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Gutboard Blues

By: Dave Jordan(approve sites) 1969 Source(approve sites)
C F
Well I'm off down the road every morning bout eight
C C7
Going down to my job, and it's a job that I hate
F Fm C A7
Hacking, cutting, gutting mutton gut on a contract basis
D7 G7
I climb into my overalls and take my place as
C F
The boss comes along, he tells me that
C C7
I've got to strip and clip a stomach every second flat
F Fm C A7
So I bust a gut just to get the job all done
D7 G7 C
Cleaning hacking cutting mutton gut until the cows come home, so…
 
F
Sling em here, sling em there
C C7
Those guts keep a-coming in from everywhere
F Fm C A7
I'm up to my elbows in this dark green ooze
D7 G7 C F C G
I've got the slashing cutting bust-a-gutting Gutboard Blues
 
Now down through the chute with a slosh and a slop 
Those sheep guts drop and never seem to stop 
So I grab myself a stomach, I slit it wide 
Then I trim it and I scrape it till it's clean inside 
Then I turn on the hose and let the water run 
Toss it on the pile, and that's another one done 
The pace is hot, I stop a spot and mop my brow 
And my face has all been covered up with grass by now, so… 
 
F
Sling em here, sling em there
C C7
Those guts keep a-coming in from everywhere
I've gotta have the money, and a beggar can't choose 
I've got the sloshing slopping never-stopping Gutboard Blues 
 
I got hydrochloric acid eating into my head 
My hair's turning green and I smell like I'm dead 
There's fellas all around me sloshing juice on my knees 
And the temperature's a-hitting bout a hundred degrees 
I've had a gutsfull of guts, I'm telling you true 
I don't think I could stomach one more ewe 
It's a way of making money and a living, but… 
Sheep… I hate your guts, so… 
 
F
Sling em here, sling em there
C C7
Those guts keep a-coming in from everywhere
How else can I afford to live the life that I choose 
Without those acid-burning, stomach-churning, money-earning Gutboard Blues 

Created 2017 Jun 04 16:34

This is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.

tahi Page last modified on 2017 Jun 05 22:18

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