Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: Eb Eb Verse 1: Eb Ab For nearly sixty years, I've been a cocky Eb Bb7 Of droughts and fires and floods, I've lived through plenty Eb Eb7 Ab Eb this country's dust and mud, has seen my tears and blood Eb Bb7 Ab Ab Eb But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy
Verse 2: Eb Ab I married a fine girl when I was twenty Eb Bb7 But she died in giving birth when she was thirty Eb Eb7 Ab Eb No Flying Doctor then, just a gentle old black friend Eb Bb7 Ab Ab Eb But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy Interlude: Eb Bb7 Ab Eb Verse 3: Eb Ab She left me with two sons and a daughter Eb Bb7 And a bone dry farm whose soil cried out for water Eb Eb7 Ab Eb So my care was rough and ready, but they grew up fine and steady Eb Bb7 Ab Ab Eb But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy Verse 4: Eb Ab My daughter married young, and went her own way Eb Bb7 My sons lie buried by the Burma Railway Eb Eb7 Ab Eb So on this land I've made my own, I've carried on alone Eb Bb7 Ab Ab Eb But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy Interlude: Eb Bb7 Ab Eb Verse 5: Eb Ab City folks, these days, despise the cocky Eb Bb7 Say with subsidies and all, we've had it easy Eb Eb7 Ab Eb But there's no drought or starving stock, on a sewered suburban Block Eb Bb7 Ab Ab Eb But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy Verse 6: Eb Ab For nearly sixty years, I've been a cocky Eb Bb7 Of droughts and fires and floods, I've lived through plenty Eb Eb7 Ab Eb this country's dust and mud, has seen my tears and blood Eb Bb7 Ab Ab But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy Eb and now I'm easy Outro: Eb Bb7 Ab Eb
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