When The Bitumen Reaches Pooncarie

C F C G C G/D C C G When the bitumen reaches Pooncarie we'll turn on a big barbeque F C Invite all the cockies and ringers and the traveller that’s passin' through F They'll be plenty of song and yahooing and I'll bet on a punch up or two C G C When the bitumen reaches Pooncarie we'll have a Pooncarie type do C G On the banks of the stately old Darling we'll sing and we'll dance in the scrub F C Cut a track the dust like big meat ants from the river to the telegraph pub F cause the boys the bush they play harder then their cousins, the city folk do C G C When the bitumen reaches Pooncarie, hey, we'll likely be downin' a few C F F C G G C D G C C G Now the anglers will swarm in their thousand when they hear that the river is right F C and the whisper goes out through the bushland there’s a flush and the cods on the bight F they'll come with their cross lines and gill nets and millions of stubbies and cans C G C When the bitumen reaches Pooncarie, ho, we'll have a stampede on our hands C G Now they’re building a motel and restaurant a place where the knobs can all camp F C no use if you're big time to rough it for the bush can get windy and damp F They'll be some big holes in the bar room with the big ones still getting away F C G C When the bitumen reaches Pooncarie we'll hear some good stories I'd say C C C Eat your heart out guitar players F F C G C D C C C F F C G C D D A7 Now the old town might tend to get lively when the bulldust has gone from the track G D allowing the lout big towns to go a bit further out back G they shoot up the signs at the roadside and wreck everything out of spite D A7 D When the bitumen reaches Pooncarie, oh, I see some good bashings in sight D A7 When the bitumen reaches Pooncarie, oh, we'll turn on a big barbeque G D Invite all the cockies and ringers and the traveller that’s passin' through G They'll be plenty of song and yahooing and I'll bet on a punch up or two D A7 D When the bitumen reaches Pooncarie, hey, we'll have a Pooncarie type do G D A7 D When the bitumen reaches Pooncarie, we'll have a Pooncarie type do. Lets go now! D D Hey. D D D D Good onya Charlie. A7 A7 We'll have another stubbie. A7 A7 A7 G G D Drinks all round by Fet! D D D D D D G G D D A7 A7 D