Forty Miles To Saturday Night chords by Paul Kelly

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1

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 Well I rubbed the dirt all down  And I washed away six ach-ing days  And my

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 shoes all slick and spit and my singlet fresh and my sideburns shaved as I

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 turn  from the mirror  and I open my first beer since yester-day


Verse 2

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Danny brings the Bedford round a three ton girl with a flat top tray

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And she knows the way to town so we kiss goodbye to two weeks pay


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Now the leaves are all shaking and the stars are all waking from the day


Chorus

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 Big wheel turning  Turning all night  Big light burning  Burning so bright

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 Downright foolish but that's all right it's only 40 miles to Saturday night


Verse 3


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Theres a place on Maylin Street and a band down there called Gunga Din

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And Joanne from Miner's Creek, she said that she'd be back again

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She lives out on the station and she works on my imagination


End on Chorus (x2)

 G+G          D MajorD          G+G          D MajorD
 Big wheel turning  Turning all night  Big light burning  Burning so bright

 G+G           D MajorD           G+G        A augmentedA    D MajorD
 Downright foolish but that's all right it's only 40 miles to Saturday night

 G+G          D MajorD          G+G          D MajorD
 Big wheel turning  Turning all night  Big light burning  Burning so bright

 G+G           D MajorD           G+G        A augmentedA    D MajorD
 Downright foolish but that's all right it's only 40 miles to Saturday night