Forty Miles To Saturday Night chords by Paul Kelly

Verse 1

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

 D                   G            D       Bm           G         Em
 shoes all slick and spit and my singlet fresh and my sideburns shaved  as I

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



Verse 2

     D                   G             D       Bm          G      Em
Danny  brings the Bedford round a three ton girl with a flat top tray

 D                   G               D       Bm           G         Em
And she knows the way to town so we kiss goodbye to two weeks pay


 A                      G               A             G     A      D
Now the leaves are all shaking and the stars are all waking from the day



Chorus

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

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



Verse 3


     D                   G             D       Bm          G      Em
Theres a place on Maylin Street and a band down there called Gunga Din

     D                   G             D       Bm     G      Em
And Joanne from Miner's Creek, she said that she'd be back again

 A                      G               A         G     A     D
She lives out on the station and she works on my imagination



End on Chorus (x2)

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

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

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

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