Slim Dusty - Never was at all

^DThey say I'm getting older and m^Gy hair is turnin' ^Dgrey They say I should be slowing down, give it all ^Aaway ^DLiving like a gypsy doesn^G't bother me at ^Dall And I'd ^Gsooner be a '^Dhas been' than a ^A'never was at ^Dall'

No^Dw, I could've been a shearer and I^G could've been a ^Dvet Could've been a lot of things, of this much you ^Acan bet A^D man can sit there hangin' like ^Ga picture on the ^Dwall But I'd ^Gsooner be a '^Dhas been' than a^A 'never was at ^Dall'

Oh, Id^G sooner be 'has been' than a '^Dnever was at all' All my life I had a go, really had a^A ball If^G you don't climb th^De ladder, mate, then you can ne^Gver fall And I'd sooner be a^D 'has been' than a^A 'never was at ^Dall'

When^D I look at that old suitcase and^G I think of how it ^Dwas The bad times and the good times, hey, and we did it just^A because I ^Dknow I had to try it and ^Gtoday I'm standin^Dg tall Cause I'd ^Gsooner be a '^Dhas been' than ^Aa 'never was at ^Dall'

Now^D, you won't reach the finish line i^Gf you don't ever s^Dtart You'll never live and you'll never love if you don't have^A a heart So ^Ddon't just sit there whinging mate, ^Git's no damn good^D at all And I'd s^Gooner be a '^Dhas been' than a^A 'never was at ^Dall'

Oh, Id^G sooner be 'has been' than a '^Dnever was at all' Give it everything I'd got, really had ^Aa ball If^G you don't climb th^De ladder, mate, then you can ne^Gver fall And I'd sooner be a '^Dhas been' than a^A 'never was at ^Dall' And I'd ^Gsooner be a^D 'has been' than ^Aa 'never was at ^Dall' Oh ^Glaydee oh, la^Aydee Oh, l^Daydee