On Our Selection chords by John Williamson

Chords with lyrics

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


Intro:
G+G

Verse 1:
G+G
The creek is dry, so the cow
G+G
We're all broke, so the plow
G+G
The horse is lame, the chooks won't lay

Chorus:
G+G             C majorC    D MajorD
Just another day on our Selection
D MajorD    G+G
On our Selection

Verae 2:
G+G
The year we came, we had a drought
G+G
And floods they put the bushfires out
G+G
The wind blew half the place away

Chorus:
G+G             C majorC    D MajorD
Just another day on our Selection
D MajorD    G+G
On our Selection

Bridge:
D7D7
When the blowfly's roar and the yellow dogs howl
D7D7                           G+G
If it ain't Armageddon then it's heading in the same direction
D7D7
Got to hoe till you'll drop, with a hole in your shoe
D7D7
On a mouthful of cockatoo stew
     G+G
On our Selection

Verse 3:
G+G
We planted barley, barley died
G+G
We planted oat, it never tried
G+G
We're planting corn, now let us pray

Chorus:
G+G             C majorC    D MajorD
Just another day on our Selection
D MajorD    G+G
On our Selection

Bridge:
D7D7
No butter, no bread, no blankets on the bed
D7D7                         G+G
And poor Dad, bloody mad, still dreaming of a resurrection
D7D7
Well you gotta silly or you gotta be a saint
D7D7                         G+G
Because it ain't a lot of fun here living on our selection

Verse 3:
G+G
The sky is blue, the meat is green
G+G
The axe is blunt, but Dad's still keen
G+G
He says we're lucky (hip hooray)

Chorus:
G+G             C majorC    D MajorD
Just another day on our Selection
D MajorD    G+G    D MajorD
On our Selection

Outro:
D MajorD    G+G    D MajorD
On our Selection
D MajorD    G+G
On our Selection