Chords for Now I'm Easy - Eric Bogle
Tempo:
150.6 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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I wrote this song [A] a long time ago now.
know it's a [D] true story.
For nearly sixty years I've been [G] the cocky
[D] Of drownsome fires and floods I've lived [A] through plenty
[D] This country's dust and mud
[G] I've seen my tears [D] and blood
it's nearly [A] over now and [G] now I'm easy
[D]
know it's a [D] true story.
For nearly sixty years I've been [G] the cocky
[D] Of drownsome fires and floods I've lived [A] through plenty
[D] This country's dust and mud
[G] I've seen my tears [D] and blood
it's nearly [A] over now and [G] now I'm easy
[D]
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I wrote this song [A] a long time ago now.
As far as I know it's a [D] true story. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ For nearly sixty _ years I've been [G] the _ cocky
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Of drownsome fires and floods I've lived [A] through plenty _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] This _ country's dust and mud _ _ _
[G] I've seen my tears [D] and blood
_ But it's nearly _ _ [A] over _ now and [G] now I'm easy _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I married a fine girl when I [G] was twenty _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ But [D] she died in giving birth when she [A] was thirty _ _ _ _
No _ _ _ [D] _
fine _ doctor then, _ _ _ [G] just a gentle old black [D]
gin
_ _ But it's nearly _ _ [A] over now _ and [E] now [G] I'm easy _ _ _
_ _ She _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
left me with two sons _ and [G] a daughter _ _ _ _
On _ _ a [D] bone-dry _ farm with _ soiled _ [A] crylalfal water _ _ _ _ _
So _ [D] my care was rough and ready _ _ but [G] they grew up fine and [D]
steady
_ _ But it's nearly _ _ over [A] _
now and now [G]
I'm easy _ _ _
_ _ [D] My _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
daughter _ married young _ and went her [G]
own _ way _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] My sons lie buried by _ the Burma [A]
railway
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ So on this [D]
land I've made my own _ _ [G] I've carried _ on [D] _
alone
_ But it's nearly _ _ over [A] _ now and now [G] I'm easy _ _
_ _ City _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ folks _ these days _ _ [G] despise the _ _ _ _ cocky
_ _ _ _ [D] Sales, subsidies _ and all _ _ we've had [A] it easy _ _ _
But _ there's no [D]
drought or _ starving stock _ _ on [G] the _ _ _ suburban [D] _
lawn
_ But it's nearly _ _ [A] over now _ and [E] now [G] I'm easy _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ For nearly sixty _ years _ I've been [G] a _ _ _ _ cocky
_ _ _ _ [D] Of droughts and fires and floods I've lived through [A]
plenty _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] This _ country's dust and mud _ _ _ [G] has seen my _ tears [D] _
flood
_ But it's nearly _ _ [A] over _ now and [E] now [G] I'm easy _ _
_ _ _ And [E] _
now _ [D] I'm easy _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
As far as I know it's a [D] true story. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ For nearly sixty _ years I've been [G] the _ cocky
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Of drownsome fires and floods I've lived [A] through plenty _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] This _ country's dust and mud _ _ _
[G] I've seen my tears [D] and blood
_ But it's nearly _ _ [A] over _ now and [G] now I'm easy _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
I married a fine girl when I [G] was twenty _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ But [D] she died in giving birth when she [A] was thirty _ _ _ _
No _ _ _ [D] _
fine _ doctor then, _ _ _ [G] just a gentle old black [D]
gin
_ _ But it's nearly _ _ [A] over now _ and [E] now [G] I'm easy _ _ _
_ _ She _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
left me with two sons _ and [G] a daughter _ _ _ _
On _ _ a [D] bone-dry _ farm with _ soiled _ [A] crylalfal water _ _ _ _ _
So _ [D] my care was rough and ready _ _ but [G] they grew up fine and [D]
steady
_ _ But it's nearly _ _ over [A] _
now and now [G]
I'm easy _ _ _
_ _ [D] My _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
daughter _ married young _ and went her [G]
own _ way _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] My sons lie buried by _ the Burma [A]
railway
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ So on this [D]
land I've made my own _ _ [G] I've carried _ on [D] _
alone
_ But it's nearly _ _ over [A] _ now and now [G] I'm easy _ _
_ _ City _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ folks _ these days _ _ [G] despise the _ _ _ _ cocky
_ _ _ _ [D] Sales, subsidies _ and all _ _ we've had [A] it easy _ _ _
But _ there's no [D]
drought or _ starving stock _ _ on [G] the _ _ _ suburban [D] _
lawn
_ But it's nearly _ _ [A] over now _ and [E] now [G] I'm easy _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ For nearly sixty _ years _ I've been [G] a _ _ _ _ cocky
_ _ _ _ [D] Of droughts and fires and floods I've lived through [A]
plenty _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] This _ country's dust and mud _ _ _ [G] has seen my _ tears [D] _
flood
_ But it's nearly _ _ [A] over _ now and [E] now [G] I'm easy _ _
_ _ _ And [E] _
now _ [D] I'm easy _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _