Chords for Buddy Williams - The Flying Doctor (1951).
Tempo:
84.875 bpm
Chords used:
F
Bb
C
Gm
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F]
My story begins [Bb] on the wide rolling plains [F] West of Cloncurry where [C] seldom it rains
[F] Old Lanky and I [Bb] were droving that way [F] Through the mulgur and peat [C] on a long [F] summer's day
It was late in the evening, [Bb] we fed down to rest [F]
And in black rolling clouds [C] came a storm [Gm] from the west
[Fm] The cattle [F] grew restless [Bb] as lightning flashed down [F] I somehow sensed danger [C] as night closed [F] around
While riding to stop [Bb] some steers that had [F] strayed Lanky's horse stumbled [G] on the ground [C] there he lay
[F] My pal lay beneath him, [Bb] I thought he was done [F] One look and I knew the [C] flying doctor [F] must come
I placed him in shelter [Bb] from the fierce wind that blew Then rode through the night to a [C]
homestead I knew
[F] The foreman of the station [Bb] sent the message I gave [F] Then I rode half the night to [C] the pal I must [F] say
[Dm] Early next morning, [Bb] then sunshine again [F] I prayed for the sight [C] of the doctor and plain
[Fm] I heard [F] a low drone as [Bb] the plane came in sight [F] My pal lay unconscious but [C] soon he'd be [F] right
Many months have passed by [Bb] since that day on the plain [A] When [F] fate dealt its hand [C] in the wind and the rain
[F] Old Lanky and I [Bb] are droving again [F] Our thanks go to God, [C] the flying doctor [F] and plain
Every stockman one wishes [Bb] as the years roll along [F] That this life-saving [C] service may [Gm] always go on
[F] For women and children, [Bb] white men and black [F] The flying doctor has done a [C] great service [F] out back
My story begins [Bb] on the wide rolling plains [F] West of Cloncurry where [C] seldom it rains
[F] Old Lanky and I [Bb] were droving that way [F] Through the mulgur and peat [C] on a long [F] summer's day
It was late in the evening, [Bb] we fed down to rest [F]
And in black rolling clouds [C] came a storm [Gm] from the west
[Fm] The cattle [F] grew restless [Bb] as lightning flashed down [F] I somehow sensed danger [C] as night closed [F] around
While riding to stop [Bb] some steers that had [F] strayed Lanky's horse stumbled [G] on the ground [C] there he lay
[F] My pal lay beneath him, [Bb] I thought he was done [F] One look and I knew the [C] flying doctor [F] must come
I placed him in shelter [Bb] from the fierce wind that blew Then rode through the night to a [C]
homestead I knew
[F] The foreman of the station [Bb] sent the message I gave [F] Then I rode half the night to [C] the pal I must [F] say
[Dm] Early next morning, [Bb] then sunshine again [F] I prayed for the sight [C] of the doctor and plain
[Fm] I heard [F] a low drone as [Bb] the plane came in sight [F] My pal lay unconscious but [C] soon he'd be [F] right
Many months have passed by [Bb] since that day on the plain [A] When [F] fate dealt its hand [C] in the wind and the rain
[F] Old Lanky and I [Bb] are droving again [F] Our thanks go to God, [C] the flying doctor [F] and plain
Every stockman one wishes [Bb] as the years roll along [F] That this life-saving [C] service may [Gm] always go on
[F] For women and children, [Bb] white men and black [F] The flying doctor has done a [C] great service [F] out back
Key:
F
Bb
C
Gm
Fm
F
Bb
C
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ My story begins [Bb] on the wide rolling plains [F] West of Cloncurry where [C] seldom it rains
[F] Old Lanky and I [Bb] were droving that way [F] Through the mulgur and peat [C] on a long [F] summer's day
It was late in the evening, [Bb] we fed down to rest [F]
And in black rolling clouds [C] came a storm [Gm] from the west
[Fm] The cattle [F] grew restless [Bb] as lightning flashed down [F] I somehow sensed danger [C] as night closed [F] around
_ _ _ While riding to stop [Bb] some steers that had _ [F] strayed Lanky's horse stumbled [G] on the ground [C] there he lay _
_ [F] My pal lay beneath him, [Bb] I thought he was done [F] One look and I knew the [C] flying doctor [F] must come _ _ _ _ _ _
I placed him in shelter [Bb] from the fierce wind that blew Then rode through the night to a [C]
homestead I knew
[F] The foreman of the station [Bb] sent the message I gave [F] Then I rode half the night to [C] the pal I must [F] say _ _ _ _
[Dm] Early next morning, [Bb] then sunshine again [F] I prayed for the sight [C] of the doctor and plain
[Fm] I heard [F] a low drone as [Bb] the plane came in sight [F] My pal lay unconscious but [C] soon he'd be [F] right _ _ _ _ _
Many months have passed by [Bb] since that day on the plain [A] When [F] fate dealt its hand [C] in the wind and the rain
[F] Old Lanky and I [Bb] are droving again [F] Our thanks go to God, [C] the flying doctor [F] and plain
_ _ Every stockman one wishes [Bb] as the years roll along [F] That this life-saving [C] service may [Gm] always go on
[F] For women and children, [Bb] white men and black [F] The flying doctor has done a [C] great service [F] out back
_ My story begins [Bb] on the wide rolling plains [F] West of Cloncurry where [C] seldom it rains
[F] Old Lanky and I [Bb] were droving that way [F] Through the mulgur and peat [C] on a long [F] summer's day
It was late in the evening, [Bb] we fed down to rest [F]
And in black rolling clouds [C] came a storm [Gm] from the west
[Fm] The cattle [F] grew restless [Bb] as lightning flashed down [F] I somehow sensed danger [C] as night closed [F] around
_ _ _ While riding to stop [Bb] some steers that had _ [F] strayed Lanky's horse stumbled [G] on the ground [C] there he lay _
_ [F] My pal lay beneath him, [Bb] I thought he was done [F] One look and I knew the [C] flying doctor [F] must come _ _ _ _ _ _
I placed him in shelter [Bb] from the fierce wind that blew Then rode through the night to a [C]
homestead I knew
[F] The foreman of the station [Bb] sent the message I gave [F] Then I rode half the night to [C] the pal I must [F] say _ _ _ _
[Dm] Early next morning, [Bb] then sunshine again [F] I prayed for the sight [C] of the doctor and plain
[Fm] I heard [F] a low drone as [Bb] the plane came in sight [F] My pal lay unconscious but [C] soon he'd be [F] right _ _ _ _ _
Many months have passed by [Bb] since that day on the plain [A] When [F] fate dealt its hand [C] in the wind and the rain
[F] Old Lanky and I [Bb] are droving again [F] Our thanks go to God, [C] the flying doctor [F] and plain
_ _ Every stockman one wishes [Bb] as the years roll along [F] That this life-saving [C] service may [Gm] always go on
[F] For women and children, [Bb] white men and black [F] The flying doctor has done a [C] great service [F] out back