Ringer From The Top End chords by Slim Dusty

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Written by
Joy McKean
CAPO 4 (I'm pretty sure that's how Slim played it)

Intro Chords:
D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD

 D MajorD
I'm a ringer from the top end
             A augmentedA
Where ya gotta know your job

And what you're doin' each day

On 2 million acres you bet
           D MajorD
Ya have to earn your pay

If ya wanna take it on
                   G+G    E minorEm
There's one thing that shouldn't be forgotten
 G+G         A augmentedA
Nobody can do the job
            D MajorD
Like a ringer from the top end

 A augmentedA
Out on the fence line swallowing dust
 E MajorE
Blood on my hands from the barb

Hoping that rogue bull won't see the hole
 A augmentedA
Before they get him in the yard
    D MajorD
But I get a funny feeling in the middle of my back
 G+G                E minorEm
Sure enough he's coming like a train down the track
 G+G               A augmentedA
That's when nobody else moves faster
               D MajorD
Than the springer from the top end

 D MajorD
I'm a ringer from the top end
           A augmentedA
Where ya gotta muster 3 thousand head in a day
                        D MajorD
Move 'em to the yards and water them at end of day

It's not the sort of job you'd take
             G+G   E minorEm
If you're looking for a soft one
 G+G               A augmentedA
But ya take a kinda pride in saying
            D MajorD
I'm a ringer from the top end

 A augmentedA
Well I roll out my swag 'neath the boab tree
 E MajorE
And then I'm out like a light

Dreaming about those girls in town
 A augmentedA
Next thing it's broad daylight
 D MajorD
No time to dream of what might have been
      G+G             E minorEm
I'm in a dirty bull catcher with the mustering team
 G+G              A augmentedA
I better keep my mind on the job
                D MajorD
'Cause I'm a ringer from the top end

 G+G            A augmentedA
And nobody does the job better
             D MajorD
Than a ringer from the top end