{"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":2243771,"song":"Sydney Town","artist":"Gary Shearston","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11472646-sydney-town-chords-by-gary-shearston/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2243771?type=chord","rating":0.05255,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\n Oh great[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGranddaddy walked a-long the street with a ball and chain a-round his feet and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nThat's the way they'd like to see me walk just to give the toffs a chance to talk yeah and the[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town oh the[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBeer's gone up in the public bar and I can't afford a motor car but I[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nKeep six bottles in the fridge and I pay no toll on the harbour bridge yeah and the[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town oh there's[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nRubbish on the T V screens too many nines on the poker machines so for[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nEntertainment I go for Aust-ralian songs at the Troupedour and the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\nChevron Hilton yeah and the[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town oh if you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nWant to see one hell of a fuss take a peak hour ride on a government bus well it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nDoesn't matter if you're sick or dying you mustn't get off before the sit down sign yeah and the[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town now if you're[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nHaving trouble learning guitar I've found the easiest method by far just[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nSit at home all alone and learn to play the saxophone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] \r\n No strings at-tached yeah and the[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town oh have you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nHeard about Oz magazine con-victed on a charge of being obscene seems[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nYou're not allowed to satirise if you tell the truth they call it lies tell a[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFew home truths on the Palm Beach scene it's not sedition it's just unclean and the[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\nOut of breath oh they[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nAll throw heads when I bank tails and I got no dough to bank on the Wales but[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nI'll get a job that'll suit me fine on the Eastern Suburbs railway line yeah and the[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\nSeems like we lost the har-monica player there somewhere oh the[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFunniest woman I ever had made me happy then made me sad she[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nSwore our love would never end then went and married my ex best friend yeah and the[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS: (with harmonica)\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\nThere he is isn't he lovely oh I[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nWent to the cross to get some sex the woman said sorry I don't take cheques I said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat's all right as I closed my book truth is I only came to look and the[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town oh they[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nAsked me on a T V show to sing a song the viewers would know I re-[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nhearsed where have all the flowers gone they said cut a verse it's a bit too long I ex-[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nplained the song had a message to tell they said we've got a new toilet tissue to sell but the[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nLate last night the phone wouldn't stop it was Mister Menzies calling me up he said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nMy friend Gary what do we need to make the country grow I said my friend Bob the Mavis Bramston show[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\n Les Miller's ban-jo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\n Patter-son's ban-jo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\n A coca cola yo-yo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\n Rin-so to keep Australia white[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\n Marlboro filter flavour flip top box oh what do we[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\nNeed to make the country grow the man said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] \r\n Try ferti-lising thistles yeah and the[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town now you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAsk me why I'm drunk all the time makes me better and eases my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nI just sit and I play and sing I see better days and I do better things[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\n I win the Opera House in a lottery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\n Go skin diving for pir-anha[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\n Throw Ayres rock[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\n Vote D L P[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\n Become mana-ging director of C B S re-cords[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\n And sell one co-py of this re-cord yeah and the[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town oh the[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]E(#9)[/ch] [ch]Em11[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]*\r\nMore they try to keep me down the better I live in Sydney town[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nCHORUS: (with harmonica)\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","B7","A","D","C","B","E(#9)","Em11"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}