Old Man Drought Chords by Slim Dusty
Tempo:
88.15 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [A] [G]
[C] I'd hit by drought in Queensland and all [D] the neighbouring states
[G] I learned how bad things really were from a couple of [C] ringer mates
And every word they told me [D] I'd like you all to hear
[G] The following stories told to me will give you [C] some idea
In the western town of Bullya, [D] conditions are so grim
[G] The frogs are rising ten year old and haven't [C] learnt to swim
While waiting for the drought to [D] break they're not content to lie
[G] But climb and jump from the nearest tree in the hopes they'll learn [C] to fly
[G]
There's a place called Heartbreak Corner, [D] so dry there are no tears
Lived [G] a boundary rider and his son, a lad of [C] sixteen years
A raindrop smacked him on the brow, [D] he cleared out just because
[G] And we caught him up at the ten mile bore, he didn't know [C] what it was
And the further out the worse it [D] gets, it's well beyond a joke
[G] So dry in fact they're smoking pipes, they can't lick [C] down a smoke
And sticky tape holds down the [D] stamps on letters outward bound
[G] The drought is on and men can't sweat in a dehydrated [C] town
[A] [G]
[C] [G] A city chap came to the bush [D] to analyse the drought
[G] At work he asked his squatter how his stock were [C] hanging out
Six years of drought, how were his stock?
[D] He'd drive this pest away
They [G] were both alright when I seen them last and that was [C] yesterday
Old man drought and searing heat, it goes from bad [D] to worse
What [G] a fool I'll look with this ear song if the season's [C] in reverse
But the time will come when hungry stocks [D] can only chew their cud
[G] It's a well known fact out in the west, they see more drought [C] than flood
[G]
[C] I'd hit by drought in Queensland and all [D] the neighbouring states
[G] I learned how bad things really were from a couple of [C] ringer mates
And every word they told me [D] I'd like you all to hear
[G] The following stories told to me will give you [C] some idea
In the western town of Bullya, [D] conditions are so grim
[G] The frogs are rising ten year old and haven't [C] learnt to swim
While waiting for the drought to [D] break they're not content to lie
[G] But climb and jump from the nearest tree in the hopes they'll learn [C] to fly
[G]
There's a place called Heartbreak Corner, [D] so dry there are no tears
Lived [G] a boundary rider and his son, a lad of [C] sixteen years
A raindrop smacked him on the brow, [D] he cleared out just because
[G] And we caught him up at the ten mile bore, he didn't know [C] what it was
And the further out the worse it [D] gets, it's well beyond a joke
[G] So dry in fact they're smoking pipes, they can't lick [C] down a smoke
And sticky tape holds down the [D] stamps on letters outward bound
[G] The drought is on and men can't sweat in a dehydrated [C] town
[A] [G]
[C] [G] A city chap came to the bush [D] to analyse the drought
[G] At work he asked his squatter how his stock were [C] hanging out
Six years of drought, how were his stock?
[D] He'd drive this pest away
They [G] were both alright when I seen them last and that was [C] yesterday
Old man drought and searing heat, it goes from bad [D] to worse
What [G] a fool I'll look with this ear song if the season's [C] in reverse
But the time will come when hungry stocks [D] can only chew their cud
[G] It's a well known fact out in the west, they see more drought [C] than flood
[G]
Key:
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C
D
A
G
C
D
A
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ I'd hit by drought in Queensland and all [D] the neighbouring states
[G] I learned how bad things really were from a couple of [C] ringer mates
And every word they told me [D] I'd like you all to hear
[G] The following stories told to me will give you [C] some idea
_ In the western town of Bullya, [D] conditions are so grim
[G] The frogs are rising ten year old and haven't [C] learnt to swim
While waiting for the drought to [D] break they're not content to lie
[G] But climb and jump from the nearest tree in the hopes they'll learn [C] to fly
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ There's a place called Heartbreak Corner, [D] so dry there are no tears
Lived [G] a boundary rider and his son, a lad of [C] sixteen years
A raindrop smacked him on the brow, [D] he cleared out just because
[G] And we caught him up at the ten mile bore, he didn't know [C] what it was
_ And the further out the worse it [D] gets, it's well beyond a joke
[G] So dry in fact they're smoking pipes, they can't lick [C] down a smoke
And sticky tape holds down the [D] stamps on letters outward bound
[G] The drought is on and men can't sweat in a dehydrated [C] town
_ [A] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] A city chap came to the bush [D] to analyse the drought
[G] At work he asked his squatter how his stock were [C] hanging out
Six years of drought, how were his stock?
[D] He'd drive this pest away
They [G] were both alright when I seen them last and that was [C] yesterday
_ Old man drought and searing heat, it goes from bad [D] to worse
What [G] a fool I'll look with this ear song if the season's [C] in reverse
But the time will come when hungry stocks [D] can only chew their cud
[G] It's a well known fact out in the west, they see more drought [C] than flood _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ I'd hit by drought in Queensland and all [D] the neighbouring states
[G] I learned how bad things really were from a couple of [C] ringer mates
And every word they told me [D] I'd like you all to hear
[G] The following stories told to me will give you [C] some idea
_ In the western town of Bullya, [D] conditions are so grim
[G] The frogs are rising ten year old and haven't [C] learnt to swim
While waiting for the drought to [D] break they're not content to lie
[G] But climb and jump from the nearest tree in the hopes they'll learn [C] to fly
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ There's a place called Heartbreak Corner, [D] so dry there are no tears
Lived [G] a boundary rider and his son, a lad of [C] sixteen years
A raindrop smacked him on the brow, [D] he cleared out just because
[G] And we caught him up at the ten mile bore, he didn't know [C] what it was
_ And the further out the worse it [D] gets, it's well beyond a joke
[G] So dry in fact they're smoking pipes, they can't lick [C] down a smoke
And sticky tape holds down the [D] stamps on letters outward bound
[G] The drought is on and men can't sweat in a dehydrated [C] town
_ [A] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] A city chap came to the bush [D] to analyse the drought
[G] At work he asked his squatter how his stock were [C] hanging out
Six years of drought, how were his stock?
[D] He'd drive this pest away
They [G] were both alright when I seen them last and that was [C] yesterday
_ Old man drought and searing heat, it goes from bad [D] to worse
What [G] a fool I'll look with this ear song if the season's [C] in reverse
But the time will come when hungry stocks [D] can only chew their cud
[G] It's a well known fact out in the west, they see more drought [C] than flood _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _