C               F           G                C
Papa Whiskey November, from Weipa the way to fly
                       F         G                       C
She was in love with a pilot and he was in love with the sky
                              F               G                 C
And they'd play the moonlight serenade Of the Cape York Peninsula
                      F         G                   C
Down the coast to the Daintree, Queensland, Australia

[Verse]
C                       F          G                    C
Where you can go up the river in a beautiful dug-out canoe
                              F       G                     C
But don't use your hand for a paddle, crocodile waiting for you
                          F         G                   C
And don't step on a death adder, or tread in the cattle poo
                           F           G                   C
Just walk in the garden of Eden with a big fella palm cockatoo

[Chorus]
C               F           G                C
Papa Whiskey November, from Weipa the way to fly
                       F         G                       C
She was in love with a pilot and he was in love with the sky

[Instrumental]
C F G C x2

[Verse]
C                           F          G                    C
Now my brother he works for Camalco, driving the big machines
                           F          G                    C
My sister she works in the motel, she washes his overalls clean
                             F                 G                         C
My mother she knows the bush tucker, she knows that one, you know what I mean
                            F          G                   C
And you could end up a dead fella, so don't eat the gidgee bean

[Chorus]
C               F           G                C
Papa Whiskey November, from Weipa the way to fly
                       F         G                       C
She was in love with a pilot and he was in love with the sky

[Instrumental]
C F G C x2

[Verse]
C                                 F           G                 C
Now they're talking about a space station, to send up the satellite
                            F               G                    C
They don't tell much to the people, but the people they have the right
                   F           G               C
To hold onto their dreaming, a nature world unknown
               F        G                     C
A golden opportunity to leave this old earth alone

[Chorus]
C               F           G                C
Papa Whiskey November, from Weipa the way to fly
                       F         G                       C
She was in love with a pilot and he was in love with the sky
                              F               G                 C
And they'd play the moonlight serenade Of the Cape York Peninsula
                      F         G                   C
Down the coast to the Daintree, Queensland, Australia