On Our Selection Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: G Verse 1: G The creek is dry, so the cow G We're all broke, so the plow G The horse is lame, the chooks won't lay Chorus: G C D Just another day on our Selection D G On our Selection Verae 2: G The year we came, we had a drought G And floods they put the bushfires out G The wind blew half the place away

Chorus: G C D Just another day on our Selection D G On our Selection Bridge: D7 When the blowfly's roar and the yellow dogs howl D7 G If it ain't Armageddon then it's heading in the same direction D7 Got to hoe till you'll drop, with a hole in your shoe D7 On a mouthful of cockatoo stew G On our Selection Verse 3: G We planted barley, barley died G We planted oat, it never tried G We're planting corn, now let us pray Chorus: G C D Just another day on our Selection D G On our Selection Bridge: D7 No butter, no bread, no blankets on the bed D7 G And poor Dad, bloody mad, still dreaming of a resurrection D7 Well you gotta silly or you gotta be a saint D7 G Because it ain't a lot of fun here living on our selection Verse 3: G The sky is blue, the meat is green G The axe is blunt, but Dad's still keen G He says we're lucky (hip hooray) Chorus: G C D Just another day on our Selection D G D On our Selection Outro: D G D On our Selection D G On our Selection