I just can't believe that I can't find this anywhere, it's an amazing song.
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D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)  BmA  D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)          DI (xx0232@1)was talking to a swaggy yesterday
    G (320003@1)                                DHis (xx0232@1)beard was long his hair was silver grey
    A (x02220@1)                           D (xx0232@1)              
His dress was out of style but he wore a friendly smile
    Bm (x24432@1)             A (x02220@1)            DAnd (xx0232@1)here is what the old man had to say

D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)        D"You (xx0232@1)may think me most unusual my boy
       G (320003@1)                               DWhen (xx0232@1)I tell you straight that I am stony broke
  A (x02220@1)                              DI (xx0232@1)tramp from year to year and I'll drink all kinds of beer
      Bm (x24432@1)              A (x02220@1)           DBut (xx0232@1)I like to have good 'baccy when I smoke"

D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)          DNow (xx0232@1)I'll show you this here old terbacco tin
    G (320003@1)                                DThe (xx0232@1)paint is gone the sides are dinted in
         A (x02220@1)                         D (xx0232@1)    
But it's opened many a bottle in its wild and chequered life
       Bm (x24432@1)      A (x02220@1)           DAnd (xx0232@1)to me it has always been a friend

[Yodel] D  A  D
        G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)       BmA  D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)I one time had a wife and everything
      A (x02220@1)                             DBut (xx0232@1)a stranger came and soon we were apart
     A (x02220@1)                            DSo (xx0232@1)I left my friends and home and I hit the road to roam
    Bm (x24432@1)         A (x02220@1)           DBut (xx0232@1)nicotine has mended my old heart

D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)         DI've (xx0232@1)got no use for money in my life
    G (320003@1)                                  DYou (xx0232@1)strive and struggle till it gets you down
  A (x02220@1)                             DI (xx0232@1)tramp until I lag and then I'll drop my swag
         Bm (x24432@1)              A (x02220@1)                DAnd (xx0232@1)I'll sit and smoke and watch the world go 'round

D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)              D (xx0232@1)When finally I reach the golden gates
     G (320003@1)                        DThey (xx0232@1)say St Peter he's a decent bloke
       A (x02220@1)                              DIf (xx0232@1)I'm taken with the blessed this will be my last request
  Bm (x24432@1)           A (x02220@1)             DI (xx0232@1)must have good terbaccy when I smoke

D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)Yes I was talking to that swaggy yesterday
    G (320003@1)                           DAnd (xx0232@1)what he told me I'll remember clear
A (x02220@1)                                             DTrampin' (xx0232@1)out there with the breeze happy as the birds and bees
      Bm (x24432@1)           A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)And I reckon that he has the right idea.

[Yodel] D  A  D
        G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)        BmA  D