Campdrafter chords by Norma O'Hara Murphy

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Verse 1
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He walks into the camp
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and slowly looks around
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He's studied all the styles,
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the cattle and the ground
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He gets the bullocks measured
C 
in his calm and steady way
D 
Then works him up towards the front
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G 
and calls out for the gate
He feels his pulses racing
C 
as he gathers up his horse
D 
The first peg, then the second,
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G 
and he's working for the course
The bullock's big and fiery,
C 
will he hold him at this rate?
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Then he's turning, twisting, pushing,
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G 
trying hard to get the gate
C 
But there's a certain way
he tilts his hat,
G 
there's something in his smile
D 
The way he walks, the way he talks,
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G 
it's sticking out a mile
His talk is mostly horses
C 
or how the cattle ran
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And when you meet him
you'll know
G 
he's a camp -drafting man
He'll sit and watch for hours
C 
on a rail beside the camp
D 
Studying the cattle
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and how they leave the camp
He won't talk about the bad times
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when the whip cracked loud and long
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He's looking forward to the
G 
good times yet to come
He might be in his twenties,
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he might be more than that
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You'll make a guess,
you'll see the grey hairs
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G 
underneath Hugh's hat
But when he calls, let's go boys,
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it's time to clear the gate
D 
There's no place here for pikers
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G 
in this camp -drafting game
C 
There's a certain way
he tilts his hat,
G 
there's something in his smile
D 
The way he walks, the way he talks,
C 
G 
it's sticking out a mile
His talk is mostly horses
C 
or how the cattle ran
D 
And when you meet him
you'll know
G 
he's a camp -drafting man
When the drafting's over
C 
and the sun is sinking low
D 
He'll breast the bar and shout around
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G 
before he hits the road
Today he's been lucky
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and won a round or two
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Tomorrow could be different,
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G 
in this game you never know
C 
But there's a certain way
he tilts his hat,
G 
there's something in his smile
D 
The way he walks, the way he talks,
C 
G 
it's sticking out a mile
His talk is mostly horses,
C 
oh how the cattle ran
D 
When you meet him you'll know
G 
he's a camp -drafted man
C 
Yes, there's a certain way
he tilts his hat,
G 
there's something in his smile
D 
The way he walks, the way he talks,
C 
G 
it's sticking out a mile
His talk is mostly horses
C 
or how the devil ran
D 
And when you meet him
G 
you'll know he's a cat -dropped in man
D 
Yes, when you meet him
you'll know he's a cat
G 
-dropped in man
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