Big Truck
x 4
NC | | | | ||:Bm | |Asus4/B | :||
Drum intro
x 3
||:G |D |Asus2 | :||Bm | |Asus | |
||:Bm | |Asus | |Bm |
1.I met a man just the other day Said he could tell me
| |Asus | |Bm | |
what my problem is He said son you're trying to take
|Asus | |Bm | |
too much on your shoulders You got too many battles up ahead
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|Asus | |G |D |Asus2 | |
And he said "What you need is a new direction
|G |D |Asus2 | |G |D |
what you need is a change of heart What you need is to
|C |G/B |G |D |C | Csus4 |
lighten your load have you thought about a brand new start
|C NC | |Bm | |Asus2 | |
I run a big truck mister
|Bm | |Asus2 | |Bm | |Asus2 |
I run it hard every day I drive a big truck
| |Bm | |Asus2 | |
and I'll be driving for the rest of my days
Bm Asus4 |Bm | |
E-------2--0--|-2--0----2-----|-0-----------|------------|
B-------------|---------------|-3-----------|------------| (sim. riff)
G-------------|---------------|-2-----------|------------|
D-------------|---------------|-2-----------|------------|
A-2-----------|---------------|-0-----------|------------|
E-------------|---------------|-------------|------------|
|Asus4 | :||Bm | |Asus4 | |Bm | |
DS% then thru Rpt ad lib
|Asus4 | ||:Bm | |Asus4 | :||
2. Most folks just wanna know if you're making money
That's there only measure of success
Other folks they tell you, you ain't getting any younger
Better think of doing something else
But I got deliveries to the country
I got deliveries for the man in the street
I got deliveries for all walks of life
But most of all for myself
% Oh yeah I do get lonely
Oh yeah I have my doubts
But this road I'm on, I've been on so long
And I'm too far gone to stop now
Far Away
|G |Dsus4/D |C |G |C |G |Dsus4/D | |
|C |G |C |G |C |G |Dsus4/D | |
1.It was a
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'65 Ford Falcon ute that we took to go up north and I burnt my right arm
|G |Dsus4/D | |C |G |
driving across the desert but it was better than a package tour or a
|C |G |C |G |Dsus4/D | |
picnic at the rock for we had to see the country for our-selves Far a-
|C | |G D|C | |G |
way be-yond the Queensland border Far a-way to-wards that western
|Dsus4/D | |G |D |C |G |
sky well if I ever take you out to a dusty northern town kiss good-
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|1 ||2.
| |D |C | :|| |G |D |
bye your former life 2.I was in
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|C |G |C |G |Dsus4/D | |C |G |C |
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|G |C |G |Dsus4/D | |Am |C |
3.Every man needs a job to
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|G |D |Am |C |G |D |
earn his weekly bob but it doesn't mean he has to be be tied down if he can
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|Am |C |G |Bm |Am |
live out in the scrub in the country that he loves he may never feel the need
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||3.
|C |G |D | :|| ||:G |D |
to come to town 4.Well can you
|C |G :||Rpt ad lib
2. I was in Alice for a day
But I didn't ever want to stay
Cos to me it's just become a tourist town
I'd rather head off way outback
Where the road becomes a track
And your car's the only thing to let you down
4. Can you drive me for a while
Because my eyes are getting tired
And the lights upon the hill make it hard to see
Just leave the window down
I know we'll never go back down south
Cos there's a thousand insect voices calling to me
Dsus4/D = ad lib between Dsus4 and D chords
Suggested fingering for G chord throughout song: EADGBE
320033
Holy Road
(This transcription is based on the original version of the song,
which was more acoustic than the version on "These Hands")
Capo on 2nd fret
Play main riff by barring Bm chord, then lifting and replacing index
finger (if you haven't heard the original version of the song or seen it
live, you won't get what I mean but carry on anyway!) something like this:
(Tab relative to capo)
E--------------------|
B-3----3---3--3--3---|
G-4----4---4--4--4---|
D-4----4---4--4--4---|
A-2----0---2--0--2---| Hope you can follow my signposting!
E--------------------|
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|Bm | | | ||:Bm |
1.I've been searching for a
| | | |A |
long long time I track by day and I listen by night I hear people
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|1,2,3,5,7,8. ||4,6,9.
|E/G# |Bm | :||Bm | |
that can't get no rest back you're gonna
|A |E |A |
have to forgive you're gonna have to accept take that step
|E |Bm | |A |
right upon that holy road won't you get me on
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|1. ||2.
|E/G# |Bm | :|| |A |
get me on that holy road won't you get me on
|E/G# |Bm | |A |E/G# |
get me on that holy road get me on________ get me on that holy
to@
|F# |E/G# NC | |Bm | |E |
road______ get me on that holy road
DS%w/-rpt
|A |Bm |A |E |A |Bm | || al @
@ rpt ad lib
|Bm | ||:A |E/G# |Bm | :||
road won't you get me on holy road get me
2.My nerves are strained 3.Well there's been a lot of trouble
I'm on the edge of my chair Down this way
I might be listening Look at all the bones
For something that's not there Scattered on the trail
It's hard to tell We've been bashed
I've been on the trail so long And we've done the bashing too
4.So many crimes 5.So much heartache in the world
Never been solved I can't forget
So many confessions So much love sometimes we neglect
I wish I wasn't told So many dreams
Words in anger Sometimes
You can't take them back You have to let them go
You're gonna have to forgive...
6.You know you can't go on like this 7.Who's gonna know
When it's eating you inside Where to find this road
If you don't do something soon Is it overseas
You know you're gonna die Or in a new age bookstore
Before your time Don't worry about it
Before your time is due Don't think too much
You're gonna have to forgive...
8.You're gonna have to endure 9.You may have to get out of your
And learn like the rest Car and start walking
You might be held You may have to cut your losses
On the ground in silence Now and start talking
Until you're told You may have to find yourself
You can get up now All over again
Whatever it is
You're gonna have to forgive
And take that step
Right upon that holy road
Keep This Picture
Cm Eb
E--H-P-----------|--H-P------------|-------------3-|-3-1--1----------|
B-3-4-3----------|-3-4-3-----3-3-1-|-----------4---|--------4--6-6-4-|
G----------------|-----------------|-3-------------|-----------------|
D----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
A----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
E----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
Bb F | |
E-----------------|------------|
B-3---------------|------------|
G-----------1-----|------------|
D-------1-3---3-1-|------------|
A-----------------|-1----------|
E-----------------|------------|
||:Cm | |Eb | |
1.One night in a crowded bar a face I can't for-get
|Bb | |F | |
Another night that same face full of grief and bitter-ness
|Cm | |Eb | |
Tears on the pillow baby tears by me and you
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|1. |
|Bb | |F | :||
We've come this far together I wish it could come true
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|2,3.
|F |Eb Gm |Cm |Eb |
dawn I'll keep this picture with me now
|Bb |F |Cm |Eb |
that now that you're gone I'll keep this picture with me now
|Bb |F Gm Cm Eb
that you are gone E--------|----------------|-------8--6-----|
B------4-|-------------4--|-8-----------8--|
G--------|-5-------3-5----|----------------|
D--------|----------------|----------------|
A--------|----------------|----------------|
E--------|----------------|----------------|
_________ ________
|1. ||2.
Bb F | :|| |Cm |
E----------------|------
B-6-----8--6-----|------ Do you re-member yes do you re-
G-------------8--|-5----
D----------------|------
A----------------|------
E----------------|------
|Eb |Bb |F |Cm |Eb |
member how we waited for the dawn I'll keep this picture with me now
|Bb |F |Cm |Eb |
that you are gone I see the mountain I feel the night time I see the
|Bb |F |Cm |Eb |
stars and I see the dawn and the tears they fell like rain every
|Bb |F |Cm |Eb |
day since you passed on but I'll keep this picture with me now
|Bb |F |Cm |Eb |Bb |
that you are gone I'll keep this picture with me now that you are
|F Gm |Cm |Eb |Bb |F |Cm |Eb |
|Bb |F |Cm ||
2.Do you recall the desert baby 3.If I could have a child
Can you see that mountain still? I'd have that child with you
Can you feel the night time Greater love have no one
Does it bring you a chill? Than to hear these words from you
Stars above our heads There's only just one lifetime
Were strung out and forlorn And that's enough to do
Remember how we held each other Tears on the pillow
And waited for the dawn I came too late for you
One Day
|C#m | |A | |B | |A | |
1.You've come
||:C#m | |A | |
undone now you're confused you're not certain what to do the pain of
|B | |A | |
loss is like a tide you feel you're caught in a slide You see these
|C#m | |A | |
mountains they are tall and these buildings they too can fall to the
|B | |A | |E |
sea so stretch a-way your memor-ies and hear I say One
|F#m |A |E | |F#m |A |
day you will find your voice One day you will make your
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|1. ||2,3.
|E :||E |F#m |E |D |
choice 2.See how the choice One dream will come true for
| |F#m |E |D | |C#m | |A | |
you One love will call on you one day
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|1. ||2.
|B | |A | :|| |C#m ||
3.And you will
2. See how the world 3. And you will find
Spreads from your feet Your family
To where the sky Was there all the time
And earth they meet For you to see
Toss up clouds And from your door
That come and go You'll step outside
Some sort of message And read that message
In the flow In the sky
Your feelings now What brings you wisdom
Are but a moment When you grow old
Remember this loss What warms the house
Could be a kiss When you get home
Just like the breeze What calls your name
Against your skin The same as truth
There's a secret strength What speaks of love
You're taking in From me to you
Broken Song
|D |A |Bm |G ||:D |A |Bm |
We sing the church hymns in creole
|G |D |A |Bm |G |
Crocodiles cruise the river be-low The
|D |A |Bm |G |D |
same as years be-fore when the missionaries landed They can make a meal out of
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|1,3. ||2.
|A |Bm |G :||G |D |
man or beast you know When they Our customs
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|A |Bm |G |A |Bm |G |
they were banned Now the songline is broken People are
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|D |A |Bm |G |D |A |
choking We're losing our di-rection Culture is e-roding I wish I could re-
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|Bm |G |D |A | |Bm |
member what my father tried to show me And pick up what's come un-done
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| |G |A |D |A |Bm |G |D |
Jesus can you mend this broken song
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||4.
|A |Bm |G :||G |A |Bm |G |
For the songline is broken People are
|D |A |Bm |G |D |A |
choking We're losing our di-rection Culture is e-roding I wish I could re-
|Bm |G |D |A | |Bm |
member what my father tried to show me And pick up what's come un-done
| | | |G |A |D |A |
Jesus can you mend this broken song
|Bm |G |D |A |Bm |G | |
Broken song Broken song
|D |A |Bm |G |D |
When the words have been for-got Broken song When the
|A |Bm |G |D |A |
story has been lost Broken song When the dancing has been
|Bm | | | |G |A |D |
stopped Jesus can you mend this broken song
|A |Bm |G |D |A |Bm |G |
Broken song Broken
|D |A |Bm |G |D |
song can you mend this broken Jesus can you mend this broken song can you
|A |Bm |G |D |A |
mend this broken Jesus can you mend this broken song
|Bm |G |D |A |Bm |G | ||
(hold)
2.When they came we layed down our spears
Put on their clothes held our hands in prayer
We lined up for rations we lined up in fear
Of a God we didn't understand
Our customs they were banned
3.For I am the song man for my tribe
And I've got to find the words somehow tonight
For they're depending on me to start this ceremony
For so long we've never done
4.So can you help me mend this broken tune
Do you know the words can you make them ring true
There's no stars out tonight, there's no daylight yet in sight
For me as I lay upon this grave
These Hands
(Prelude)
Am(add9) Cmaj7 G6 Am(add9) Rpt ad lib
E---------0---0-|---------0---0-|---------0---0-|-----------H-P---------|
B-----------0---|-----------0---|-----------0---|----------0-1-0--0-----|
G-------2-------|-------0-------|---------------|-------2-----------2---|
D----2----------|----2----------|-------0-------|----2----------------2-|
A-0-------------|-3-------------|----2----------|-0---------------------|
E---------------|---------------|-3-------------|-----------------------|
|Am | |Am G |C |G G7 |Am |Am G |
|C |C G |Am ||:Am G |C |
1.Yes it's you who keep us waiting You
|G G7 |Am | G |C |
want us to wait for the right time The right time to find out
| G |Am |F |
Who we are and what it is we must do 2.Where we must go and
|C |Am |Em |
who will be there with us And who it is that can-not
|F |C |Am |
Who it is that have gone be-fore us And who it is that we truly
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|1. ||2. ||3,4,5.
|Em | :||Em :||Em | (omit bar on 4,5) |
love way gate
|Dm |F |Am |
7.Why do the beautiful never make it Curled up in the corner of a
|Em |Dm |F |Am |
room When loss and despair walk hand in hand Death comes in too
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|1,2. ||3. DS%al@
|Em | :||Em | | | ||
soon love
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@ |1,2,3. ||4.
||:F |C |G |Am :||Am G |C |
|G G7 |Am |Am G |C |C G |Am ||
3.Oh, these hands
These hands that tremble with the cup of life
Oh, these hands
These hands that steer my soul toward the light
4.We have been waiting such a long time
We have been waiting for the day
We that are lost and without purpose
We that are waiting still that way
5.But oh, these hands
These hands that hold my head against your breast
Oh, these hands
Your hand of sweet love and tenderness
6.Yes it's you, you leave me breathless
You leave me wanting more than I can take
And it's you, you leave me helpless
You leave me down here waiting at the gate
8.Oh, these hands
Your hands that have cared for me so much
Oh, these hands
Your hands that I am missing now so much
9.And through it all you keep us waiting
You keep us waiting for so long
Through hard questions with no easy answers
For signs of hope where hope is gone
10.Still in all we are kept wanting
Wanting much more than we can take
For a touch of love where love has been taken away
Regretting all our past mistakes
11.Oh, these hands
These hands that come to me within the night
Oh, these hands
These hands that hold my head up to the light
12.Still in all you keep us looking
Looking for a better world to show
To appear among the disappointments
The bitter disappointments that we know
13.And it's you who keep us waiting
Waiting for the time to come
Thinking of those who are no longer with us
Thinking of those we truly love
14.Oh, these hands
May your hands return to me again some day
Oh, these hands
May your hands return to guide me on the way