Bus Drivers Song

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Intro:
F	Gm	A#	A


Cm					     	   D			A
...Where I was caught with a friend age 11 sniffing tractor fuel
E
We thought we were pretty cool breaking them changing shed rules
F			       	 Gm
But do you see up there?  The banner hanging in the air
A#				   A
The Presbyterian fair, well I never go, there's too many Presbyterians there
Gm			   		 C
But if you're interested, the fair's in the third weekend of August every year
Gm				         		   C
But don't bother entering the raffle, it's always won by some kid of the Mayor


F						Gm
Oh do you hear that sound?	The town clock heard from anywhere in town
A#		         		   A
Until 1960, there was a little place in Norway, we bought it for a hundred pounds.
Cm					     		    D
Rumor has it they sold it cheap because the chimes were too
A
loud

E
But every time I hear that sound it makes me so proud


C(Stacato)		      E
Look to your left, what a beautiful sight
F			         	   E
It's Paula, Paula Thompson, nee Paula Wright
C					    E
Look at her hair, it's still gorgeous even now
F				  			  E
Flowing like the Waimahunga river, which incidentally is to your right
C						  E
And is the largest in the area, in terms of volume
F			   E
Everybody look at Paula, Look at Paula Thompson

F					  Am
I always thought I'd marry Paula, but some things just
		 E
don't work out that way
F								    Gm
Well that's the most important thing you'll learn on the tour today
A#
That and the fact that there'll be a toilet break at the
A
information center near the mermaid lake


REPEAT INTRO X2


C	 E			    F	   E		   F
Paula Thompson born in '54, to a family of four
E			    F		   E		   C
To the family next door, take me back next door
C	 E				 F				   E
Paula Thompson nee Paula Wright, that's her old house up at
F   E		   F				 E
39, Number 41 was mine, if this old coach could go back in
Dm
time, I'd drive to 1979


Repeat Intro once, end of F