Andy's Gone With Cattle chords by Ted Egan
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Verse 1
(C major) It's easy now to romanticise
the period.
They called my grandfather,
Patsy Durack, a cattle king,
but he scoffed at the suggestion,
saying that they were merely kings
in grass castles,
subject to every whim
of nature.
That wonderful observer of Outback Australia,
Henry Lawson,
pointed to the hardships of
those left behind,
since the drovers had to spend
such long periods away from home. (G major)
(C major) And he's gone to (G major) battle now
(C major) With drought the red (G major) maraud (C major) er
And he's gone with (G major) cattle now
Across (C major) the Queensland (G major) border
(C major) He's left us in de (D major) jection now
Our (G major) hearts with him are open
(C major) It's tough on our selec (G major) tion now
Since (A minor) Andy went (G major) hard robin (C major) (G major)
(C major) Who now will wear the (G major) cheerful face
In (C major) times when things (G major) are slack (C major) est
And who will whistle around (G major) the place
When (C major) fortune frowns (G major) her black (C major) est?
Who will cheek the (D major) squatter now
When (G major) he comes round a -smiling?
(C major) His tongue is growing (G major) hotter now
Since (A minor) Andy crossed (G major) the Darling. (C major) (G major)
(C major) The gates are out of (G major) order now,
in (C major) storms the rider (G major) s rattle,
(C major) And far across the (G major) border now,
(C major) Andy's gone (G major) with cattle. (C major)
Auntie's looking (D major) thin and (D minor) white,
(D major) and (G major) Uncle's crossed with worry,
(C major) And Coral Butcher (G major) howls all night
Since (A minor) Andy left (G major) Macquarie
(C major) (G major) (C major) May the showers in (G major) torrents fall
And (C major) all the tanks (G major) run over
(C major) May the grass grow (G major) green and tall
in (C major) pathways of (G major) Ladron (C major) a.
May good angels (D major) bring them rain
on (G major) desert patches sandy.
(C major) And when the summer comes (G major) again,
God grant (A minor) we'll bring (G major) us candy.
Andy's Gone With Cattle
Ted Egan
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