A Pub With No Beer Chords

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A Pub With No Beer by Slim Dusty is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, E7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			        D                       E7  
Oh it's lonesome away from your kindred and all   
       A7                                      D            
By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call   
                                    E7  
But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear   
        A7                                D  
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer 
  
          D                       E7  
Now the publican's anxious for the quota to come 
       A7                               D   
There's a faraway look on the face of the bum   
                                    E7  
The maid's gone all cranky and the cook's acting queer  
       A7                            D  
What a terrible place is a pub with no beer   

          D                       E7    
The stockman rides up with his dry, dusty throat  
        A7                                D  
He breasts up to the bar, pulls a wad from his coat 
                                     E7    
But the smile on his face quickly turns to a sneer 
        A7                                D   
When the barman says suddenly: "The pub's got no beer!" 
 
          D                       E7    
Then in comes the swagman, all covered with flies
           A7                                  D    
He throws down his roll, wipes the sweat from his eyes 
                                    E7    
But when he is told he says, "What's this I hear?   
        A7                                D 
I've trudged fifty flamin' miles to a pub with no beer!"  
  
          D                       E7  
There's a dog on the verandah, for his master he waits 
        A7                                D  
But the boss is inside drinking wine with his mates
                                    E7     
He hurries for cover and he cringes in fear   
        A7                                D 
It's no place for a dog round a pub with no beer   

          D                       E7    
Old Billy, the blacksmith, the first time in his life
        A7                            D    
Has gone home cold sober to his darling wife
                                        E7     
He walks in the kitchen; she says: "You're early, Bill dear"
        A7                                               D    
Then he breaks down and he tells her that the pub's got no beer  
 
          D                       E7    
So it's lonesome away from your kindred and all 
        A7                                D   
By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call 
                                    E7    
But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear 
        A7                                D   
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer  

    	

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100 BPM Andante