Intro riff
Basically an E chord which is slid up to the
3rd, 6th and 8th frets
slide slide slide
E > > >
0-0--0-0--0-0--0-------0-0--0-0--0-0-0
0--0-0--0-0--0-0-------0--0-0--0-0-2-0
1----3----6----8-------1----8----1-2-1
2----4----7----9-------2----9----2-2-2
2----4----7----9-------2----9----2-0-2
0----0----0----0-5-4-2-0----0----0---0
B E A B
Ive travelled across the country, on every beaten track,
E
from the sugarcane to the Nullarbor plain
A B
and Ive been to Bourke and back,
A B E
but there's nothing I like better
A B E
just before Australia day
A B E A E
than heading down the New England highway
E slide E to 3rd fret
Got my boots on, got my hat on
G#m A
got my old guitar and a new song
E B
for a week I'll be where I belong
E slide E to 3rd fret
with big stars, golden guitars
G#m A
dream will be ours some day
E A B E A E
cruising the New England Highway
B E
They'll be busking down on Peel street
A B
looking for a lucky break, there's the chhok man
E A B
and the one man band, Slim Dusty's in the cavalcade
A B E
but there's nothing I like better
A B E
just before Australia day
A B E A E
than heading down the New England highway
Intro
Chorus,
E A B E
crusing down the New England Highway x2
Intro