Chords for John Williamson--Raining on the rock+Cootamundra Wattle

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_ _ _ Pastel red to burgundy and spinifex to gold We've just come out of the mulga where the
plains forever roll _ And Albertin Amadjira [Ab] has painted all the
scenes And a shower has changed the luster [Eb] of his
land _ _ And it's raining [Ab] on the rock _ _ in a beautiful
[Eb] _ country _ _ And I'm proud [Ab] to travel this big land _ like
an [Eb] aborigine _ _ And _ it's raining on [Ab] the rock _ _ what an almighty
[Eb] sight to see _ And _ I'm wishing on [Ab] a postcard that you [Eb] were
here with me _ _
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ Everlasting daisies [Ab] in a beautiful desert
rose Where does their beauty come from heaven
[Eb] know _ _ I could ask the wedge-tail [Ab] but he's way
too high I wonder if he understands
It's wonderful [Eb] to fly _ _ And it's raining [Ab] on the rock _ _ in a [Eb] beautiful
country _ _ And I'm proud to [Ab] travel this big land _ like
an [Eb] aborigine _ And _ it's raining [Ab] on the rock _ _ what an almighty
[Eb] sight to see _ And I'm wishing on [Ab] a postcard _ that you were
[Eb] here with me _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] It cannot be described [Ab] with a picture
The mesmerizing colors [Eb] of the _ august or the grandeur [Ab] of the rock
_ _ Bulgaria [Eb] has power _ And it's raining on [Ab] the rock _ _ in a beautiful
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country _ And I'm proud [Ab] to travel this big land _ like
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an aborigine And it's raining [Ab] on the rock _ _ what an almighty
[Eb] sight to see And _ I'm wishing on [Ab] a postcard _ that you were
[Eb] here with me [Ab] _ [Eb] _
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_ Don't [Eb] go looking through that old [Ab] camphor
box woman [Eb] You know those old things only make you [Ab] cry
_ [Eb] When you dream upon that little [Ab] bunny ride _ [Eb] Makes you think that life has passed [Ab] you by
[Eb] There are days when you wish the world would [Ab] stop woman
[Eb] But then you know some wounds would never [Ab] _ heal
But when [Eb] I browse the early pages [Ab] of the children
_ It's then I know exactly [Eb] how you feel _ [Ab] Hey it's July and the winter [Eb] sun is shining
And [Ab] the kudamandra wattle [Eb] is my friend _ [Ab] For all at once my [Eb] childhood never left me
As [Ab] the wattle blossoms bring it [Eb] back again _ _ It's Sunday and you should [Ab] stop the worry
_ Come [Eb] out here and sit down in [Ab] the sun _ _ [Eb] Can't you hear the magpies [Ab] in the distance
Don't [Eb] you feel the new day has [Ab] begun _ [Eb] Can't you hear the bees [Ab] making honey
In [Eb] the spotted gums where the [Ab] bell birds ring You [Eb] might grow old and bitter [Ab] cause you missed
it You know some people never hear [Eb] such things
[Ab] Hey it's July and the winter sun [Eb] is shining And [Ab] the kudamandra wattle [Eb] is my [Bb] friend
[Eb] [Ab] For all at once my childhood [Eb] never [Bb] left me [Eb] As [Bb] the [Ab] wattle blossoms bring it [Eb] back again _ _ _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] Don't buy the daily papers [Ab] anymore _ Read [Eb] all about what's going on [Ab] in hell
They [Eb] don't care to tell the world of [Ab] kindness [Eb] Good news never made a [Ab] paper sell
_ [Eb] There's all the colours of the rainbow [Ab] in the garden
And [Eb] _ symphonies of music [Ab] in the sky _ _ [Eb] Heaven's all around us if you're [Ab] looking
_ _ But how can you see it if you [Eb] cry
Hey [Ab] it's July and the winter [Eb] sun is shining _ And [Ab] the kudamandra wattle [Eb] is my friend
[Ab] For all at once my childhood [Eb] never left me As [Fm] the wattle blossoms bring [Ab] it [Eb] back again _ _ _ _ _ _
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