Intro: Am  Em  Am  Em  Am  Em  Am  C  G  D }x3 

Am       Em         Am     Em 
Welcome, strangers, to the show 
Am      Em      Am        C  G  D 
I'm the one who should be lying low 
Am      Em          Am        Em 
Saw the knives out, turned my back 
Am      Em      Am        C   G   D 
Heard the train coming, stayed out on the trackchorus 
 
Chorus:
F             C 
In the middle, in the middle 
Em                 F 
In the middle of a dream 
  Am      Em       F         C 
I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings 
G         D            Am Em 
I've done all the dumb things 
 
Verse 2:
Am       Em         Am     Em 
Caught the fever, heard the tune 
Am      Em      Am        C  G  D 
Thought I loved her, hung my heart on the moon 
Am      Em          Am        Em 
started howling, made no sense 
Am      Em      Am        C   G   D 
Thought my friends would come to my defence 

Chorus:
And I get all your good advice  
Don't stop me from going through all these things twiuce  
Too see the knives, out I turn my back  
I hear the train coming, I stay out on the track 
 
Chorus:
F             C 
In the middle, in the middle 
Em                 F 
In the middle of a dream 
  Am      Em       F         C 
I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings 
G         D            Am Em 
I've done all the dumb things 

Verse 4:
Am       Em     F      C 
I melted wax to fix my wings 
Am         Em    F      C 
I threw my hat into the ring 
Am             Em     F      C 
I thought that I just had to sing 
G    D            Am 
I've done all the dumb things 
 
Chorus:
F             C 
In the middle, in the middle 
Em                 F 
In the middle of a dream 
  Am      Em       F         C 
I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings 
G         D            Am Em 
I've done all the dumb things 
 
Outro:
Em  Am  Em  Am  Em  Am C G D 
Ends with single strum of Am

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From: stuart@comserver.canberra.edu.au (Stuart Christopherson)

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Beggar on the Street of Love
by Paul Kelly
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G          C          G                   C
In my time I have been a rich man given favours

G            C          G                          C        G
All the world at my feet and it's many different flavours

         Em        G      C   D
I sucked it all dry now I realise

       G                         C   D
I'm a beggar on the street of love

       G                         C   D
I'm a beggar on the street of love

       G                         C   D
I'm a beggar on the street of love

G            C               G
All the rest have no charm

                          C
There's nothing they can give me

G          C                G
What I want makes me poor

                            C        G
In this great big world of plenty

      Em              G             C       D
I'm holding out my cup only you can fill it up

       G                         C   D
I'm a beggar on the street of love

       G                         C   D
I'm a beggar on the street of love

       G                         C   D   *
I'm a beggar on the street of love

C               G            Am              C  D  Em
       On my own I'm standing so patiently

             G              Am
And my heart keeps calling

                 F       D     G
Calling out for you to see

                                  C            D     G
You look right through me and you pass me by

                                  C            D
You look right through me and you pass me by

* - CODA

D       G   C D
I'm a beggar, I'm a beggar.

Repeat and then fade.


Take my hand, lead me to
Your loving milk and honey
Cover me, keep me from
The night so cold and rainy
Please, I'm down on my knees
I'm a beggar on the street of love.

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From: timothy@chem.eng.usyd.edu.au (Timothy Newbury)

Dumb Things - Paul Kelly (Yeah!)
========================


I think this is pretty close - sounds close to the CD.
It works for me anyway!

(4/4)
Intro
 Am  Em   Am  Em   Am  Em   Am C G D
|--------|--------|--------|--------|


Verse

Am      Em       Am     Em
Welcome stranger to the show
Am      Em      Am        C   G   D
I'm the one who should be ly-ing low
Am      Em          Am        Em
Saw the knives out, turned my back
Am        Em
Heard the train coming
Am         C  G   D
stayed out on the track


Chorus

F             C
In the middle, in the middle
Em                 F
In the middle of a dream
  Am      Em       F         C
I lost my shirt, I pawned my rings
G         D            Am Em
I've done all the dumb things


Verse 2 - Same Progression as Verse 1

Caught the fever, heard the tune
Thought I loved her, hung my heart on the moon
Started howling, made no sense
Thought my friends would come to my defence


Verse 3 - Same Progression as Verse 1

And I get all your good advice
Don't stop me from going through all these things twice
I see the knives, out I turn my back
I hear the train coming, I stay out on the track

Verse 4

Am       Em     F      C
I melted wax to fix my wings
Am         Em    F      C
I threw my hat into the ring
Am             Em     F      C
I thought that I just had to sing
G    D            Am
I've done all the dumb things

Outro

Em  Am  Em  Am  Em  Am C G D
Ends with single strum of Am

Enjoy!
Tim Newbury.
timothy@cerisc.chem.eng.usyd.edu.au

I can't believe that no one has tabbed this yet!! It is really cool, Paul Kelly is an awesome artist.
It's pretty easy, just the basic chords of:

G
Em
C
Am
D

Verse 1:

           G                  Em                C      Am
From Saint Kilda to Kings Cross, is thirteen hours on a bus.

           G                  Em                C      Am
I press my face against the glass and watch the whitelines rushing past.

    C              D                G              Em        C  
And all around me felt like all inside me and my body left me, and 
                 Am
my soul went running on.

Verse 2:

(Same chord patterns here) 

Have you ever seen Kings Cross, when the rain is falling soft?  I came in on the evening bus,
from Oxford Street I cut across

And if the rain don't fall too hard, and everyting shines like a postcard, everything goes on,
just the same.

Bridge:

    G                           D
Fair weather friends are the hungriest friends.
    G                            Em
I keep my mouth well shut I cross their open hands.


(The same chord patterns for the last verse here aswell)

I want to see the sun go down, from Saint Kilda Esplanade.  Where the beach needs reconstruction, where
the palm trees have it hard.

(This is just the repeat of the middle section to finish)

I'd give you all of Sydnet Harbour, all that land and all that water, all for one sweet promenade.

Repeat and fade.

That's basically it, the strumming pattern is just down down up up down up, like usual,
and I hope that you like the song, and that someone else will tab some more of Paul Kelly's stuff!!

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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 12:08:06 -0700
From: Simon Whitaker 


GHOST TOWN

by Paul Kelly
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INTRO  Am

Am
Today I thought I saw you
Am
Standing on the corner
D
I was just about to call your name I nearly touched her
G                    Am          C                D        D
Then she turned and suddenly it all came crashing down
C                           Am         Em    Am
Just my imagination playing tricks in ghost town


This moring I lay sleeping
I heard some footsteps creeping
Standing right beside me at my bed I felt your breathing
You said 'Daddy can I come inside and lay my body down?'
The sun came in, I woke up hard and empty in ghost town

Now I wander everywhere
Talking to the air
And every day just like the day before in countless numbers
And every night the curtain falls upon the day gone down
and every single town that I pass through is a ghost town


transcribed by Simon Whitaker simonj@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au

How to make gravy
By Paul Kelly.

Tabbed by Sam Phoenix

This is my first tab, so don't get too angry if it doesn't work.  My guitar teacher showed me this one, & 
just tab what I know, the chords, the slide part and the lyrics.

     E x 7                                      Some weird chord x8             Repeat this.  I'm not sure 
the other part
   V   ^    V ^      V   V    ^       V   V   ^    V      V   V   ^    V
I--0---0---0-0--I--0---0---0---I--0---0---0---0--I--0---0---0---0---|I
I--0---0---0-0--I--0---0---0---I--2---2---2---2--I--2---2---2---2---|I
I--1---1---1-1--I--1---1---1---I--2---2---2---2--I--2---2---2---2---|I
I--2---2---2-2--I--2---2---2---I--4---4---4---4--I--4---4---4---4---|I
I--2---2---2-2--I--2---2---2---I--4---4---4---4--I--4---4---4---4---|I
I--0---0---0-0--I--0---0---0---I--0---0---0---0--I--0---0---0---0---|I

That's all I know, I'm not sure if it changes.  Now for the slide part.  Timing's probably screwed.

I------------------------------------|
I--7--5--5--7--7--9--9--7--7--5------|
I------------------------------------|
I------------------------------------|
I------------------------------------|
I------------------------------------|

Now the lyrics.

Hello Daniel, It's Joe here,
I hope you're keepin' well
It's the 21st. of December,
Now they're ringin' the last bell
If I get good behavior,
I'll be out of here by July
Won't you kiss my kids on Christmas day,
Please don't let 'em cry for me

(Drums kick in)

I guess, the brothers are comin' down from Queensland,
and Stella's flyin' in from the coast
They say it's gonna be, a hundred degrees, even more maybe,
But that won't stopthe roast
Who's gonna make the gravy, now
I bet it won't taste the same
just add flour, salt, a little red wine, don't forget a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that 
tang
Give my love to Angus, and to Frank and Dolly,
tell 'em all I'm sorry, I screwed up this time,
and look after Rita, I'll be thinkin' of her,
early Christmas morning, when I'm standing in line

I hear Mary's got a new boyfriend,
I hope he can hold his own
do ya remember the last one, what was his name again?                  (laughs)
just a little too much cologne
and Roger, ya know I'm even gonna miss Roger,
'Cos there's sure as hell no-one in here I wanna fight

Praise to baby Jesus,
have a merry Christmas,
I'm really gonna miss it,
all the treasure and the trash,
later in the evening,
I can just imagine,
You'll put on Juniour Mervin
and push the tables back
and you'll dance with Rita,
I know you really like her,
just don't hold her too close, oh brother please don't stab me in the back                (shouts)
I didn't mean to say that,
it's just my mind that plays up,
multiplies these matters,
and turns imagination into fact,

You know I love her badly,
she's the one to save me,
gonna make some gravy,
gonna taste the fat
tell her I'm sorry,
yeah I love her badly,
Tell 'em all I'm sorry, and kiss the sleeping children for me
ya know one of these days,
I'll be makin' gravy, I'll be makin' plenty, I'm gonna pay 'em all back.

END

Hope you liked it.

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From: ddnre@hunterlink.net.au
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 10:49:23 +0000
Subject: Sweet Guy. By Paul Kelly


Hello Music Lovers. This is my first entry into this guitar archive
so I thought I would put in one of my favourite tunes for the
accoustic guitar. This is a song by Paul Kelly, who is an Australian
solo artist that has been recognised as one of our greatest song
writers of all time. He is famous for his accoustic ballads like
this one which I will give you the chords for here.
 Just a quick note. If you have a friend with a nice strat sitting
by, get him/her to play with you by slowly picking the chords while
you strum. That's how it sounds on the recording, and it's a pretty
cool sound. Ok I'll get on with it now.

        Sweet Guy By Paul Kelly.
4/4 Time
Intro 8 bars
Am / / / Dm / / /
Am / / / Dm / / /

(Verse1. Same strumming pattern)
Am                                                  Dm
In the morning you wreck the bed. You bring me coffee black and
boiling.
F                                    Am
Then we start up again. And the coffee goes cold
Am                                                  Dm
I wake up drinking from your lips. Kisses warm and tender
F                                                 Dm
And I would give up the world. Just to see your smile

(Chorus)
Am                                 G              F
One thing I would never understand
      Am             G        D
It's become my problem
             Am                    G               F
And It's something right out of my hands
                        D
My hands are clean
(No Chord. Just sing it )
What makes such a sweet guy turn so mean.

4 bars Accoustic strum
Am / / / Dm / / /

( Verse 2. Same Chord Progression)

I went to town with a moody man. A handsome Doctor Jekyll
He was right by my side. Turning into Mr Hyde.
I ran for cover but I ran too slow. I was stitched by strangers.
And they shook their heads that someone could do the things you did.

( Chorus 2 Same as before)
......What makes such a sweet guy turn so mean.

(Instrumental Break)
This is just the accoustic playing the Am /// Dm/// F/// Am///
pattern once

( Bridge )

C                                     G
I must be mad I must be crazy
F7                                         Am
Every one keeps telling me so
C                             G
Every day I seem it coming
F7                                               D7
Now Im facing the wall waiting for the blow

( Verse 3. No Accoustic chords for first two lines. Only the electric picking )
NC
In the morning you kiss my head. You say it was another.
NC
Now you're down on your knees begging me to forgive you please
Am                                                  Dm
I wake up aching from your touch, Every muscle tender
F                                                                 Dm
Then I look in your eyes the way you smile. And I'm hypnotised.

( Final Chorus)
same as before

( Outro )
Repeat and fade
Am / / / Dm / / /


Well that's over. If you wan't any more cool Australian music
transcribed for you. Drop me a line at nathan.eltis@hunterlink.net.au
Thank-you all