Driving Ali Through Mining Towns

[Verso 1]
 
C 
You tell it to me straight 

And you ask me to go with you 
       F 
You are moving away 

And I am going to miss you 
      Am 
It is new to me, 
     G 
This type of letting go 
     F 
I am unprepared 
 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
C 
I'll drive you accross the desert 

Through the dusty mining towns 
          F 
And we'll find that outback highway, 

And sand the edges down 
          Am 
Until the storm cloud breaks 
       G 
And we hit the ocean 
           F 
And I will leave you there 
 


[Refrão]
 
    C 
Goodbye Alio, 
    F 
Goodbye my Alio, 
G 
Goodbye to this bright love, you leave me all aglow 
   C 
Go well Alio, 
   F 
Go boldly, Alio 
G                                    F                G 
My heart, for now, is yours to carry freely where you go 
 


[Verso 2]
 
    C 
We came out of season 

We came here when it's quieter 
  F 
I hold your hand in public 

And we feel like outsiders 
            Am 
And we hear ghosts of warnings 
        G 
That we get all types 
    F 
Out on this road 
 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
    C 
And that night we met Pete 

Beneath a darkened ridge, 
      F 
And I wanna keep to ourselves 

But this man has a fridge 
          Am 
And Peter cools our beers 
    G 
And listens to us singing, 
          F 
And thats all Peter knows 
 


[Refrão]
 
    C 
Goodbye Alio, 
    F 
Goodbye my Alio, 
G 
Goodbye to this bright love, you leave me all aglow 
   C 
Go well Alio, 
   F 
Go boldly, Alio 
G                                    F                G 
My heart, for now, is yours to carry freely where you go 
 


[Verso 3]
 
C 
I take a lot for granted 

My hard times have been few 
    F 
And early on there were too many times I overlooked you 
      Am 
But I see you know, 
   G 
So clearly, 
        F 
I see a lot of you 
 


[Pré-Refrão]
 
C 
And when you come back to Melbourne 

You leave someone behind 
      F 
Maybe I am in some other place 

With some fella on my mind 
          Am 
I hope we tell each other then 
          G 
I hope we speak from time to time 
       F 
But for now 
Dm                   G 
I do not know how to leave you 
 


[Refrão]
 
    C 
Goodbye Alio, 
    F 
Goodbye my Alio, 
G 
Goodbye to this bright love, you leave me all aglow 
   C 
Go well Alio, 
   F 
Go gently, Alio 
G                                    F                G 
My heart, for now, is yours to carry freely where you go