It's Different In The West chords by Ted Egan
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Verse 1
When (G major) considering shearers,
most people think of a united body,
with the Australian
Workers' Union
speaking with one voice,
the voice of the 1890s.
The union has its frustrations, though.
The controversial and complex wide comb issue,
which has split shearers' ranks
right down the middle,
has many ramifications.
And there's an ongoing problem
for the union in Western Australia,
where the Australian Workers' Union
has never been strong. (C major)
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(C major) Out at Marble (G major) Bar,
in the far south -west,
or up Canaan (D major) and Wag
From the (G major) Pilbara to the Goldfields,
you'll (C major) find us (G major) on the job
It's sheer and different,
and it's (D major) bigger in W way (G major)
Way out past the Goldfields,
on the (C major) north -east side of (G major) Cal
It's Finnifex,
and it's Saltbush (D major) all the way
(G major) Your hands get wrinked
by corkscrew graspers,
called Double G's
Yes, she runs different,
and it's tougher in WA
But the wise (C major) men from the East End
(G major) wear the Cinderella state
To our critics, this is what we say (D major)
Not (G major) only are we better
at (C major) most (G major) things that we do
But it's different over here in WA
Over here, we don't have time
for all them unions, you know
We don't need awards
to help us (D major) earn our pay
(G major) But there is one thing we
really know for (C major) certain
And it's (G major) this sheer indifference
over (D major) here in (G major) WA
If you haven't seen the Kemmel teams
taking the bales of wood
To the Kimberley ports
and (D major) right down to Shark Bay
(G major) If you've never heard of contractors
like Synod and Dunbar
And you've never been
a Sheeran (D major) in WA (G major)
All the (C major) wise men from the east
think (G major) we're the Cinderella State
To our critics this is what we (D major) say
(G major) Not only are we better
than (C major) most (G major) things that we do
But it's different over here in WA
Sure they got their guns
in New South Wales
and (C major) Queensland I (G major) suppose
But have you ever heard of (D major) Tommy Flay?
(G major) And what about a shearer
by the (C major) name of (G major) Bob Salonish?
They're immortals over here (D major) in Dublin,
(G major) Wales
Are you aware a man ate your
1800 sheep?
A twin bit a standard eight out of (D major) a day
(G major) Yes, we've got our share of
West Australian champions,
you know
Because it's bigger,
better and different in WA
All the (C major) wise men from the East
think (G major) we're the Cinderella States
To our critics this is what we (D major) say
(G major) Not only are we better
at most (C major) things that we (G major) do
But it's different over (D major) here in (G major) WA
It's Different In The West
Ted Egan
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