It's Different In The West chords by Ted Egan

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Verse 1
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When 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
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has never been strong.
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Out at Marble Bar,
in the far south -west,
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or up Canaan and Wag
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From the Pilbara to the Goldfields,
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you'll find us on the job
It's sheer and different,
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and it's bigger in W way
Way out past the Goldfields,
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on the north -east side of Cal
It's Finnifex,
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and it's Saltbush all the way
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Your hands get wrinked
by corkscrew graspers,
called Double G's
Yes, she runs different,
and it's tougher in WA
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But the wise men from the East End
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wear the Cinderella state
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To our critics, this is what we say
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Not only are we better
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at most 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
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to help us earn our pay
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But there is one thing we
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really know for certain
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And it's this sheer indifference
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over here in WA
If you haven't seen the Kemmel teams
taking the bales of wood
To the Kimberley ports
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and right down to Shark Bay
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If you've never heard of contractors
like Synod and Dunbar
And you've never been
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a Sheeran in WA
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All the wise men from the east
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think we're the Cinderella State
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To our critics this is what we say
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Not only are we better
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than most things that we do
But it's different over here in WA
Sure they got their guns
in New South Wales
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and Queensland I suppose
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But have you ever heard of Tommy Flay?
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And what about a shearer
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by the name of Bob Salonish?
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They're immortals over here in Dublin,
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Wales
Are you aware a man ate your
1800 sheep?
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A twin bit a standard eight out of a day
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Yes, we've got our share of
West Australian champions,
you know
Because it's bigger,
better and different in WA
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All the wise men from the East
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think we're the Cinderella States
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To our critics this is what we say
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Not only are we better
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at most things that we do
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But it's different over here in WA