Boomaroo Flyer chords by Slim Dusty

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

♫ Intro:
E

♫ Verse 1:
E
I run a large truck mister

And I live in Echuca and every Friday night
          A
I have to run it down to Melbourne
                                                         E
I start out in Numurkah, I make Shepparton by the fadin’ light
       B7                              A.           A7
I get another load in Seymour, then I'm hittin’ Kalkallo?
        A                      E
I'm in Campbellfield about midnight

♫ Chorus:
E          D          A
And on the side of my truck it says
E
Boomaroo Flyer
         D            A
When you ride in this truck
          D        G
You don't ride any higher
    A         D            G
And everyone along the road
          D        E
Knows the Boomaroo Flyer


♫ Verse 2:
E
When I'm on my run

I get a lot of time for thinking

Like where’s this truck taking me to
            A
I think of rollin’ on this road when

I'm run down an’ old
                                   E
And all the other things I wanna do
           B7                         A
But when I see that big candle from my cabin window
                                      E
I can smile cause I'm heading home to you

♫ Chorus:
E          D          A
And on the side of my truck it says
E
Boomaroo Flyer
         D            A
When you ride in this truck
          D        G
You don't ride any higher
    A         D            G
And everyone along the road
          D        E
Knows the Boomaroo Flyer

♫ Instrumental:
E  A  D  G
D  A  D  G
D  E

♫ Verse 3:
E
I was out one night

It was late on a Sunday

And a young man steps out and flags me down
       A
He was all of fourteen

His father had been drinkin, he was hell bent
                 E
On gettin' outta town
       B7
By the time he cooled off
     A
We’d put some miles behind us
                                     E
But eventually we turned that truck around

♫ Chorus:
E          D          A
And on the side of my truck it says
E
Boomaroo Flyer
         D            A
When you ride in this truck
          D        G
You don't ride any higher
    A         D            G
And everyone along the road
          D        E
Knows the Boomaroo Flyer
          D        E
Knows the Boomaroo Flyer

♫ Outro:
E     A  D
G  D  A  D
D  E