Gladstone Pier
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C G He was a sailorD Em Swarthy lean and proudC He could take a schooner through aG big sea swellAm D Aloof in the mainland crowdC G She loved his quiet laughterD Like a boy he'd shrug and grinEmC Beach stretched wide at PortG MackayAm With dreams upon the windDC G He wore her name in a rose tattooD EmC G Long weekends of gins and limeAmC G She lived in Cairns made plans toD Em moveC G Am Checkout girl part-timeC G And rumour said there's a boomD Em aheadC G Am You can make your future hereEm By the Gladstone pierC A two roomed fibro shelterGD Empty hopes, the damp, the fliesEmC G Prices hiked her face grew tightAm D And conversation diedC And the foreman at the smelter saidG D you're much too oldEmC G Try the cane fields furthers northAmC G And the clerk at the market saidD Em we don't buy troubleContinúa después del anuncioC G There's a strike down at the portAmC G Then a six-day shift in a filthyD Em pitC G Am The drag lines gouging coalC G The black dust gnaws at your lungsD Em and poresC G Am And anger rots your soulC And the queue round the block waitsG D for you to dropEmC G Can you take it for another yearAmEm By the Gladstone PierC Every Sunday he'd walk aloneGD Casting pebbles at the passingEm wavesC G Plunge in brine cleanse his prideAm D A stronger man remainsC The crunch of shale and distantG sailsD Em Ached within his bonesC G And ships upon the tideAm D Bound for ports unknownC G Soon he drank for comfortD She grew bitter in the weeksEm betweenC The nights of beer and hollow cheerGAm D And love became routineC They fought, she left him cryingGD Em Angry words in a last caféC G In desperation on a lonely nightAm She took the bus to Cairns next dayDC G And Gladstone couples break thatD Em wayC Mutual blame and no regretsG AmC G And boomtown blues just fade toD Em greyC G And all that's left are debts sheAm cried:C G "I've got to leave this dirty oldD Em townC G Am The rattle of broken menC G And break these chains and washD Em the painC G Am And put to sea againC G Drained all my passion my angerD Em and my fearsC G And sank them in a flagonAmEm Under Gladstone pier"C She saw him through the GreyhoundG windowD As the dawn glowed on the chromeEC Standing by the pier under sullenG skiesAm D Sea winds calling homeC G From surfers up to TownsvilleD Past the high-rise coloniesEmC G Fast food, cheap hotelsAm Two more boom-town refugeesD