Never Was At All chords by Slim Dusty

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Slim Dusty - Never Was At All.

Can Play with capo on 1st Fret however you can get away without it.

Intro:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA

Verse 1:
D MajorD                G+G         D MajorD
They say I'm getting older and my hair is turnin' grey
                        A augmentedA
They say I should be slowing down, give it all away
D MajorD            G+G        D MajorD
Living like a gypsy doesn't bother me at all
    G+G      D MajorD        A augmentedA       D MajorD
And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'

Verse 2:
 D MajorD                 G+G        D MajorD
Now, I could've been a shearer and I could've been a vet
                        A augmentedA
Could've been a lot of things, of this much you can bet
 D MajorD                G+G        D MajorD
A augmentedA man can sit there hangin' like a picture on the wall
    G+G      D MajorD        A augmentedA       D MajorD
But I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'


Chorus:
   G+G               D MajorD
Oh, Id sooner be 'has been' than a 'never was at all'
                  A augmentedA
All my life I had a go, really had a ball
 G+G         D MajorD               G+G
If you don't climb the ladder, mate, then you can never fall
          D MajorD         A augmentedA       D MajorD
And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'


Solo:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA


Verse 3:
  D MajorD                G+G         D MajorD
When I look at that old suitcase and I think of how it was
                             A augmentedA
The bad times and the good times, hey, and we did it just because
 D MajorD            G+G        D MajorD
I know I had to try it and today I'm standing tall
     G+G      D MajorD       A augmentedA        D MajorD
Cause I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'

Verse 4:
  D MajorD                 G+G         D MajorD
Now, you won't reach the finish line if you don't ever start
                             A augmentedA
You'll never live and you'll never love if you don't have a heart
  D MajorD                  G+G        D MajorD
So don't just sit there whinging mate, it's no damn good at all
     G+G      D MajorD        A augmentedA       D MajorD
And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'


Chorus:
   G+G               D MajorD
Oh, Id sooner be 'has been' than a 'never was at all'
                    A augmentedA
Give it everything I'd got, really had a ball
 G+G         D MajorD               G+G
If you don't climb the ladder, mate, then you can never fall
           D MajorD        A augmentedA       D MajorD
And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'
    G+G     D MajorD        A augmentedA        D MajorD
And I'd sooner be a 'has been' than a 'never was at all'
  G+G      A augmentedA     D MajorD
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