The Cocky Farmer Chords by Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy

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[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ For nearly sixty years [Eb] I've been a cocky Of _
[Bb] droughts and fires and floods [F] I've lived
through plenty _ _ And [Bb] this country's dust and mud
[Eb] Have seen my [Bb] tears and blood But it's nearly [F] over now, now [Eb] I'm easy
[Bb] I _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
married a fine young girl [Gm] when I [Eb] was twenty _ _ But [Bb] she died and given birth when [F] she was thirty
_ _ No [Bb] flying doctor then, [Eb] just a gentle [Bb] old black jean But it's nearly [F] over now, [Eb] now I'm easy
[Bb] _ She [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
left me with two sons [Eb] and a daughter And _ [Bb] a bone dry farm whose soil cried [F] out for water
_ Though [Bb] my care was rough and ready [Eb] They grew up fine [Bb] and steady
But it's nearly [F] over now, [Eb] now I'm easy
[F] [Bb] Well _
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my daughter married young and [Eb] went her own way _ _
[Bb] My sons lie buried by the [F] Burma railway _ On [Bb] this land I made my own
[Eb] I've carried [Bb] on the load But it's nearly [F] over now, [Eb] now I'm easy
[Bb] _ And [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
for nearly sixty years [Eb] I've been a cocky _ Of [Bb] droughts and fires and floods I've [F] lived through plenty
_ And [Bb] this country's dust and mud [Eb] Have seen my [Bb] tears and blood
But it's nearly [F] over now, [Eb] now I'm easy _ [Bb] _ Yes it's nearly [F] over now, [Eb] now I'm easy
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