It’s a Way of Life chords by 
John Williamson 
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Key: A major•
Verse 1
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by
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John Williamson
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Verse 2
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Real
country
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people in their prime,
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Livin' in New South on
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Queensland time
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He's a stockman, likes raisin' sheep,
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Likes raisin' children,
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don't get much sleep
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On the shady big ver andah,
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with his hardworking wife,
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Three young sidekicks,
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It's a way of
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life.
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Verse 9
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Some years they make it,
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some years they don't
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Sometimes the creek flows,
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sometimes it won't
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Sometimes he's mean,
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he's got a gun
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When the ewes are lambing
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he's got pigs on the run
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Out in the lignum,
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on the water course
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You could lose a pig dog,
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you could lose a horse.
Interlude 1
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Think you oughta know the
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channel's coming through
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Wipin' out the bushland
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and the kangaroo
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Greedy men with water rights to
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neutralise the land
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When's it gonna stop I just
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don't under stand.
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With cotton in their ears and
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dollars in their eyes
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Their banker grins and our country dies.
Interlude 2
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Verse 21
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They love the bush, they grow the wool
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They respect the land and
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it's beauti ful
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Blue Bonnets, Leatherhead
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s and Red- Back Wrens
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Bower Birds, Ring Necks and Water Hens
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Red Wings and Red Tailed Black Cocka toos Think of
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all the rainbow s we could lose
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Verse 26
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Real country people in their prime
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Livin' in New South on
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Queensland time
Verse 28
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He's a stock man likes raisin' sheep,
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Likes raisin' children,
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don't get much sleep
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On the shady big ver andah
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with his hard workin' wife
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Three young side kicks,
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It's a way of
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life.
Outro 1
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