The Ghost Of Three Rivers Hotel

A# A# They're holding a sale at the town of Greenvale F They're selling that great railway line My mem'ry goes back as they pull up the track D# F A# from the coast to that old nickel mine A# They came from all places, I see all their faces F the men who built the rail line The ghost of Three Rivers, their stories she'll tell D# F A# every night on that old Greenvale line A# My mem'ry unfolds all the stories we told F every night around at the bar Stan Coster, he wrote in his words I will quote D# F A# "Right there on the banks of the star" A# He penned us a song and his words will live on F bout Greenvale, Three Rivers Hotel Now Stan was called home but his mem'ry lives on D# F A# as only hist'ry will tell A# F D# F A# A# The old pub and the mine are a permanent shrine F tourists all head up that way they look for the Star and breast up to the bar D# F A# And to yarn with old Coster each day A# He's words recall as they hang on the wall F as only old Coster could tell with a picture of him and a picture of Slim D# F A# In the bar of Three Rivers Hotel A# D# D# G# D# From Townsville to Greenvale, they built that rail line G# D# through the ranges and the gorges to the great nickel mine G# those long days were dusty and hotter than hell A# D# and that’s why they all worship Three Rivers Hotel A# D# F A# Yes, they’re holding a sale at the town of Greenvale F They're selling that great railway line My mem'ry goes back as they pull up the track D# F A# from the coast to that old nickel mine A# They came from all places, I see all their faces F the men who built the rail line The ghost of Three Rivers, their stories she'll tell D# F A# every night on that old Greenvale line F Stan Coster, Three Rivers Hotel and the mine D# F A# From Townsville to Greenvale, that great railway line. F A#