Chords for Slim Dusty - When The Rain Tumbles Down In July (Original Version - 1946)
Tempo:
116.1 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
E
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
Hey, hey, hey
[A] Hey, hey, hey
[D] Hey, hey, hey
[G]
[D]
Let me [A] wander north [D] to the [E] homestead
[G] Way out further on [D] there to roam
By [G] a gully in flood let [D] me linger
When the summery sunshine [A] has flown
Where [D] the logs [A] tangle up [D] on the creek [E] beds
[G] And clouds veil the old [D] northern sky
[G] And the cattle move back from [D] the lowlands
When the [A] rain tumbled down [D] in July
[A]
[D]
The settlers [A] with sad [D] hearts are watching
[E] [F#] The [G] rise of the stream from [D] the dawn
[E]
[G] Their best crops are always [D] in flood reach
If it rises much more [A] they'll be gone
[D] The cattle [A] string out [D] long the fences
[E]
[G] The wind from the south [D] races by
[G] And the limbs from the old gums [D] are falling
When the [A] rain tumbles down [D] in July
The sleeping [A] gums [D] on the hillside
[E] [G] Awaken to herds [D] straying by
From [G] the flats where the fences [D] have vanished
As the storm clouds gather [A] on high
[D] The wheels [A] of the wagon [G] stop turning
[D] [A] The [G] stock horses turned out [D] to stray
[E]
[G] The old station dogs are [D] a-dozing
On the husks in the barn [A] through the day
[D] The drover [A] draws rain by [D] the river
[Bm]
[G] It's years since he's seen it so [D]
Hey, hey, hey
[A] Hey, hey, hey
[D] Hey, hey, hey
[G]
[D]
Let me [A] wander north [D] to the [E] homestead
[G] Way out further on [D] there to roam
By [G] a gully in flood let [D] me linger
When the summery sunshine [A] has flown
Where [D] the logs [A] tangle up [D] on the creek [E] beds
[G] And clouds veil the old [D] northern sky
[G] And the cattle move back from [D] the lowlands
When the [A] rain tumbled down [D] in July
[A]
[D]
The settlers [A] with sad [D] hearts are watching
[E] [F#] The [G] rise of the stream from [D] the dawn
[E]
[G] Their best crops are always [D] in flood reach
If it rises much more [A] they'll be gone
[D] The cattle [A] string out [D] long the fences
[E]
[G] The wind from the south [D] races by
[G] And the limbs from the old gums [D] are falling
When the [A] rain tumbles down [D] in July
The sleeping [A] gums [D] on the hillside
[E] [G] Awaken to herds [D] straying by
From [G] the flats where the fences [D] have vanished
As the storm clouds gather [A] on high
[D] The wheels [A] of the wagon [G] stop turning
[D] [A] The [G] stock horses turned out [D] to stray
[E]
[G] The old station dogs are [D] a-dozing
On the husks in the barn [A] through the day
[D] The drover [A] draws rain by [D] the river
[Bm]
[G] It's years since he's seen it so [D]
Key:
D
A
G
E
F#
D
A
G
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hey, hey, hey
[A] Hey, hey, hey
_ [D] Hey, hey, hey
[G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
Let me [A] wander north [D] to the _ _ [E] homestead
[G] Way out further on [D] there to roam
By [G] a gully in flood let [D] me linger _ _
When the summery sunshine [A] has flown
_ Where [D] the logs [A] tangle up [D] on the creek _ [E] beds
[G] And clouds veil the old [D] northern sky _
[G] And the cattle move back from [D] the lowlands
When the [A] rain tumbled down [D] in July
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The settlers [A] with sad [D] hearts are watching
_ [E] [F#] The [G] rise of the stream from [D] the _ dawn
[E]
[G] Their best crops are always [D] in flood _ reach
If it rises much more [A] they'll be gone
_ [D] The cattle [A] string out [D] long the fences
_ _ [E] _
[G] The wind from the south [D] races by
_ [G] And the limbs from the old gums [D] are falling
_ When the [A] rain tumbles down [D] in July _ _ _
_ The _ _ _ _ _ _ sleeping [A] gums [D] on the _ hillside
[E] _ [G] _ Awaken to herds [D] straying by
_ From [G] the flats where the fences [D] have vanished _ _
As the storm clouds gather [A] on high
_ [D] The wheels [A] of the wagon [G] stop turning
[D] _ [A] The [G] stock horses turned out [D] to stray
_ _ [E]
[G] The old station dogs are [D] a-dozing
_ On the husks in the barn [A] through the day
_ [D] The drover [A] draws rain by [D] the river
_ [Bm]
[G] It's years since he's seen it so [D] _
Hey, hey, hey
[A] Hey, hey, hey
_ [D] Hey, hey, hey
[G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
Let me [A] wander north [D] to the _ _ [E] homestead
[G] Way out further on [D] there to roam
By [G] a gully in flood let [D] me linger _ _
When the summery sunshine [A] has flown
_ Where [D] the logs [A] tangle up [D] on the creek _ [E] beds
[G] And clouds veil the old [D] northern sky _
[G] And the cattle move back from [D] the lowlands
When the [A] rain tumbled down [D] in July
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The settlers [A] with sad [D] hearts are watching
_ [E] [F#] The [G] rise of the stream from [D] the _ dawn
[E]
[G] Their best crops are always [D] in flood _ reach
If it rises much more [A] they'll be gone
_ [D] The cattle [A] string out [D] long the fences
_ _ [E] _
[G] The wind from the south [D] races by
_ [G] And the limbs from the old gums [D] are falling
_ When the [A] rain tumbles down [D] in July _ _ _
_ The _ _ _ _ _ _ sleeping [A] gums [D] on the _ hillside
[E] _ [G] _ Awaken to herds [D] straying by
_ From [G] the flats where the fences [D] have vanished _ _
As the storm clouds gather [A] on high
_ [D] The wheels [A] of the wagon [G] stop turning
[D] _ [A] The [G] stock horses turned out [D] to stray
_ _ [E]
[G] The old station dogs are [D] a-dozing
_ On the husks in the barn [A] through the day
_ [D] The drover [A] draws rain by [D] the river
_ [Bm]
[G] It's years since he's seen it so [D] _