{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1982911,"song":"Back At The Isa","artist":"John Williamson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11443593-back-at-the-isa-chords-by-john-williamson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1982911?type=chord","rating":0.18623,"votes":0,"content":"\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nBig galvanised roofs and monster pipes black [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nPink and white clouds from a chimney stack [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nRed dust and hawks in the wind out back [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd here I am at the Isa [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Link]\r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2] \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWhat do you do in a town like the Isa [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nRetrenched at 50 become an old miser [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nDrink yourself blind so you're none the wiser [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSit at home with the race form and whinge [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nJust over the hill in his own backyard [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThe landscape becomes a picture postcard [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWhere the colours are soft but the life is hard [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nOn the stations here at the Isa [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Link]\r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3] \r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTonight's the night of the rodeo ball [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBefore riders and bull and horses stand tall [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile out in the park some black people sprawl [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd share their money on flagons [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere's so much more to be understood [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBefore coming out here like Robin Hood [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe do-gooders do more harm than good [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWithout really knowing the Isa[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Link] \r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4] \r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nThrough the Leichhardt East Where fools gold flashes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nFossick around for Maltese Crosses [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFlog them off to the tourist buses [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee ghost gums under the moon [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSome really battle some make do [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe luckier ones make a quid and pull through [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSome perch at the bar like a caged cockatoo [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut that's nothing new at the Isa [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Link] \r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5] \r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it takes a special kind of girl [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo stay out here in this rugged world [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nKeep your dignity when the oathes are hurled [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI pay my respects to you [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll raise my glass to an outback town [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo that weathered spirit that won't back down [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt takes the courage of a rodeo clown [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo stick it out at the Isa [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Link] \r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6] \r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nBig galvanised roofs and monster pipes black [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nPink and white clouds from a chimney stack [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nRed dust and hawks in the wind out back [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd here I am at the Isa [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nNever thought I'd return to this lonely track [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd here I am back at the Isa [/tab]\r\n \r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Link]\n C F G7 C C F G7 C \n\n\n[Verse 2] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Link]\n C F G7 C C F G7 C \n\n\n[Verse 3] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Link] \n C F G7 C C F G7 C \n\n\n[Verse 4] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Link] \n C F G7 C C F G7 C \n\n\n[Verse 5] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Link] \n C F G7 C C F G7 C \n\n\n[Verse 6] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n \nC F G7 C C F G7 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