Chords for P.J. Murrihy - Now I'm Easy

_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
For nearly sixty years I've [A] been a cocky
Of [E] droughts and fires and floods I've lived [B] through plenty _ _
[E] This country's dust and mud has [A] seen my tears [E] and blood
But it's nearly over [B] now, [E] now I'm easy _
I married a fine young girl when I [A] was twenty _ _
[E] She died in giving birth when she [B] was thirty
No [E] flying doctors then, [A] just a kindly old [E] black gen
It's nearly over [B] now, [E] now I'm easy
She left me with two sons and [A] a daughter _ _
[E] On this bone dry farm, just crying out [B] for water
Though [E] my care was rough and ready, [A] they grew up fine [E] and steady
But it's nearly over [B] now, now [E] I'm easy
My daughter married young and went [A] her own way _
[E] My sons lie buried beneath the [B] Burma railway _
And [E] on this land I've made my own, [A] I carry on [E] alone
But it's nearly over [B] now, [E] now I'm easy _ _
City folk these days [A] despise the cocky _
[E] Saying with subsidies and all they've [B] had it easy _
[E] There's no drought or starving stock [A] in this old suburban [E] block
But it's nearly over [B] now, [E] now I'm easy _
For nearly sixty years I've [A] been a cocky
Of [E] droughts and fires and floods I've lived [B] through plenty _
[E] This country's dust and mud [A] has seen my tears [E] and blood
But it's nearly over [B] now, [E] now I'm easy
But it's nearly over [B] now, [A] now I'm easy
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