Chords for Scots Of The Riverina -John Schumann & The Vagabond Crew, Woodford 2010 LoQ.mov
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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This next one's also from behind the lines.
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[Em] ait's a It's also on the Lawson album. In theduringdu the First World War, Henry Lawson, who, if you didn't know, was a dead-set drunk, was making a nuisance of himself around Circular Quay in Sydney, and the New South Wales government gave him one of the first literary grants. They gave him a few quid and a train ticket and said, get the hell out of Sydney and down to Leeton, where he lived for a few years and wrote some poetry during the First World War. Some of it was a bit ordinary when he was on the Terps and some of it was unadulterated genius. This is a piece of unadulterated genius called The Scots of the Riverina. And the boy cleared out to the city From [D] his home about Christmas [Em] time [C] There were Scots of the [G] Riverina To [D] run from home was a crime [Em] And the old man burned his letters And [D] the first and the [Em] last he burned [G] And he scratched his knife from [D] the Bible [C] And the old girl's back was turned [D] And [Em] he went past another [D] And the street went down the [Em] line [C] They'd heard the boy had [G] enlisted [D] But the old man had [Em] gone aside And his name must never be mentioned On [D] the farm like [Em] underground They [G] were Scots of the [D] Riverina [C] With another church hard by [D] The [Em]
boy came home on his final [D] And the townships on [Em] fire burned [C] And his father's arms [G] were around him [D] And the old man's back was turned [Em] And his daughters begged for pardon [D] The old man [Em] raised his hand And [G] the Scots of the [D] Riverina [C] He was hard to understand [Em] [D] The [Em]
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boy [E] [C] [Am] was killed in Flanders [G] Where the bravest heroes [Am] die There [F] were tears at the [C] Graham homestead [G] And grief in Gunterkine [Am] But the old man plowed a daybreak [G] And he plowed and plowed the [Am] dirt There [C] were thoroughs of pain [G] in the orchard [F] And the house on the road [Am] went to the church And [G] [Em] the hurricane left in the raft [D] Yeah, dimly and dimly [Em] burned And [C] the old man died [G] at the table [D] And the old girl's back was turned [Em] Face down on his bare arms swollowed [D] And he sank in his wild grey [Em] hair [G] And the spread of the [D] open fire [C] Was the name Rewa [D] [Em] [D]
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It's
[Em] ait's a It's also on the Lawson album. In theduringdu the First World War, Henry Lawson, who, if you didn't know, was a dead-set drunk, was making a nuisance of himself around Circular Quay in Sydney, and the New South Wales government gave him one of the first literary grants. They gave him a few quid and a train ticket and said, get the hell out of Sydney and down to Leeton, where he lived for a few years and wrote some poetry during the First World War. Some of it was a bit ordinary when he was on the Terps and some of it was unadulterated genius. This is a piece of unadulterated genius called The Scots of the Riverina. And the boy cleared out to the city From [D] his home about Christmas [Em] time [C] There were Scots of the [G] Riverina To [D] run from home was a crime [Em] And the old man burned his letters And [D] the first and the [Em] last he burned [G] And he scratched his knife from [D] the Bible [C] And the old girl's back was turned [D] And [Em] he went past another [D] And the street went down the [Em] line [C] They'd heard the boy had [G] enlisted [D] But the old man had [Em] gone aside And his name must never be mentioned On [D] the farm like [Em] underground They [G] were Scots of the [D] Riverina [C] With another church hard by [D] The [Em]
boy came home on his final [D] And the townships on [Em] fire burned [C] And his father's arms [G] were around him [D] And the old man's back was turned [Em] And his daughters begged for pardon [D] The old man [Em] raised his hand And [G] the Scots of the [D] Riverina [C] He was hard to understand [Em] [D] The [Em]
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boy [E] [C] [Am] was killed in Flanders [G] Where the bravest heroes [Am] die There [F] were tears at the [C] Graham homestead [G] And grief in Gunterkine [Am] But the old man plowed a daybreak [G] And he plowed and plowed the [Am] dirt There [C] were thoroughs of pain [G] in the orchard [F] And the house on the road [Am] went to the church And [G] [Em] the hurricane left in the raft [D] Yeah, dimly and dimly [Em] burned And [C] the old man died [G] at the table [D] And the old girl's back was turned [Em] Face down on his bare arms swollowed [D] And he sank in his wild grey [Em] hair [G] And the spread of the [D] open fire [C] Was the name Rewa [D] [Em] [D]
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This next one's also from behind the lines.
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[Em] _ a_it's_ a_ _ _ It's also on the Lawson album. _ _ In the_during_du the First World War, Henry Lawson, who, if you didn't know, was a dead-set drunk, was making a nuisance of himself around Circular Quay in Sydney, and the New South Wales government gave him one of the first literary grants. They gave him a few quid and a train ticket and said, get the hell out of Sydney and down to Leeton, where he lived for a few years and wrote some poetry during the First World War. Some of it was a bit ordinary when he was on the Terps and some of it was unadulterated genius. This is a piece of unadulterated genius called The Scots of the Riverina. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ And the boy cleared out to the city _ From [D] his home about Christmas [Em] time _ _ [C] There were Scots of the [G] Riverina _ _ To [D] run from home was a crime _ [Em] And the old man burned his letters _ And [D] the first and the [Em] last he burned _ [G] And he scratched his knife from [D] the Bible _ [C] And the old girl's back was turned _ [D] And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] he went past another _ _ [D] And the street went down the [Em] line _ _ [C] They'd heard the boy had [G] enlisted _ [D] But the old man had [Em] gone aside And his name must never be mentioned On [D] the farm like [Em] underground _ They [G] were Scots of the [D] Riverina _ _ [C] With another church hard by _ [D] The _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
boy came home on his final _ [D] And the townships on [Em] fire burned _ [C] And his father's arms [G] were around him [D] And the old man's back was turned _ [Em] And his daughters begged for pardon _ [D] The old man [Em] raised his hand _ _ And _ _ [G] the Scots of the [D] Riverina _ _ [C] He was hard to understand _ [Em] _ [D] The _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ boy [E] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ was killed in Flanders [G] Where the bravest heroes [Am] die There [F] were tears at the [C] Graham _ homestead [G] And grief in _ _ Gunterkine [Am] But the old man plowed a daybreak [G] And he plowed and plowed the [Am] dirt There [C] were thoroughs of pain [G] in the orchard [F] And the house on the road [Am] went to the _ church _ _ And _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] the hurricane left in the raft [D] Yeah, dimly and dimly [Em] burned _ And _ _ [C] the old man died [G] at the table _ [D] And the old girl's back was turned _ [Em] Face down on his bare arms swollowed [D] And he sank in his wild grey [Em] hair _ _ _ _ _ [G] And the spread of the [D] open fire _ [C] Was the name _ Rewa _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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[Em] _ a_it's_ a_ _ _ It's also on the Lawson album. _ _ In the_during_du the First World War, Henry Lawson, who, if you didn't know, was a dead-set drunk, was making a nuisance of himself around Circular Quay in Sydney, and the New South Wales government gave him one of the first literary grants. They gave him a few quid and a train ticket and said, get the hell out of Sydney and down to Leeton, where he lived for a few years and wrote some poetry during the First World War. Some of it was a bit ordinary when he was on the Terps and some of it was unadulterated genius. This is a piece of unadulterated genius called The Scots of the Riverina. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ And the boy cleared out to the city _ From [D] his home about Christmas [Em] time _ _ [C] There were Scots of the [G] Riverina _ _ To [D] run from home was a crime _ [Em] And the old man burned his letters _ And [D] the first and the [Em] last he burned _ [G] And he scratched his knife from [D] the Bible _ [C] And the old girl's back was turned _ [D] And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] he went past another _ _ [D] And the street went down the [Em] line _ _ [C] They'd heard the boy had [G] enlisted _ [D] But the old man had [Em] gone aside And his name must never be mentioned On [D] the farm like [Em] underground _ They [G] were Scots of the [D] Riverina _ _ [C] With another church hard by _ [D] The _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
boy came home on his final _ [D] And the townships on [Em] fire burned _ [C] And his father's arms [G] were around him [D] And the old man's back was turned _ [Em] And his daughters begged for pardon _ [D] The old man [Em] raised his hand _ _ And _ _ [G] the Scots of the [D] Riverina _ _ [C] He was hard to understand _ [Em] _ [D] The _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ boy [E] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ was killed in Flanders [G] Where the bravest heroes [Am] die There [F] were tears at the [C] Graham _ homestead [G] And grief in _ _ Gunterkine [Am] But the old man plowed a daybreak [G] And he plowed and plowed the [Am] dirt There [C] were thoroughs of pain [G] in the orchard [F] And the house on the road [Am] went to the _ church _ _ And _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] the hurricane left in the raft [D] Yeah, dimly and dimly [Em] burned _ And _ _ [C] the old man died [G] at the table _ [D] And the old girl's back was turned _ [Em] Face down on his bare arms swollowed [D] And he sank in his wild grey [Em] hair _ _ _ _ _ [G] And the spread of the [D] open fire _ [C] Was the name _ Rewa _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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