The Ballad of Queenie and Rover
The Ballad of Queenie and Rover

The Ballad of Queenie and Rover easy guitar chords by Paul Kelly

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Fret 3

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    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Queenie 
    was 
    born 

    on 
    the banks 

    Of the 
    great 
    Or
    d 
    River, 

    1930, maybe 

    Her 
    mother 
    was 
    black
    , 

    her 
    daddy 
    white 

    Papa 
    was 
    a fine 
    horse-breaker 

    Mama 
    Mama 
    sang 
    the songs 
    of 

    the 
    old 
    lawmakers 

    Verse 2
    She 
    used 
    to hide 
    young 

    Queenie 
    in 
    the bush 

    And 
    rub 
    black 
    charcoal 
    all over 

    her 
    hair 
    and her face 

    Every 
    time 
    the police 
    came 
    around 

    Looking 
    for 
    any 
    blond 
    haired, 

    brown 
    skinned 
    chil
    dren 

    To round 
    'em 
    up 
    and take 

    Verse 3
    'em on 
    down 
    town 

    Shine 
    on, 
    shine 
    on, 

    immortal 
    one, 
    aha 

    Shine 
    on, 
    shine 
    on, 

    immortal 
    one, 
    aha 

    Verse 4

    Rover 
    was 
    born 
    in the 
    desert, 

    he lived 
    out 
    there 
    'til 
    his 
    mother 
    died 

    Then he 
    moved 
    around 
    a lot 

    from 
    place 
    to 
    place 

    Bedford 
    Downs, 
    Bow 
    River, 

    Liss
    adell, Wyndham 

    Building 
    fences, 

    working 
    as 
    a stock 
    man 

    Verse 5
    Then 
    he had 
    a series 
    of 
    dream
    s 

    He started 
    painting 
    what 
    he'd 

    heard 
    and 
    he'd seen 

    Rainbow 
    serpent, 
    Krill Krill, Cyclone 
    Tracy, 

    the 
    killing 
    fields 

    Everything 
    that 
    lives 
    and 
    breathes 

    Verse 6
    Ride 
    on, 
    ride 
    on, 
    immortal 
    one, 

    aha 

    Ride 
    on, 
    ride 
    on, 
    immortal 
    one, 

    aha 

    Your story 
    will 
    always 
    run

    Interlude 1





    Verse 7
    When 
    Rover 
    and 
    Queenie 
    were 
    young 

    They 
    met 
    out on 
    New 
    Texas 

    Down 
    sta
    tion 

    She 
    worked 
    as 
    a cook 
    there 
    for a 
    long, 

    long 
    time 

    She 
    said, 
    "hey, 

    Cowboy" 
    later 
    on 
    she 
    said 

    "Nice 
    boy, 
    good 
    worker, 
    top 
    rider, 

    lucky 
    one, 
    that 
    one" 

    Verse 8
    One 
    day 
    a 
    mean 
    horse 
    ripped 

    the scalp 
    from 
    his 
    head 

    She 
    stitched 
    him 
    up 
    with 

    a boiled 
    needle 
    and 
    thread 

    Good 
    as any 
    doctor, 

    they were 
    friends 
    ever 
    after 

    She 
    said, 
    "I want 
    to 
    paint," 
    he 
    said, 

    "I'll teach 
    ya" 

    They 
    died 
    within 
    months 

    of 
    each 
    other 

    Verse 9
    Ride 
    on, 
    ride 
    on, 
    immortal 
    ones, 
    aha 

    Shine 
    on, 
    shine 
    on, 

    immortal 
    ones 
    (shine 
    on) 

    Ride 
    on, ride on, 
    immortal 
    ones, 
    aha 

    Shine 
    on, 
    shine 
    on, 

    immortal 
    ones, 
    aha 

    Verse 10
    Your story 
    will 
    always 
    run, 
    always 
    run
    , 

    will 
    always 
    run

    Forever 
    run 
    (ride on) forever 
    run 

    (ride on) forever 
    run 

    (ride on) 

    Forever 
    young 
    (shine on) forever 

    young (shine on) 

    Outro 1


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