Missin' Slim

Capo 1


Intro  D G Bm A x2..(Note one strum on G and Bm)


D                 Dsus2 D
Davey has a photo
          A
From the day they met Slim Dusty
   Bm                    A          G             A
It hangs beneath the longhorns in a simple timber frame
D                             Dsus2
And I dont know who is prouder
A
Davey or his old man
Bm                          A             G                 A
But you can see in in their faces and the way they said his name

                D   Dsus2
They're missin' Slim
        A
Missin' Slim
Bm                  A           G            A
The bush has lost a hero and we all remember him
           D   Dsus2 D
He was our mate
           A
He was the king
              G    A
We're missing slim
        D
Missin' Slim


D                       Dsus2 D
Scotty is a mountain man
A
Hard as snowy granite
Bm                         A       G             A
But when "Pub" came on the radio I swear I saw a tear
D                   Dsus2 D
His life was a movie
     A
Slim Dusty was the soundtrack
Bm                       A       G             A
But he never thought the end was ever quite so near

Chorus

                D   Dsus2 D
They're missin' Slim
        A
Missin' Slim
Bm                  A           G            A
The bush has lost a hero and we all remember him
           D   Dsus2 D
He was our mate
           A
He was the king
              G   A
We're missing slim
        D
Missin' Slim


D
On the plains of peppimenarti
A
To the end of the Canning Stock-route
Bm                    A             G           A
Three rivers and that Calahands and out to Camowheal
D
At Collingullie Station
A
Charleville and Isa
Bm                           A                  G           A
Where the rain still tumbles down back there in Nulla Nulla Creek


Chorus

                 D   Dsus2 D
Where're missin' Slim
        A
Missin' Slim
Bm                  A           G            A
The bush has lost a hero and we all remember him
                 D
Where're missin' Slim
        A
Missin' Slim
Bm                  A            G            A
Australia's lost a legend and we all remember him


           D     Dsus2 D
He was our mate..Ohhhhhh
           A
He was the king
              G   A
We're missing Slim
        G A
Missin' Slim
        G A
Missin' Slim
                  D
We're all missin' Slim
    G           A
There're missin'Slim
                      D
There're all missing Slim
   G              A  G   D
Ohhhhhh..missin' Slim