Biography:
David Gordon "Slim Dusty " Kirkpatrick AO, MBE (13 June 1927—19 September 2003) was an Australian country music singer-songwriter and producer, with a career spanning nearly eight decades. He was known to record songs in the legacy of Australian poets Henry Lawson and Banjo Patterson that represented the Australian Bush Lifestyle, and also for his many trucking songs. Dusty was the first Australian to have a No. 1 Hit song with Gordon Parsons (Pub With No Beer).
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Other songs:
- Pub With No Beer
- A Fire Of Gidgee Coal
- Born To Be A Rolling Stone
- Camooweal
- Cattlemen From The High Plains
- Charleville
- Country Revival
- Cunnamulla Feller
- Duncan
- End Of The Canning Stock Route
- Gday Gday
- I Must Have Good Terbaccy When I Smoke
- Indian Pacific
- Innaminka Muster
- Keep The Lovelight Shining
- Lace Up Shoes
- Leave Him In The Long Yard
- Leave Him In The Longyard
- Lights On The Hill
- Little Boy Lost
- Lookin Forward Lookin Back
- Looking Forward Looking Back
- Lookn Forward Lookin Back
- My Pal Alcohol
- Old Time Country Halls
- Plains Of Peppimenarti
- Ringer From The Top End
- Rusty Its Goodbye
- Saddle Boy
- Singer From Down Under
- The Biggest Disappointment
- The Day We Sold The Farm
- Three Rivers Hotel
- Travellers Prayer
- Under The Spell Of Highway One
- Waltzing Matilda
- West Of Winton
- When The Rain Tumbles Down In July
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Written by
Rob Fairbairn
[Intro]
G D G D G D GDG
[Chorus]
N.C. G D G
G'day g'day how ya going
C Cm G
What do ya know will strike a light
G D G Em
G'day g'day and how ya going
G D G D G
Just say g'day g'day g'day and you'll be right
[Verse]
N.C. G D G
Isn't it great to be an aussie
C Cm G
Taking a walk along the street
G D G Em
Looking in shops or buying a paper
A D
Stopping and having a yarn with people that you meet
NC G D G
Down at the pub or at a party
G C Cm G
Whenever you're stuck for what to say
C G C G
If ya wanna be dinky di why don't ya give it a try
A D
Look 'em right in the eye and say g'day
[Chorus]
Em B7 Em
Now when italians meet they all go crazy
Em B7 Em
The blokes all like to hug each other too
C A G E
The yanks invented hi and see ya later
A D G D
While the pommie will shake your hand and say how do you do
Em B7 Em
Now watch out for a frenchman or he'll kiss ya
C A G
The spaniards go forola and ole
C G
But in the land of the cockatoo
C G
Cork hats and a didgeridoo
A D D7
When you meet an aussie 10 to 1 here's what he'll say
[Chorus]
C G C G
It's a greeting that you'll hear across Australia
C G C G
From Geraldton to Gove and Gundaghi
C A G Em
It's as dinkum as the dingo and the dahlia
A D D7
And you spell it with a G apostrophe a D A Y
Rob Fairbairn
[Intro]
G D G D G D GDG
[Chorus]
N.C. G D G
G'day g'day how ya going
C Cm G
What do ya know will strike a light
G D G Em
G'day g'day and how ya going
G D G D G
Just say g'day g'day g'day and you'll be right
[Verse]
N.C. G D G
Isn't it great to be an aussie
C Cm G
Taking a walk along the street
G D G Em
Looking in shops or buying a paper
A D
Stopping and having a yarn with people that you meet
NC G D G
Down at the pub or at a party
G C Cm G
Whenever you're stuck for what to say
C G C G
If ya wanna be dinky di why don't ya give it a try
A D
Look 'em right in the eye and say g'day
[Chorus]
Em B7 Em
Now when italians meet they all go crazy
Em B7 Em
The blokes all like to hug each other too
C A G E
The yanks invented hi and see ya later
A D G D
While the pommie will shake your hand and say how do you do
Em B7 Em
Now watch out for a frenchman or he'll kiss ya
C A G
The spaniards go forola and ole
C G
But in the land of the cockatoo
C G
Cork hats and a didgeridoo
A D D7
When you meet an aussie 10 to 1 here's what he'll say
[Chorus]
C G C G
It's a greeting that you'll hear across Australia
C G C G
From Geraldton to Gove and Gundaghi
C A G Em
It's as dinkum as the dingo and the dahlia
A D D7
And you spell it with a G apostrophe a D A Y
Slow Club
Slow Hollows
Slow J
Slowdive
Slurpyj
Smile Empty Soul
Smile.dk
Smiley
Smith Westerns
Smiths