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