#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: From St Kilda To Kings Cross Original Album: Post Words and Music by Paul Kelly Copyright © 1985 Mushroom Records Pty Limited Published by Mushroom Music Publishing Pty Limited Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net) INTRO: INTRO Figure G Em |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------0-------|-1-------0-----------------------| |---------0---0-------------------|-----------------0---------------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | C C/B Am |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-1---0---------------------------|-1---0---------------------------| |-------------2-------0-----------|-------------0-------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | G Em |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------0-------|-1-------0-----------------------| |---------0---0-------------------|-----------------2-------0-------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | C C/B Am |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----1-------0-------------------|-1---0---------------------------| |-----------------2-------0-------|-------------0-----------0-------| |---------------------------------|-----------------0---2-----------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | VERSE1: Chords: G 320033 C/B x20010 Em 022000 Am x02210 C x32010 D xx0232 | G | Em | C C/B | Am From St Kilda to Kings Cross is thirteen hours on a bus | G | Em | C C/B | Am I press my face against the glass and watch the white lines rushing past | C | D | Em | Am And all around me felt like all inside me and my body left me | C | D G And my soul went running VERSE2: Chords: G 320033 C/B x20010 Em 022000 Am x02210 C x32010 D xx0232 | G | Em | C C/B | Am Have you ever seen Kings Cross when the rain is falling soft? | G | Em | C C/B | Am I came in on the evening bus, from Oxford Street I cut across | C | D | Em | Am And if the rain don't fall too hard, everything shines just like a postcard | C | D | G [Fill1] Everything goes on just the same Fill1 |---------0---3-----------3-------|---------------------------------| |-3-------------------0-------0---|-1---0---------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------2-------0-----------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------2---0---| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | BRIDGE: Chords: C x32010 G 320033 Em 022000 | C | % | G Fairweather friends are the hungriest friends | C | % | Em | G I keep my mouth well shut I cross their open hands INSTRUMENTAL: G Em |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------0-------|-1-------0-----------------------| |---------0---0-------------------|-----------------0---------------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | C C/B Am |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-1---0---------------------------|-1-------0-----------------------| |-------------2-------0-----------|-----------------0---------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | G Em |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------0-------|-1-------0-----------------------| |---------0---0-------------------|-----------------2-------0-------| |-0-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | C C/B Am |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----1-------0-------------------|-1---0---------------------------| |-----------------2-------0-------|-------------0-------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | [Saxophone SOLO] VERSE3: Chords: G 320033 C/B x20010 Em 022000 Am x02210 C x32010 D xx0232 | G | Em | C C/B | Am I want to see the sun go down from St Kilda Esplanade | G | Em | C C/B | Am Where the beach needs reconstruction, where the palm trees have it hard | C | D | Em | Am I'd give you all of Sydney Harbour, all that land and all that water | C | D G For that one sweet promenade | C | D | Em | Am I'd give you all of Sydney Harbour, all that land and all that water | C D | G | Em | C C/B | Am | For that one sweet promenade [play out to fade with INTRO Figure over 4/4| G | Em | C | C/B | Am |]