Playing For The Traffic - Alistair Hulett Chords
Chords: C, F, Am, G, D, Dm
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Genre: folk, rock, blues
Alistair Hulett
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBItfTWDhng
[Verse 1]
N.C. C F C
You could have seen him any day up the back of Martin Place
Am G
In a battered Sunday suit that's seen far better days
C F C
Blowing on a mouth harp with the kind of wit and grace
Am G
That would bring a smile to the face of a broken clock
C F C
And there was not a verse or chorus the old bugger didn't know
Am G
From Mother Kelly's Doorstep to The Banks of the Ohio
F C G Am
The typists and the tellers didn't want to bloody know
F G
Dealing with their dose of future shock
[Chorus]
C F C
He was playing for the traffic and the nine to fivers
Am G
Tooraloo you're bound for Botany Bay
C F C
And he gave more to this world than all the penny-pinching skivers
Am G C
That turned around and looked the other way
[Instrumental]
Am G Am C G
Am G Am D Am G Am
[Verse 2]
C F C
Well, I stood a while to listen and he played the thing with ease
Am G
But the crowd that day was tighter than a Pom at a wine and cheese
C F C
Maybe they were hard up or just plain hard to please
Am G
But no one put a single cent his way
C F C
So I reached into my pocket to even up the score
Am G
And dropped a pile of change into the tin plate on the floor
F C G Am
When you work the streets they treat you like a whore
F Dm G
And no one ought to ever feel that way
[Chorus]
C F C
He was playing for the traffic and the nine to fivers
Am G
Tooraloo you're bound for Botany Bay
C F C
And he gave more to this world than all the penny-pinching skivers
Am G C
That turned around and looked the other way
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