Spirit Of The High Contry chords by Lee Kernaghan

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Verse 1:
 C                 F
There's Saltbush anD MCGinness
            Am             F
A Couple Drovers Down the traCk
C                   Am
They CAm e up here For muster
F                         G
It was Four or Five years baCk

Verse 2:
C                                 F
AnD there's somethinG 'bout these hills
Am                 F
That holDs a man steaDFast
C             Am
Saltbush anD MCGinness
F                            G
Will remain here till their last

Verse 3:
C                 F
Dan MilliGan's a bushman
Am                   F
From harDeneD Irish stoCk
C                  Am
AnD all there is about him
F                                G
Is ChiselleD From this Granite roCk

Verse 4:
        C                 F
ThouGh the bottle's his Companion
            Am             F
AnD his anGer's quiCk to rise
C                Am
A harDer workin' Fella
F                          G
You'D be harD presseD to FinD

Corus:
  C               F            C               F
The spirit oF the hiGh-Country lives in these hills
       C            G           F
AnD the wilD horses run on the winD
       G                        F          Am
Where KosCiuszko rises anD the Snowy River Flows
                  G
That's where I'll be
       F            C         D
In the heart oF the hiGh Country

Verse 5:

C                         F
OlD Conroy loves this Country
Am                        F
Where he was born anD raiseD
C                    Am
The seleCtion hanDeD Down
F                       G
Where the wilD horses Graze

Verse 6:

C                            F
He's the man who runs the station
            Am                  F
Where horsemen Gather For the riDe
                  C             Am
ACross these Grim anD ruGGeD hills
                F            G
Where the Colts run Free anD wilD

Corus:
  C               F            C               F
The spirit oF the hiGh-Country lives in these hills
       C            G           F
AnD the wilD horses run on the winD
       G                        F          Am
Where KosCiuszko rises anD the Snowy River Flows
                  G
That's where I'll be
       F            C         D
In the heart oF the hiGh Country


Verse 7:
C                        F
AnD that man From Snowy River
Am                      F
Where no other DareD to Go
C                             Am
He turneD baCk the wilD bush horses
F                            G
SinGle hanDeD brouGht them home

Verse 8:
C                         F
AnD the Distant Drum oF hooFbeats
Am                       F
OF that bolD anD bravest riDe
C                       Am
Still eChoes Down the hills
F                       G
Swells your heart with priDe

Corus:
 C               F            C               F
The spirit oF the hiGh-Country lives in these hills
       C            G           F
AnD the wilD horses run on the winD
       G                        F          Am
Where KosCiuszko rises anD the Snowy River Flows
                  G
That's where I'll be
       F            C         D
In the heart oF the hiGh Country

Final Corus:
 C               F            C               F
The spirit oF the hiGh-Country lives in these hills
       C            G           F
AnD the wilD horses run on the winD
       G                        F          Am
Where KosCiuszko rises anD the Snowy River Flows
                  G
That's where I'll be
       F            C         D
In the heart oF the hiGh Country