Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE
Verse 1:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
The whole town's on the loop line
E MajorE D MajorD
Two up rules the day
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Pennies rising with the sun
E MajorE E MajorE
Except for the day that mum gets her pay
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
The black man and the white man
E MajorE D MajorD
Are scratching their sunburnt face
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
While digging themselves a hole in the ground
E MajorE E MajorE
To find a better place, whoa oh
Chorus:
D MajorD
Everybody wants a holiday
E MajorE
With a full day's pay
D MajorD
Some people need it. Some people steal it
E MajorE
Some people have it anyway
Interlude:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD
F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE E MajorE
Verse 2:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Children watch a father
E MajorE D MajorD
Twelve hours full of sweat
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Look in his eye and see the future
E MajorE E MajorE
In the leather skin spinners bet
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
While the black man and the white man
E MajorE D MajorD
Are scratching their weary face
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
While they're digging themselves a hole in the ground
E MajorE E MajorE
To find a better place, whoa oh
Chorus:
D MajorD
Everybody wants a holiday
E MajorE
With a full day's pay
D MajorD
Some people need it. Some people steal it
E MajorE
Some people have it anyway
D MajorD
Can you see your children falling
E MajorE
Down Kalgoorlie's hill, whoa oh
D MajorD E MajorE
Can they see the future in the mi-ner's
Refrain:
A augmentedA C# minorC#m D MajorD E MajorE
Golden swill (When’s it gonna rain?)
A augmentedA C# minorC#m D MajorD E MajorE
Golden swill (When’s it gonna come?)
A augmentedA C# minorC#m D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA C# minorC#m
It's been a long time sweating
D MajorD E MajorE
When you run the golden mile
A augmentedA C# minorC#m D MajorD E MajorE
Oh Kalgoorlie (When's it gonna rain?)
A augmentedA C# minorC#m D MajorD E MajorE
Oh Kalgoorlie (When's it gonna come?)
Outro:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE