When The Rain Tumbles Down In July Chords by Slim Dusty

[D] _ _ _ _ _ Hey, _
[E] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] that's a Dubro.
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[A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ Let me [G] wander north [C] to the homestead,
[F] Way out further on [C] there to roam,
_ [F] By a gullying flood [C] let me linger.
_ When the summery sunshine [G] has flown,
_ [C] Where the logs [G] tangle up [C] on the creek beds,
[Am] [F] And clouds veil the older [C] northern sky,
_ [F] And the cattle move back [C] from the lowlands,
When the rain [G] tumbles down [C] in July.
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The settlers [G] with sad [C] hearts are watching _
[F] The rise of the stream [C] from the dawn, _
[F] Their best crops are [Dm] [C] always in flood reach,
If it rises much more [G] they'll be gone, _
_ [C] Cattle [G] string out [C] along the fences, _
[F] The wind from the [Em] south [C] races by, _
[G] [F] And the limbs from the [G] old [C] gums have fallen,
When the [G] rain tumbles down [C] in July. _
_ _ _ _ The [G] sleeping gums on the [C] hillside,
_ [F] Awaken to [D] herds [C] straying by,
From [F] the flats where the [G] fences [C] have vanished,
As the storm clouds [G] gather on high.
_ [C] The [G] wheels of the wagon [A] stop [C] turning,
_ [F] The stock horses turned out [C] to stray,
_ [F] The old station [C] dogs are a-dozing,
_ On the husks in the [G] barn through the day,
_ [C] The grover [G] draws rain [C] by the river,
_ [F] And it's years since he's [C] seen it so high,
[Em] Yes, [F] and that's just a [C] story of homeward,
When the [G] rain tumbles down in [C] July.
_ _ [D] Hey, hey, _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ oye,
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When _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ the rain [A] tumbles [Em] down [A] in [D] July. _
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