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The Ghost Of Three Rivers Hotel by Jeff Brown
The Ghost Of Three Rivers Hotel
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Bb
Capo:1st fret
Notes:
Chords relative to capo 1.
3/4 time.
[Intro]
A
[Verse 1]
A
They're holding a sale at the town of Greenvale
E
They're selling that great railway line
My mem'ry goes back as they pull up the track
D E A
from the coast to that old nickel mine
[Verse 2]
A
They came from all places, I see all their faces
E
the men who built the rail line
The ghost of Three Rivers, their stories she'll tell
D E A
every night on that old Greenvale line
[Verse 3]
A
My mem'ry unfolds all the stories we told
E
every night around at the bar
Stan Coster, he wrote in his words I will quote
D E A
"Right there on the banks of the star"
[Verse 4]
A
He penned us a song and his words will live on
E
bout Greenvale, Three Rivers Hotel
Now Stan was called home but his mem'ry lives on
D E A
as only hist'ry will tell
[Instrumental]
A
E
D E A
[Verse 4]
A
The old pub and the mine are a permanent shrine
E
tourists all head up that way
they look for the Star and breast up to the bar
D E A
And to yarn with old Coster each day
[Verse 5]
A
He's words recall as they hang on the wall
E
as only old Coster could tell
with a picture of him and a picture of Slim
D E A
In the bar of Three Rivers Hotel
[Interlude]
A D
[Verse 6]
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
[Interlude]
A D E
[Verse 6]
A
Yes, they’re holding a sale at the town of Greenvale
E
They're selling that great railway line
My mem'ry goes back as they pull up the track
D E A
from the coast to that old nickel mine
[Verse 7]
A
They came from all places, I see all their faces
E
the men who built the rail line
The ghost of Three Rivers, their stories she'll tell
D E A
every night on that old Greenvale line
[Tag]
E
Stan Coster, Three Rivers Hotel and the mine
D E A
From Townsville to Greenvale, that great railway line.
[Outro]
E A
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