Cattle Camp Crooner Chords by Slim Dusty

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_ _ _ _ _ _ I was raised on a farm where our lives were calm in [F#] a land of honey [C#] and cream
As a boy I played in the summertime shade by [D#] the banks of the Ulmala [G#] stream
_ _ _ [C#] Many years have gone since I left that home [F#] gum juice still runs in [C#] my veins
I'm just an old Australian cattle camp crooner
[G#] Why should I ever [C#] change?
_ [G#] Why should I ever [C#] change?
_ _ _ They say my dad was a bit of a lad, they [F#] called him Noisy [C#] Dad
_ He worked in the bush far from the bush and the [D#] hustle of the noisy [G#] town
_ _ _ He [C#] could rattle off pails from the stockyard rails of the [F#] wild old life he'd [C#] had
I'm just an old Australian cattle camp crooner
[G#] Following my dear old [C#] dad, _ [G#] following my dear [C#] old dad Yeah, plenty _ _
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_ _ _ Now I've got mates in every state, [F#] I've been all over this [C#] land _
When it's cold I hit the road [D#] and head for Darwin or [G#] _ Cairns _ _
[C#] Some fogeys say for living this way I [F#] must be out of my [C#] mind
I'm just an old Australian cattle camp crooner
[G#] One of the wandering [C#] kind, _ [G#] one of the wandering [C#] kind
_ _ _ Don't mind the smoke or a drink with the blokes [F#] when day is over [C#] and done
_ Strout the bee in the slant of the tree and [D#] to live my life in [G#] the sun _ _ _ _
Oh, I [C#] don't wear chap or a curl, I've had my [F#] clothes a simple [C#] and plain
I'm just an old Australian cattle camp crooner
[G#] Why should I ever [C#] change?
_ _ [G#] Why should I [C#] ever change?
I've let it get enough _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ Now I've reached the stage that nears old age, I [F#] soak up everyone's [C#] praise
I brag to the young of the things I've done [D#] way back in my battling [G#] days
_ And [C#] when I leave this place for the chosen race [F#] and head for the heavenly [C#] reins
Oh, they'll say here comes that cattle camp crooner
[G#] Why can't he ever change?
Oh no, no, why should I ever [C#] change?
[G#] Why should I ever [C#] change?
_ [G#] Why should I ever [C#] change?
_ [G#] Why should I ever change? _ _ _
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