Forty Miles To Saturday Night(Chords)

	        verse 1 

      D                   G             D       Bm          G      Em         
  Well I rubbed the dirt all down    And I washed away six ach-ing days   And my 

 D                   G            D       Bm           G         Em           
 shoes all slick and spit and my singlet fresh and my sideburns shaved  as I  

 A                G               A             G          A      D                    
 turn    from the mirror    and I open my first beer since yester-day 
  


verse 2 


     D                   G             D       Bm          G      Em         
Danny  brings the Bedford round a three ton girl with a flat top tray  

 D                   G               D       Bm           G         Em           
And she knows the way to town so we kiss goodbye to two weeks pay 


 A                      G               A             G     A      D              
Now the leaves are all shaking and the stars are all waking from the day 



                                   
 G                   D                   G                   D                   
 Big wheel turning   Turning all night   Big light burning   Burning so bright 

 G                      D                      G                A        D        
 Downright foolish  but that's all right  it's only 40 miles to Saturday night 




verse 3 


     D                   G             D       Bm          G      Em         
Theres a place on Maylin Street and a band down there called Gunga Din 

     D                   G             D       Bm     G      Em         
And Joanne from Miner's Creek, she said that she'd be back again 

 A                      G               A         G     A     D             
She lives out on the station and she works on my imagination 



 G                   D                   G                   D                   
 Big wheel turning   Turning all night   Big light burning   Burning so bright 

 G                      D                      G                A        D        
 Downright foolish  but that's all right  it's only 40 miles to Saturday night 

 G                   D                   G                   D                   
 Big wheel turning   Turning all night   Big light burning   Burning so bright 

 G                      D                      G                A        D        
 Downright foolish  but that's all right  it's only 40 miles to Saturday night

	        

Written by Paul Kelly