Bus Drivers Song
Tabbed by Yeldarb
Intro:
F Gm A# A
Second guitar part is something like:
e|---------------------------------------|
B|--6--8--10-10--9--8--3--3/11--11--10---|
G|--5--7--9---9---8--7--2--2/10--10--9-9-|
D|-------------------------------------7-|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
Intro repeated until:
Cm D A
…Where I was caught with a friend age 11 sniffing tractor fuel
E
We thought we were pretty cool breaking them changing shed rules
F Gm
But do you see up there? The banner hanging in the air
A# A
The Presbyterian fair, well I never go, there’s too many Presbyterians there
Gm C
But if you’re interested, the fair’s in the third weekend of August every year
Gm C
But don’t bother entering the raffle, it’s always won by some kid of the Mayor
F Gm
Oh do you hear that sound? The town clock heard from anywhere in town
A# A
Until 1960, there was a little place in Norway, we bought it for a hundred pounds.
Cm D
Rumor has it they sold it cheap because the chimes were too
A
loud
E
But every time I hear that sound it makes me so proud
C(Stacato) E
Look to your left, what a beautiful sight
F E
It’s Paula, Paula Thompson, nee Paula Wright
C E
Look at her hair, it’s still gorgeous even now
F E
Flowing like the Waimahunga river, which incidentally is to your right
C E
And is the largest in the area, in terms of volume
F E
Everybody look at Paula, Look at Paula Thompson
F Am
I always thought I’d marry Paula, but some things just
E
don’t work out that way
F Gm
Well that’s the most important thing you’ll learn on the tour today
A#
That and the fact that there’ll be a toilet break at the
A
information center near the mermaid lake
REPEAT INTRO X2
C E F E F
Paula Thompson born in ’54, to a family of four
E F E C
To the family next door, take me back next door
C E F E
Paula Thompson nee Paula Wright, that’s her old house up at
F E F E
39, Number 41 was mine, if this old coach could go back in
Dm
time, I’d drive to 1979
(Take me back section)
D(5th fret)->D#->D (Repeat A few times)
C A
Repeat Intro once, end of F