Ox Driving Song chords by The Seekers

Chords with lyrics

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

Verse:
E minorEm
Crack the whip and bring the blood
A augmentedA
Make the leaders take the mud
       E minorEm            B minorBm
We've got the wheels and we turn them around
  A augmentedA            E minorEm
One long hard pull and we're on hard ground

Chorus:
E minorEm
To-me-rol, to-me-rol, to-me-ri-de-o
   D MajorD
To-me-rol, to-me-rol, to-me-ri-de-o
      E minorEm A augmentedA       G+G
To-me-ri-de-o___, to-me-ri-de-o
   D MajorD          E minorEm
To-me-ro, to-me-ro, to-me-ri-de-o

Verse:
E minorEm
On the fourteenth day of October-o
 A augmentedA
I hitched my team in order-o
      E minorEm       B minorBm
To try the hills of Saludio
   A augmentedA           E minorEm
To-me-rol, to-me-rol, to-me-ri-de-o

Chorus:
E minorEm
To-me-rol, to-me-rol, to-me-ri-de-o
   D MajorD
To-me-rol, to-me-rol, to-me-ri-de-o
      E minorEm A augmentedA       G+G
To-me-ri-de-o___, to-me-ri-de-o
   D MajorD          E minorEm
To-me-ro, to-me-ro, to-me-ri-de-o

Verse:
E minorEm
When I got there the hills were steep
   A augmentedA
Would make another person weep
      E minorEm        B minorBm
To hear me cuss and crack my whip
  A augmentedA      E minorEm
And see the oxen pull and slip

Chorus:
E minorEm
To-me-rol, to-me-rol, to-me-ri-de-o
   D MajorD
To-me-rol, to-me-rol, to-me-ri-de-o
      E minorEm A augmentedA       G+G
To-me-ri-de-o___, to-me-ri-de-o
   D MajorD          E minorEm
To-me-ro, to-me-ro, to-me-ri-de-o

Verse:
E minorEm
When I get home among my friends
    A augmentedA
That's where my toil and trouble ends
     E minorEm          B minorBm
And bid adieu to the whip and line
  A augmentedA          E minorEm
And ride no more in the winter time

Chorus:
E minorEm
To-me-rol, to-me-rol, to-me-ri-de-o
   D MajorD
To-me-rol, to-me-rol, to-me-ri-de-o
      E minorEm A augmentedA       G+G
To-me-ri-de-o___, to-me-ri-de-o
   D MajorD          E minorEm
To-me-ro, to-me-ro, to-me-ri-de-o

Chorus:
E minorEm
To-me-rol, to-me-rol, to-me-ri-de-o
   D MajorD
To-me-rol, to-me-rol, to-me-ri-de-o
      E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
To-me-ri-de-o________ - yeah!