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The Ballad of Queenie and Rover chords by 
Paul Kelly
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Intro 1
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Em
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Em
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Verse 1
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Queenie was born
on the banks
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Of the great Ord River,
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Am
1930, maybe
C
Her mother was black,
G
F
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her daddy white
C
Papa was a fine horse-breaker
G
Mama Mama sang the songs of
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Am
the old lawmakers
Verse 2
Dm
She used to hide young
Queenie in the bush
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Am
And rub black charcoal all over
Dm
her hair and her face
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Am
Every time the police came around
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Looking for any blond haired,
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brown skinned children
To round 'em up and take
Verse 3
'em on down town
Am
C
Shine on, shine on,
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C
immortal one, aha
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C
Shine on, shine on,
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immortal one, aha
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Verse 4
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C
Rover was born in the desert,
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Am
he lived out there 'til his mother died
Then he moved around a lot
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G
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from place to place
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C
Bedford Downs, Bow River,
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Lissadell, Wyndham
Building fences,
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Am
working as a stock man
Verse 5
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Dm
F
Then he had a series of dreams
Am
He started painting what he'd
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heard and he'd seen
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G
Rainbow serpent, Krill Krill, Cyclone Tracy,
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the killing fields
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Everything that lives and breathes
Verse 6
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C
Ride on, ride on, immortal one,
Am
C
Am
aha
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Am
Ride on, ride on, immortal one,
G
aha
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Am
Your story will always run
Interlude 1
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G
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G
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Verse 7
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When Rover and Queenie were young
G
They met out on New Texas
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Am
Down station
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She worked as a cook there for a long,
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F
Am
long time
She said, "hey,
C
Cowboy" later on she said
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F
"Nice boy, good worker, top rider,
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lucky one, that one"
Verse 8
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One day a mean horse ripped
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the scalp from his head
She stitched him up with
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Dm
a boiled needle and thread
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Good as any doctor,
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they were friends ever after
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She said, "I want to paint," he said,
"I'll teach ya"
They died within months
Am
of each other
Verse 9
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Am
C
Ride on, ride on, immortal ones, aha
Am
C
Shine on, shine on,
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C
Am
immortal ones (shine on)
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Am
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Ride on, ride on, immortal ones, aha
Am
C
Shine on, shine on,
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G
immortal ones, aha
Verse 10
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Am
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Your story will always run, always run,
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Am
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G
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will always run
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Forever run (ride on) forever run
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(ride on) forever run
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(ride on)
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Forever young (shine on) forever
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young (shine on)
Outro 1
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Am
F
G
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