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The Biggest Disappointment

Slim Dusty
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D-DU-UDU
 They had  my future wrapped  up in a parcel
 and no  one even thought  of asking me.
 The day I turned fifteen  I caght the mailtrain
 To find  what else might be  in life for me.
 I rode  on trucks and trains and lived on  nothing;
 Served  me right for wanting to be free-
 Ah well that's  the way society  looked at  it,
 But it didn't  seem to be  that way to me.
 And the biggest  disappointment  in the family  was me;
 the only twisted branch  upon our good  old fam'y tree
 I just couldn't  be the person  they ecpected  me to be
 A7 And the biggest  disappiontment  in the world  was me
 A lot more dinner times than there dinners
 I learned a lot that hurt me at the time
 Then this quiet country boy came home a different man
 with a memory of distance on my mind
 But i always spoke to loud and drank to often,
 Maybe drank to many glasses down
 And perhaps my clothes were older that I realized
 A relief to all concerned when I left town

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Readable chord sheet for The Biggest Disappointment by Slim Dusty

[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [C] [D]

[C]  They h[G]ad my future wra[C]pped up in a p[D]arcel
and n[C]o one even t[D]hought of asking m[G]e.
The day I turned fifte[C]en I caght the ma[D]iltrain
To fi[C]nd what else might b[D]e in life for m[G]e.
I r[Em]ode on trucks and trains and lived [B7]on nothing;
S[Em]erved me right for wanting to be fr[A7]ee-
Ah well th[G]at's the way soc[C]iety looked a[D]t it,
But it d[C]idn't seem to be[D] that way to m[G]e.

And the bigg[G]est disappoint[D]ment in the fam[G]ily was me;
the only twisted bra[C]nch upon our go[D7]od old fam'y tree
I just cou[G]ldn't be the pe[B7]rson they ecpec[Em]ted me to be
A7 And the big[G]gest disappiont[C]ment in the wor[D]ld was m[G]e

A lot more dinner times than there dinners

I learned a lot that hurt me at the time

Then this quiet country boy came home a different man

with a memory of distance on my mind

But i always spoke to loud and drank to often,

Maybe drank to many glasses down

And perhaps my clothes were older that I realized

A relief to all concerned when I left town

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