Queensland Overlanders chords by Gordon Bok

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G  D MajorD G+G  D MajorD G+G

Verse:
               C majorC
There's a trade you all know well
   G+G        D MajorD
It's bringing cattle over
  G+G          C majorC
On every track, to the Gulf and back
  G+G          D MajorD G+G
Men know the Queensland drover

Chorus:
E minorEm            C majorC
Pass the billy 'round, me boys
   G+G        D MajorD
Don't let the pint pot stand there
   G+G           C majorC
For tonight we'll drink the health
  G+G     D MajorD G+G  D MajorD G+G
Of every overlander

Verse:
             C majorC
There are men from every land
   G+G          D MajorD
From Spain and France and Flanders
    G+G           C majorC
We're a well-mixed pack, both white and black
  G+G      D MajorD G+G
Men call the overlanders

Chorus:
E minorEm            C majorC
Pass the billy 'round, me boys
   G+G        D MajorD
Don't let the pint pot stand there
   G+G           C majorC
For tonight we'll drink the health
  G+G     D MajorD G+G  D MajorD G+G
Of every overlander

Verse:
             C majorC
I come from the northern plains
     G+G          D MajorD
Where the girls and grass are scanty
     G+G         C majorC
Where the creeks run dry or ten foot high
     G+G         D MajorD  G+G
And it's either drought or plenty

Chorus:
E minorEm            C majorC
Pass the billy 'round, me boys
   G+G        D MajorD
Don't let the pint pot stand there
   G+G           C majorC
For tonight we'll drink the health
  G+G     D MajorD G+G  D MajorD G+G
Of every overlander

Verse:
               C majorC
When we've earned a spree in town
  G+G         D MajorD
We live like kings in clover
   G+G            C majorC
And a whole month's check goes down the neck
  G+G         D MajorD G+G
Of many a Queensland drover

Chorus:
E minorEm            C majorC
Pass the billy 'round, me boys
   G+G        D MajorD
Don't let the pint pot stand there
   G+G           C majorC
For tonight we'll drink the health
  G+G     D MajorD G+G  D MajorD G+G
Of every overlander

Verse:
          C majorC
As I pass along the road
  G+G         D MajorD
The children raise my dander
     G+G         C majorC
Crying, "Mother dear, take in the clothes
   G+G      D MajorD G+G
Here comes an overlander"

Chorus:
E minorEm            C majorC
Pass the billy 'round, me boys
   G+G        D MajorD
Don't let the pint pot stand there
   G+G           C majorC
For tonight we'll drink the health
  G+G     D MajorD G+G
Of every overlander