C G He was a sailorD Em Swarthy lean and proudC G He could take a schooner through a big sea swellAm D Aloof in the mainland crowdC G She loved his quiet laughterD Em Like a boy he'd shrug and grinC G Beach stretched wide at Port MackayAm D With dreams upon the windC G D Em He wore her name in a rose tattooC G Am Long weekends of gins and limeC G D Em She lived in Cairns made plans to moveC G Am Checkout girl part-timeC G D Em And rumour said there's a boom aheadC G Am You can make your future hereEm By the Gladstone pierC G A two roomed fibro shelterD Em Empty hopes, the damp, the fliesC G Prices hiked her face grew tightAm D And conversation diedC G D Em And the foreman at the smelter said you're much too oldC G Am Try the cane fields furthers northC G D Em And the clerk at the market said we don't buy troubleC G Am There's a strike down at the portC G D Em Then a six-day shift in a filthy pitC G Am The drag lines gouging coalC G D Em The black dust gnaws at your lungs and poresC G Am And anger rots your soulC G D Em And the queue round the block waits for you to dropC G Am Can you take it for another yearEm By the Gladstone PierC G Every Sunday he'd walk aloneD Em Casting pebbles at the passing wavesC G Plunge in brine cleanse his prideAm D A stronger man remainsC G The crunch of shale and distant sailsD Em Ached within his bonesC G And ships upon the tideAm D Bound for ports unknownC G Soon he drank for comfortD Em She grew bitter in the weeks betweenC G The nights of beer and hollow cheerAm D And love became routineC G They fought, she left him cryingD Em Angry words in a last caféC G In desperation on a lonely nightAm D She took the bus to Cairns next dayC G D Em And Gladstone couples break that wayC G Am Mutual blame and no regretsC G D Em And boomtown blues just fade to greyC G Am And all that's left are debts she cried:C G D Em "I've got to leave this dirty old townC G Am The rattle of broken menC G D Em And break these chains and wash the painC G Am And put to sea againC G D Em Drained all my passion my anger and my fearsC G Am And sank them in a flagonEm Under Gladstone pier"C G She saw him through the Greyhound windowD E As the dawn glowed on the chromeC G Standing by the pier under sullen skiesAm D Sea winds calling homeC G From surfers up to TownsvilleD Em Past the high-rise coloniesC G Fast food, cheap hotelsAm D Two more boom-town refugees
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