsistency comes first
Bb C Dm
Stay easy my good man your time's at hand
Pre-Chorus:
C Dm
So that night we made a fire out of twigs and out of bark
C Dm
And our stomachs they were rumbling all through the night so dark
C Dm
It was a messy job but it was one we had to do
C C
But when the sun came up next day(guess what, the three had turned to two! And I said,
Chorus:
Dm C Bb C
Right there's another one, don't you frown
Dm C Bb C
Chew the meat and hold it down,
Dm C Bb C
It's a tale they won't believe...
C
When I get down to Hobart town!
Interlude:
Dm C Bb C x2
Verse 5:
Dm Dm
Now he'd been looking at me funny, sort of eyeing me for days
Dm C
And you would not need to be too bright to know that bastard's ways:
Bb C Dm
He was a sick man, he had murder in his heart
Dm Dm
But even bastards have to rest, and even bastards have to sleep
Dm C
And when he was in the land of Nod straight over I did creep
Bb C Dm
And the axe that he had wielded now was mine
Pre-Chorus:
C Dm
So that night, I made the fire, out of twigs and out of bark
C Dm
And my stomach it kept rumbling all through the night so dark
C Dm
I can't say that I enjoyed it, and it wasn't exactly fun
C C
But when the sun came up next morning, the two had turned to one! And I said,
Chorus:
Dm C Bb C
Right there's another one, don't you frown
Dm C Bb C
Chew the meat and hold it down,
Dm C Bb C
It's a tale they won't believe...
C
When I get down to Hobart town!
Instrumental:
Dm Dm C Bb C x4
Dm C Bb C x4
Verse 6:
Dm Dm
Well now history is a pack of lies, as any fool can tell
Dm C
So when I got down to Hobart town I told my story well
Bb C Dm
But do you think they would believe one word I said?
Dm Dm
they thought that I was covering for my mates still at large
Dm C
Said they'd be roaming in the bush so wild and free
Bb C Dm
And back to old Macquarie Harbour they sent me
Pre-Chorus:
C Dm
But I remember the fires made out of twigs and made of bark
C Dm
And my stomach it was grumbling all through the night so dark
C Dm
And this young fool he just said to me it's liberty or death
C C
And he looked a rather tasty one, I just could not help it singing
Chorus:
Dm C Bb B
right there's another one, don't you frown
Dm C Bb C
Chew the meat and hold it down,
Dm C Bb C
It's a tale they won't believe...
C C
When I get down, when I get down,
C Dm C Bb C Dm
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