Tonalidad: Eb major
Verse 1
F
Bb
I was short of a dollar so
F
I called on a bloke
Who's pay wasn't good,
Bb
his gear was a joke
You can't pick and choose when
you're down on your luck
Eb
F
And your only profession
Bb
is err drivin' a truck
F
So we talked for a spell and he gave
C
This cunning ole guy known
F
as Bent—Axle Bob
Bb
The rig which he owned was
an F model Mack
Eb
F
And the run that I drew was
Bb
the Territory track
Bob's brakes was the kind which
F
no other would cart
The places he sent me would just
Bb
break your heart
From dead—ends in Balmain to drill
Eb
rigs out west
F
With the sands of a desert,
Bb
put your gears to the test
F
But I battled along an' I shif
Bb
ted some weight
C
Old Bent—Axle whinged every time
Bb
Small won der if you saw
Eb
the smoke from the pump
F
An d saw half the metal that I
Bb
found in the sump
F
Bb
(Oh yeah, that's right.)
The trailers were buckled,
F
the tyres were worn
The tarps which he owned were
Bb
tattered and torn
The dogs and the chains
Eb
were all rusty and joined
F
Oh was easy to see how
Bb
his nickname was coined
F
Every axle was bent
Bb
and the dolly was cracked
C
The kingpins was strained from
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the loads they had hacked
Bb
Eb
I did what I could mate, yes I really tried
F
Old Bent Axle whinged 'til
Bb
the day that he died
F
Bb
(He did yeah)
I'm sittin' here at home an'
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I'm out of a job
No longer employed by
Bb
old Bent Axle Bob
I note from the lawyer,
Eb
I read what's inside
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Seems I have a road train now
Bb
that old Bent Axle died
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Yes I'm heir to the fortune
Bb
of Bent Axle Bob
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"I needed a good driver
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an' you need a job
Bb
You can drive this old rig to
Eb
the scrap dealers dump
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Complete with bent axles
Bb
and that smokey fuel pump."
Complete with bent axles
Eb
and smokey fuel pump
F
You can drive this old wreck to
the scrap dealers dump
Bb
(And leave it there.)
F
Bb
Bb
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