Chords with lyrics
Written by
Joy McKean
Capo 1
Intro:
D MajorD
D MajorD E MajorE
From coast to coast by night and day
A7A7 D MajorD
Hear the clicking of the wheels
G+G
The humming of the diesel
On her ribbons of steel
A augmentedA
Carrying the memories
Of a nation built by hand
D MajorD
See the Indian Pacific span the land
D MajorD E MajorE
She's the pride of all the railway men
A7A7 D MajorD
Cross country where she flies
G+G
From the blue Pacific waters
To where the mountains rise
A augmentedA
By lakes and wide brown rivers
Through desert country dry
D MajorD
See the Indian Pacific passing by
G+G
Oh the Indian Pacific
D MajorD
She goes rolling down the track
G+G
Five thousand miles to travel
D MajorD A augmentedA
Before she's there and back
D MajorD E MajorE
Beside the line a drover waves
A7A7 D MajorD
His battered old grey hat
G+G
And kids are catching yabbies
Down by the river flat
A augmentedA
And a woman hangs her washing
In the backyard near the line
D MajorD
As the Indian Pacific's rolling by
Fiddle Solo:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
D MajorD E MajorE
Hear the whistle blowing lonely
A7A7 D MajorD
'Neath the Nullabor star light
G+G
Saluting those who walked across
The track she rides tonight
A augmentedA
Calling to the railway camp
And the fettlers on the line
D MajorD
I'm the Indian Pacific right on time
D MajorD E MajorE
From the silver of the Broken Hill
A7A7 D MajorD
To old Kalgoorlie gold
G+G
She mirrors all the colours
Of the land so hard and old
A augmentedA
Then the western flowers are blooming
And the air is just like wine
D MajorD
And the Indian Pacific's making time
G+G
Oh the Indian Pacific
D MajorD
She goes rolling down the track
G+G
Five thousand miles to travel
D MajorD A augmentedA
Before she's there and back
D MajorD E MajorE
From the waters of the western sea
A7A7 D MajorD
To the eastern ocean sand
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
The Indian Pacific spans the land
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Oh The Indian Pacific spans the land