Key: Db major
Verse 1
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We used to have a mighty big river
There's a poet we all called Banjo
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Who wrote a legend about a ride
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And part of our nation's pride
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We used to learn the poem at school
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I'm hopin' the hell we still do
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The man from Snowy River
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Means a lot to me and you
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But what about a mighty big river
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That used to flow wide and strong
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But we all know today we were wrong
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We used to have a mighty big river
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We rowed a little boat to get home
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y river alone
But that's a romantic notion,
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a dreamer's luxury
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Soon we'll be paying for rain,
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and they'll add on a GST
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You can't have a river these days,
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if they don't get a piece of the pie
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But the snowy river people are saying,
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we can't let the snowy die
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Yeah, what about a mighty big river
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That used to flow wide and strong
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But we all know today we were wrong
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We used to have a mighty big river
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We rode a little boat to get home
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I wish we'd left the snowy river alone
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Now, banjo, don't roll over
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We haven't given up the fight
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I've got a deep down feeling
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The snowy river people are right
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We ought to be ashamed,
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us humans have got a cheek
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To leave her high and dry
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and dribble like a little creek
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Yeah, what about a mighty big river
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that used to flow wide and strong
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but we all know today we were wrong
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We used to have a mighty big river,
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I wish we'd left the snowy river alone
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I wish we'd left the snowy river alone
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