Tonart: Bb major
Verse 1
C
F
For nearly sixty years I've been a cocky
C
Of droughts and fires and floods
G
I've lived through plenty
C
This country's dust and mud
F
C
I've seen my tears and blood
G
C
But it's nearly over now and now I'm easy
F
I married a fine girl when I was twenty
C
But she died in given birth
C
There was no flying doctor then
F
C
Just a gentle old black djinn
G
But it's nearly over now,
F
She left me with two sons and a daughter
G
whose soil cried out for water
C
So my care was rough and ready
F
C
But they grew up fine and steady
G
But it's nearly over now,
My daughter married young
C
G
My sons lie buried by the Burma railway
C
So on this land I've made me own
F
C
I've carried on alone
G
But it's nearly over now,
City folks these days
C
They say with subsidies and all,
C
But there's no drought or starving stock
F
C
On a sewered suburban block
G
But it's nearly over now,
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