Namatjira Chords by Slim Dusty

[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
Oh, hushed are the voices, [C] and grey [G] are the [C] skies,
And many the [G] teardrops fall [A] from dark [D] saddened eyes.
[G] And many fair brothers [C] will stand [G] with bowed head,
[C] For the message came this [G] morning, [D] Namajira [G] is dead.
_ [Em] _
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_ _ [E] _ [G] Oh, the stairs that Namajira climbed are [Em] to the Hall of Fame,
[C] And there he left upon its walls a true [D] Australian name.
[G] His paintings out of God's own [C] country where its [Em] people claim,
The stairs that Namajira [C] climbed are to the [D] Hall of Fame,
_ [G] The [D] golden stairs [G] of fame. _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
Among our great artists [C] and heroes [G] of fame,
[C] We'll [G] always remember [A] and honour his [D] name. _
[G] He painted this country [C] for the whole [G] world to see,
[C] He painted [G] Australia [D] just as [G] it should be.
[Em] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [E] _ [G] Oh, the stairs that Namajira climbed are to the Hall of Fame,
[C] And there he left upon its walls a true [D] Australian name.
_ [G] His paintings out of God's own [C] country where its [Em] people claim,
The stairs that Namajira [C] climbed are to the [D] Hall of Fame,
_ [G] The golden stairs of fame. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
For Australia's dark sons [C] no prouder have [G] they been,
[C] Than the day that [G] Namajira [A] shook the hand [D] of the Queen. _
[G] Near the home that he loved [C] so well he's sleeping neath [G] the flowers,
In the land of his fathers [A] that is [D] his [G] and is ours. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [G] Oh, the stairs that Namajira climbed are to the Hall of Fame,
[C] And there he left upon its walls a true [D] Australian name.
_ [G] His paintings out of God's own [C] country where its [Em] people claim,
[C] The stairs that [Em] [C] Namajira climbed are to the Hall [D] of Fame,
_ [G] The golden [D] stairs [G] of fame. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _