When The Currawongs Come Down Chords by Slim Dusty
Tempo:
103.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
D
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[D] [C]
When I was just a young man I remember [G] being told By a weather-beaten bushman, [D] grizzled, [G] grey and old
He [C] was sitting on a bus on a sail day [F] in the town [G] Oh, it's time to get the rum out when the Currawongs [C] come down
When the Currawongs come down from [G] the mountains To the warmer valley country down [C] below
When the Currawongs come down [F] from the timber [G] It's a sign of rough weather, [C] rain or snow
[G]
[C]
Now throughout the passing years, so often [G] I have heard Laying in simple Currawong, [D] referred to [G] as rain bird
But [C] I've studied nature closely and one thing I [F] have found Oh, [G] it's time to don your oil skins when the Currawongs [C] come down
I know many indications, learned from [G] bushmen I have met Indications of the weather, [D] dry [G] or cold or wet
[C] Sometimes they are right you know and sometimes wrong I've found But [G] there's no two ways about it when the Currawongs [C] come down
When the Currawongs come down [G] from the mountains To the warmer valley country down [C] below
When the Currawongs come down [F] from the timber [G] It's a sign of rough weather, [C] rain or snow
Now [G]
[C] I live here in the snowies where the [G] howling winter winds Where as soon as summer's over [D] the winter time [G] begins
[C] And the outers love the beauty of frost upon [F] the ground [G] Then it's time for winter fires when the [C] Currawongs come down
When the Currawongs come down [G] from the mountains To the warmer valley country [C] down below
When the Currawongs come down [F] from the timber It's [G] a sign of rough weather, rain [C] or snow
[F] [Em] [G] [C] [Cm] [G] [C]
[D] [C]
When I was just a young man I remember [G] being told By a weather-beaten bushman, [D] grizzled, [G] grey and old
He [C] was sitting on a bus on a sail day [F] in the town [G] Oh, it's time to get the rum out when the Currawongs [C] come down
When the Currawongs come down from [G] the mountains To the warmer valley country down [C] below
When the Currawongs come down [F] from the timber [G] It's a sign of rough weather, [C] rain or snow
[G]
[C]
Now throughout the passing years, so often [G] I have heard Laying in simple Currawong, [D] referred to [G] as rain bird
But [C] I've studied nature closely and one thing I [F] have found Oh, [G] it's time to don your oil skins when the Currawongs [C] come down
I know many indications, learned from [G] bushmen I have met Indications of the weather, [D] dry [G] or cold or wet
[C] Sometimes they are right you know and sometimes wrong I've found But [G] there's no two ways about it when the Currawongs [C] come down
When the Currawongs come down [G] from the mountains To the warmer valley country down [C] below
When the Currawongs come down [F] from the timber [G] It's a sign of rough weather, [C] rain or snow
Now [G]
[C] I live here in the snowies where the [G] howling winter winds Where as soon as summer's over [D] the winter time [G] begins
[C] And the outers love the beauty of frost upon [F] the ground [G] Then it's time for winter fires when the [C] Currawongs come down
When the Currawongs come down [G] from the mountains To the warmer valley country [C] down below
When the Currawongs come down [F] from the timber It's [G] a sign of rough weather, rain [C] or snow
[F] [Em] [G] [C] [Cm] [G] [C]
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_ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ When I was just a young man I remember [G] being told By a weather-beaten bushman, [D] grizzled, [G] grey and old
He [C] was sitting on a bus on a sail day [F] in the town [G] Oh, it's time to get the rum out when the Currawongs [C] come down
When the Currawongs come down from [G] the mountains To the warmer valley country down [C] below _
_ When the Currawongs come down [F] from the timber _ [G] It's a sign of rough weather, [C] rain or snow
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now throughout the passing years, so often [G] I have heard Laying in simple Currawong, [D] referred to [G] as rain bird
But [C] I've studied nature closely and one thing I [F] have found Oh, [G] it's time to don your oil skins when the Currawongs [C] come down _ _ _
_ _ I know many indications, learned from [G] bushmen I have met Indications of the weather, [D] dry [G] or cold or wet
_ _ [C] Sometimes they are right you know and sometimes wrong I've found But [G] there's no two ways about it when the Currawongs [C] come down _
When the Currawongs come down [G] from the mountains To the warmer valley country down [C] below _
When the Currawongs come down [F] from the timber _ [G] It's a sign of rough weather, [C] rain or snow
Now [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ I live here in the snowies where the [G] howling winter winds Where as soon as summer's over [D] the winter time [G] begins
_ [C] And the outers love the beauty of frost upon [F] the ground [G] Then it's time for winter fires when the [C] Currawongs come down
When the Currawongs come down [G] from the mountains _ To the warmer valley country [C] down below
_ When the Currawongs come down [F] from the timber _ It's [G] a sign of rough weather, rain [C] or snow
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ When I was just a young man I remember [G] being told By a weather-beaten bushman, [D] grizzled, [G] grey and old
He [C] was sitting on a bus on a sail day [F] in the town [G] Oh, it's time to get the rum out when the Currawongs [C] come down
When the Currawongs come down from [G] the mountains To the warmer valley country down [C] below _
_ When the Currawongs come down [F] from the timber _ [G] It's a sign of rough weather, [C] rain or snow
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now throughout the passing years, so often [G] I have heard Laying in simple Currawong, [D] referred to [G] as rain bird
But [C] I've studied nature closely and one thing I [F] have found Oh, [G] it's time to don your oil skins when the Currawongs [C] come down _ _ _
_ _ I know many indications, learned from [G] bushmen I have met Indications of the weather, [D] dry [G] or cold or wet
_ _ [C] Sometimes they are right you know and sometimes wrong I've found But [G] there's no two ways about it when the Currawongs [C] come down _
When the Currawongs come down [G] from the mountains To the warmer valley country down [C] below _
When the Currawongs come down [F] from the timber _ [G] It's a sign of rough weather, [C] rain or snow
Now [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ I live here in the snowies where the [G] howling winter winds Where as soon as summer's over [D] the winter time [G] begins
_ [C] And the outers love the beauty of frost upon [F] the ground [G] Then it's time for winter fires when the [C] Currawongs come down
When the Currawongs come down [G] from the mountains _ To the warmer valley country [C] down below
_ When the Currawongs come down [F] from the timber _ It's [G] a sign of rough weather, rain [C] or snow
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _