Tonart: Bb major
Verse 1
B
E
For nearly sixty years I've been a cocky
B
Of droughts and fires and floods
F#
I've lived through plenty
B
This country's dust and mud
E
B
I've seen my tears and blood
F#
B
But it's nearly over now and now I'm easy
E
I married a fine girl when I was twenty
B
But she died in given birth
B
There was no flying doctor then
E
B
Just a gentle old black djinn
F#
But it's nearly over now,
E
She left me with two sons and a daughter
F#
whose soil cried out for water
B
So my care was rough and ready
E
B
But they grew up fine and steady
F#
But it's nearly over now,
My daughter married young
B
F#
My sons lie buried by the Burma railway
B
So on this land I've made me own
E
B
I've carried on alone
F#
But it's nearly over now,
City folks these days
B
They say with subsidies and all,
B
But there's no drought or starving stock
E
B
On a sewered suburban block
F#
But it's nearly over now,
Wie hat dir der Song gefallen?
TunerE A D G B E
Akkorde & SongtexteB E F#
Mehr Songs von Jean Redpath
Entdecke Akkorde für mehr Songs zum Spielen
4.8
Beliebte Akkorde weltweit
Meistgespielte Akkorde & Tabs aller Nutzer