King Paraway chords by Ted Egan

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Verse 1
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Undoubtedly the most famous of drovers
in the history of Australia
was Nat Buchanan.
The man who took 20 ,000 head of cattle
in one movement of stock
into the Northern Territory.
The man who was called Barraway
by the Aborigines.
Nat Buchanan, the King of the Overlanders.
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In the 80s Australia saw movements of cattle
In the world's driest continent
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the drovers did battle
With nature and thousands of
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hard miles were spanned
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As 200 ,000 were walked over land
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Into Queensland, the Territory
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and the Kimberley runs
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In  the forefront was one of
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the land's finest sons
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There are hundreds of drovers
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of whom we could sing
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But everyone knows
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Nat Buchanan was king
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Nat Buchanan, old bluey, old far away
What would you think
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if you came back today?
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It's not as romantic as in your time,
old Nat
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Not many drovers
and we're sad about that
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Fences and bitumen
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and road trains galore
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They move cattle quicker,
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but one thing is sure
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Road trains go faster,
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but at Grover's we sing
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And everyone knows
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Nat Buchanan was king
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The bush flax all called him all far away
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You'll see him tomorrow, he left yesterday
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With thousands of cattle
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he keeps riding on
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To  nowhere, from somewhere,
here he comes now he's gone
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With a bright green umbrella
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to shade the fierce sun
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On the Merengi, on the Murchison,
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on another new run
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Old Faraway's the man
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of whom desert tribes sing
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And everyone knows
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Nat Buchanan was king
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Nat Buchanan, old bluey, old Faraway
What would you think
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if you came back today?
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It's not as romantic as in your time,
old Nat
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Not many drovers
and we're sad about that
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Fences and bitumen
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and road trains galore
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They move cattle quicker,
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but one thing is sure
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Road trains go faster,
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better flow as we sing
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And everyone knows
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Matthew Cannon was king
People talk about drovers
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and who was the best
Some give you their choice
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and discard all the rest
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There are books on the subject
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with hundreds of pages
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Of bullocks that rashed
and the endless prized ages
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Oh, time has regaled you
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with tales of the past
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Of  whipping up water
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and night horses fast
There are hundreds of drovers
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of whom we could sing
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But everyone knows
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Nat Buchanan was king
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Nat Buchanan, old bluey, old far away
What would you think if you
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came back today?
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It's not as romantic as in your time, Nat
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Not many drovers,
and we're sad about that
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Fences and bitumen
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and road trains galore
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They move cattle quicker,
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but one thing is sure
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Road trains go faster
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by the drovers we sing
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And everyone knows
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Nephew Cannon was king
If drovers had titles,
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Bill Gwyders a prince
None better at Birdsville
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before him or since
Matt Savage was the Duke
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of the Maringi Track
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Edna Zigginbyne's Queen of the Plains
way out back
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March between Ted Sheehan
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and old Walter Rose
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Would be Knights of the Saddle,
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as everyone knows
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There are hundreds of drovers,
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of whom we can sing
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But everyone knows
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Nat Buchanan was king
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Nat Buchanan, old bluey, old far away
What would you think
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if you came back today?
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It's not as dramatic as in your time, Nat
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Not many drovers,
and we're sad about that
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Fences and bitumen
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and road trains galore
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They move cattle quicker,
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but one thing is sure
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Road trains go faster,
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but of drovers we sing
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And everyone knows
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that Buchanan was king
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Everyone knows that Buchanan was king