Billinudgel chords by Slim Dusty

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
D MajorD D D MajorD D

Verse 1:
D MajorD
Well it must have been 'round 4.30 in the mornin'
G+G
The first sight of dawn creepin' over the horizon
D MajorD
Fifteen minutes from a Billinugel breakfast
              A augmentedA
I was rolling down highway one.

Verse 2:
    D MajorD
And ya know what it's like up around the Northern rivers
G+G
Those windin' roads just give me the shivers
D MajorD               A augmentedA          D MajorD
And to top it all off there's been a few points of rain.

Verse 3:
D MajorD
Well I've been stuck in low gear for what seems like forever
     G+G
Climbin' up a steep hill with my diesel a-running
     D MajorD
But the big ol' white was a fuel delight
              A augmentedA
And the best rig doin' the rounds

Verse 4:
    D MajorD
But you know what it's like when you're tired and you're hungry
G+G
Everything that you do, well you do it in a hurry
    D MajorD          A augmentedA               D MajorD
Well, I got to the top an' I thought I'd just let her roll down.

Instrumental:
|D MajorD  |  |  |  |G+G  |  |  |  |D MajorD  |  |  |  |D MajorD  |  |A augmentedA  |  |  |  |
|D MajorD  |  |  |  |G+G  |  |  |  |D MajorD  |  |A augmentedA |  |D MajorD  |  |  |  |

Verse 5:
D MajorD
It was a good long stretch of downhill runnin',
    G+G
An' as far as I could see, there was nobody comin',
   D MajorD
So I let her have her head a little bit longer,
                A augmentedA
An' she took off like a Mallee Bull.

Verse 6:
    D MajorD
Then my mind on a meal an' my hands on the wheel,
    G+G
Then my eyes started seeing things that couldn't be real,
    D MajorD           A augmentedA           D MajorD
And the roadside posts started turnin' into six-foot blondes,

           D MajorD                  E MajorE        N.C.
SPOKEN & KEY CHANGE: You know what time it is then mates. Time for a stop.

Verse 6:
  E MajorE
Well, I went to the brake like a drunk to the bottle,
    A augmentedA
But my foot missed the mark an' it landed on the throttle,
    E MajorE
And the diesel roared an' I prayed to the Lord
                B7B7
To the Lord "Won't you gi' me a break."

Verse 7:
   E MajorE
Oh, I guess he wasn't listenin' or he just didn't care,
  A augmentedA
Or maybe he was takin' forty winks up there
   E MajorE          B7B7        E MajorE
Cause soon I was riding a 22 wheel roller skate,

Verse 8:
E MajorE
Then the wheels left the road as far as I can remember,
   A augmentedA
I was roaring thru the bush like a shearer on a bender,
     E MajorE
When the door opened up and who should get in?
        B7B7
A augmentedA big red kangaroo

Verse 9:
     E MajorE
He said, "G'day mate, what the hell d'ya think you're doin'?
A augmentedA
Give us the wheel there, I'll get ya thru it."
    E MajorE               B7B7           E MajorE
Then he crashed thru the gears an' we missed another big ole dump,

Oh yeah!

Verse 10:
    E*            E*
Well, around-a-bout here it kinda gets in a muddle,
     A*           A*
Though I seem to recall giving a koala a cuddle
   E*           E*            E MajorE
an' a possum on my lap, An' a white cockatoo screamin',
          B7B7
"Give her a go, ya mug."

Verse 11:
     E MajorE
Then when I awoke it was no damn joke,
    A augmentedA                     E MajorE
I was alone in the cab except for blokes of Billinugel,
        B7B7 N.C.      B7B7 +
Starin' in the window and sayin', "Are you alright mate?"
    B7B7 +              B7B7 +
I said, "Fellas give us a big mug of black coffee,
 B7B7 +
A augmentedA Billinugel special burger with the works,
B7B7 +
Because u know fellas, ya never gonna believe this."

Verse 1:
N.C.   E MajorE
Well, it must-a been 'round 4.30 in the mornin',
  A augmentedA
The first light of dawn creepin' over the horizon,
E MajorE
Fifteen minutes from a Billinugel breakfast,
              B7B7
I was rollin' down highway one.

Verse 2:
   E MajorE
And ya know what it's like

Up around the Northern rivers
   A augmentedA
Those windin' roads just give me the shivers,
    E MajorE           B7B7          E MajorE
And to top it all up there's been a few points of rain.