The Stable Lad Chords & Lyrics - Gordon Bok

[INTRO]
[Am] [D] [G]

[VERSE]
When Cobb & Co. ran coaches from the Buller to the [Am]Grey
I [D]went for a livery-stable lad in a halt up Westport [G]way
And I gave my heart to a [Am]red-haired girl, and I [G]left it where she [Am]lay
By the [G]winding [C]Westland [G]highway from the [D]Buller to the [G]Grey

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[D] [G] [Am] [D] [G]

[VERSE]
I've got Neatsfoot on me fingers, and lamp-black on me [Am]face
I've [D]saddle-soaped the harness and hung each piece in [G]place
But my heart's not in the [Am]stable, it's in [G]Charleston far a[Am]way
Where [G]Cobb & [C]Co. goes [G]rolling by from the [D]Buller to the [G]Grey [D]

[VERSE]
There's a [G]red-haired girl in Charleston, she's dancing in the [Am]bar
And I [D]know she's not like other girls who dance where miners [G]are
And I can't forget her [Am]eyes and every[G]thing they seemed to [Am]say
The [G]day I [C]rode with [G]Cobb & Co. from the [D]Buller to the [G]Grey [D]

[VERSE]
There's a [G]schooner down from Murchison, I can hear her in the [Am]gorge
And I'll [D]have to work the bellows now and redden up the [G]forge
I'm going to strike that [Am]iron so hard, she'll [G]hear it far a[Am]way
In the [G]roaring [C]Euro[G]pean where the [D]road runs by from [G]Grey [D]

[VERSE]
Some [G]day I'll be teamster with the ribbons in me [Am]fist
And I'll [D]drive that Cobb & Co. Express through rain and snow and [G]mist
Drive a four-in-hand to [Am]Charleston, and no [G]matter what they [Am]say
I'll [G]take me [C]girl up [G]on the box and [D]marry her in [G]Grey

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[D] [G] [Am] [D] [G]

[VERSE]
There's a graveyard down in Charleston where moss trails from the [Am]trees
And the [D]Westland wind comes moaning in from off the Tassman [G]Seas
And it's there they laid my [Am]red-haired girl, in a [G]pit of yellow [Am]clay
As [G]Cobb & [C]Co. went [G]rolling by from the [D]Buller to the [G]Grey [D] [G]