A drover's wife chords by Colin Buchanan

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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They walked in late,
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heard about the show
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Em 
On a country spot on the radio
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A sheepskin coat was sewn by hand
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The hat stayed on all night
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They'd ridden their horses
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through the driving rain
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From the camp they'd made
Em 
on the Billeroo Lane
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Stock was yarded,
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the dogs were chained
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It was time to hit the town
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She was a drover's wife,
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lived in a caravan
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She could match the work
A 
G 
A 
of any man
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And in the morning they'd
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D 
Bm 
be gone
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They were always moving
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Em 
on
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Bm 
The night wore on and she told us tales
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Of a woman's life
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on the stock route trails
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Open fires, a thousand stars
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and a life of making do
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Eyes were wide on every child,
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Em 
the local women winked and smiled
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The fellas couldn't quite work out
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A 
this unexpected guest
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She was a drover's wife,
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lived in a caravan
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D 
She could match the work
A 
G 
A 
of any man
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A 
D 
And in the morning they'd be gone
Bm 
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A 
D 
She was always moving on
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Em 
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Em 
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The night wound up,
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G 
they rode away to another town,
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another day
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Crossing paths and swapping yards
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A 
and always moving on
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A 
She was a drover's wife,
D 
lived in a caravan
G 
D 
She could match the work
A 
G 
A 
of any man
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A 
D 
And in the morning they'd be gone
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She was always moving on
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Yeah, always moving