Chords for Gordon Parsons - Trumby's Ghost

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_ _ _ In far _ northwestern Queensland, _ [A] on a lonely _ [E] cattle run,
_ The body of a bushman lay [F#] beneath the [B] scorching sun. _ _ _ _ _
[E] A boundary rider [B] found him, and [A] his diary lay [E] close by, _
[A] Explained the reason [E] for the cruel [B] death of Dogger Fry.
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_ _ _ He wrapped him in his swag wrap, [A] then read the [E] diary's note,
_ And wondered at the strangeness [F#] of the words the [B] bushman wrote.
_ [E] The diary said that Trumby's ghost [A] had claimed his [E] very soul,
[A] It haunted _ [E] all the creeks and [B] dams and every _
[E] waterhole. _ _ _ _ _
He could not eat, he could not sleep, [A] for every tree [E] and post, _
_ Around his camp at night _ became the [F#] shape of [B] Trumby's ghost. _
_ _ [E] The last part of the diary _ [A] was hard to _ [E] _
understand,
The [A] pen that wrote was [E] guided by [B] a weak and [E] shaky hand.
_ _ _ _ The boundary rider _ trembled, and [A] his heart began [E] to race, _
For death had left the stamp of fear [F#] upon the [B] Dogger's face. _ _
[E] The last few words were written [A] in a way as though to [E] plead, _
[A] I swear by God, [E] I didn't know [B] poor Trumby [E] couldn't breathe. _
_ _ _ _ _ There's one old man that knew them both, _ _ [A] he swears upon his life,
_ _ _ [B] That years ago young Trumby _ ran away with [E] Dogger's wife. _ _ _ _ _
I don't know if he speaks the truth, [A] no one can really say,
_ _ _ [E] But Trumby's ghost has not been seen [B] since Dogger died that [E] day. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The last part of the diary _ [A] was hard to _
[E] understand,
_ The pen that wrote was guided [F#] by a weak and shaky [B] hand.
_ _ _ [E] The last few words were [B] written _ [A] in a way as though to [E] plead, _
[A] I swear by God, [B] I didn't know poor Trumby [E] couldn't breathe. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] I swear by God, [E] I didn't know [B] poor Trumby _ _ [E] couldn't breathe.
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