A Country Balladeer Chords

[Intro]
A   D
 
 
[Verse]
          D                                                         A7
Will you ever stop singing Chad, old mate, do you think you might retire?
                                                       D
Lie right back in grandpa's chair in front of the open fire
                                                       G
When you reach the 70's, Chad, I thought that might be it
                   D           A7              D
You're just like a young bloke champing at the bit.
 
 
[Verse]
     D                                                  A7
I'll never retire John, old mate, this stage I'll never leave
                                                       D
I'll push out another song, old mate, as long as I can breathe
                                                  G
As long as there's a sunrise, I'll always tune me throat
                        D                  A7              D
As long as the fish are biting, mate, I'll never leave the boat
 
 
[Chorus]
          G                                   D
Ah that's what it's like to be a Country Balladeer
      G                      D
It'll never up and leave you lonely
        G                                     D
There's nothing new about it it's like old Uluru
                                     A7               D
So don't you go changing, mate, I'll thump you if you do.
 
 
[Verse]
       D                                                   A7
Do you think you'll drop the guitar, John, leave it in the case
                                            D
Head into the hills and disappear without a trace
                                                              G
If you reach a hundred albums, mate, they'll tell you that's enough
                      D                A7           D
No you'll be just the same as me and I don't give a stuff
 
 
[Verse]
       D                                                  A7
You've hit the nail on the head, Chad, you've got me to a tee
                                          D
I'm part of the guitar and it's a part of me
                                               G
No matter where I go, Chad, I've got it in the ute
        D                  A7           D
Call me one-track minded I don't give a hoot
 
 
[Chorus]
          G                                   D
Ah that's what it's like to be a Country Balladeer
      G                      D
It'll never up and leave you lonely
        G                                     D
There's nothing new about it it's like old Uluru
                                     A7               D
So don't you go changing, mate, I'll thump you if you do.
 
 
[Chorus]
          G                                   D
Ah that's what it's like to be a Country Balladeer
      G                      D
It'll never up and leave you lonely
        G                                     D
There's nothing new about it it's like old Uluru
                                     A7               D
So don't you go changing, mate, I'll thump you if you do.
 
 
[Outro]
A   D
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