Western Island Chords by Archie Fisher

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I came to a western [Cm] island [F#] as far as a [Fm] man can walk is my land
[F#] A clay ten acres [Fm] and a house I [F] built into the side [F#] of the _ [G#] hill _ _ _
[F] The roof leaks, the [G#] windows [F#] rattle and the grass in the [Fm] high ground [A#] won't eat cattle
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The western [Fm] wind blowing up [C#] the sea [F] makes it hard to [F#] grow a [G#] tree _ _ _ _
[A#] A one [A#m] cow in a lean-to buyer, [F#] a spring close [Fm] by and a [F] driftwood fire
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A clear [Fm] view of the [C#] setting sun [D#] and a twelve-gauge hammer [G#] gun _ _ _ _ _
[A#] I keep sheep, [F] I fish deep water [F#] in a high-bowed boat [Fm] called the [F] Neptune's [F#] Daughter _
She'll [Fm] ride any western [F] gale and can carry a [F#] stag the [G#] same _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ Some [G#] nights when the bright lights [F#] flicker I sail to the mainland [Fm] for [A#] my liquor
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Haven't got a [Fm] woman to [C#] call my own [D#] but I never wake [F#] up
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[A#] A [A#m] man needs to feel [G#] the ground and [F#] the wind to tell him [Fm] that the world [F] spins round
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To watch [Fm] the stars and [C#] taste the sea, [D#] a woman to keep [F#] him [G#] clean _ _ _ _
[F] _ I came to a [Fm] western [F#] island as far as a man [Fm] can walk [F] is my land
[F#] A clay ten [Fm] acres and a [C#] house I built [D#] _ into the side [F#] of the [G#] hill _ _ _
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