Billinudgel Chords

Lyrics & chords

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

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

[Verse 3]
Well I've been stuck in low gear for
what seems like forever
Climbin' [G]up a steep hill with
my diesel a- runnin'
But [D]the big ol' white was a fuel delight,
And the best rig doin' the round[A]s,

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

[Interlude 1]
Hey!
[D][G]
[D][A]
[D][G]
[D][A][D]
It [A]was a

[Verse 5]
[D]good long stretch
of downhill runnin',
An' [G]as far as I could see,
there was nobody comin',
So [D]I let her have her head
a little bit longer,
An' she took off like a melly bull.
[A]

[Verse 6]
Then [D]my mind on a meal an'
my hands on the wheel,
Then my [G]eyes started seeing
things that couldn't be real,
And the [D]roadside posts started [A]turnin'
into six foot log[D]s,
(You know what time it is then mate.)
[A]Time [E]for a stop.

[Verse 7]
Well, I [E]went for the brakes like
a drunk for the bottle,
But my [A]foot missed the mark an'
it landed on the throttle,
And the [E]diesel roared an'
I prayed to the Lord
To the Lord "Won't you
gi'me a break[B]."
Oh, I [E]guess he wasn't listen'
or he just didn't care,
Or [A]maybe he was taken
forty winks up there
Cause [E]soon I was riding [B]a
22 wheel roller skate,
[E]

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

[Verse 9]
He [E]said, "G'day mate,
what the hell ya think you're doin?
[A]Give us the wheel there,
I'll get ya thru it."
Then [E]he crashed thru the gears an'
we [B]missed another big ole [E]dump,
Oh yeah!

[Verse 10]
Well a [E]round- a- bout here it kinda
gets in a muddle,
Though [A]I seem to recall giving a koala
a cuddle an' [E]a possum on the lap,
An' a white cockatoo screamin',
"Give her a go, ya mug."
[B]

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

[Verse 12]
Well it [E]must- a been 'round
4.30 in the mornin,
The [A]first sight of dawn creepin'
over the [E]horizon,
Fifteen minutes from a
Billinugel breakfast,
I was rollin' down highway one.
[B]

[Verse 13]
And ya [E]know what it's like
Up around the Northern rivers
Those [A]windin' roads just
give me the shivers,
And to [E]top it all up there's
been a few points of rain.