Intro riff Basically an E chord which is slid up to the 3rd, 6th and 8th frets slide slide slide E > > > 0-0--0-0--0-0--0-------0-0--0-0--0-0-0 0--0-0--0-0--0-0-------0--0-0--0-0-2-0 1----3----6----8-------1----8----1-2-1 2----4----7----9-------2----9----2-2-2 2----4----7----9-------2----9----2-0-2 0----0----0----0-5-4-2-0----0----0---0 B E A B Ive travelled across the country, on every beaten track, E from the sugarcane to the Nullarbor plain A B and Ive been to Bourke and back, A B E but there's nothing I like better A B E just before Australia day A B E AE than heading down the New England highway Chorus E slide E to 3rd fret Got my boots on, got my hat on G#m A got my old guitar and a new song E B for a week I'll be where I belong E slide E to 3rd fret with big stars, golden guitars G#m A dream will be ours some day E A B E AE cruising the New England Highway B E They'll be busking down on Peel street A B looking for a lucky break, there's the chhok man E A B and the one man band, Slim Dusty's in the cavalcade A B E but there's nothing I like better A B E just before Australia day A B E AE than heading down the New England highway Intro Chorus, E A B E crusing down the New England Highway x2 Intro