Queensland Overlanders chords by Gordon Bok

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G    D  G    D  G

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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