Slim Dusty - Pub with no beer

Oh it's-a ^Dlonesome ^D7away from your ^Gkindred and all By the ^A7campfire at night we'll hear the wild dingoes^D call But there's-a nothing so^D7 lonesome,^G morbid or drear A7 D // Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer

Now th^De publican'^D7s anxious for th^Ge quota to come And there's a ^A7far away look on the face of the^D bum The maid's gone all^D7 cranky and the ^Gcook's acting queer A7 D // Oh what a terrible place is a pub with no beer

Then the^D7 stockman rides^D7 up with hi^Gs dry dusty throat He breasts ^A7up to the bar and pulls a wad from his^D coat But the smile on his^D7 face quickly ^Gturns to a sneer A7 D // As the barman says sadly the pub's got no beer

Then t^Dhe swaggie com^D7es in smother^Ged in dust and flies He^A7 throws down his roll and rubs the sweat from^D his eyes But when he is^D7 told, he says^G what's this I hear A7 D // I've trudged fifty flamin' miles to a pub with no beer

Now there's a^D dog on the v^D7'randa, for his^G master he waits But the^A7 boss is inside drinking wine with his^D mates He hurries for ^D7cover and he^G cringes in fear A7 D // It's no place for a dog 'round a pub with no beer

And old^D Billy the^D7 blacksmith, the first ^Gtime in his life Why he's^A7 gone home cold sober to his darling^D wife He walks in the^D7 kitchen, she says you're^G early my dear A7 D // But then he breaks down and tells her the pub's got no beer

Oh, ^DBilly the^D7 blacksmith, rides^G home on his horse The cops ^A7pull him over, but he's sober of ^Dcourse He blows in the^D7 bag and they all ^Gshed a tear A7 D // There's no place for a Booze bus 'round a pub with no beer

Oh it's^D hard to be^D7lieve that there's customers^G still But the ^A7money's still tinkling in the ^Dold ancient till The wine buffs are^D7 happy and I know they're^G sincere A7 D // When they say they don't care if the pub's got no beer

So it's-a^D lonesome a^D7way from your^G kindred and all By the^A7 campfire at night we'll hear the wild dingoes^D call But there's-a nothing so^D7 lonesome,^G morbid or drear A7 D DGGD Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer