Droving Woman Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C]She[Am] buri[F]ed[Dm][C][Am][F][Dm][C]
him [Am]down on the [F]edge of town
Where the [C]brick load suck[Am]ers
on the [F]cemetery creep
[Dm]She [C]stood with them [Am]children
in a [F]heavy brown gown
[Dm]What [C]you want,
you just [Am]can't always [F]keep
I'm [C]sorry, I [Am]says, well,
[F]I knew him so well
Though [Dm]your [C]body's [Am]young,
just nev[F]er can tell
When [Dm]the h[C]and of f[Am]ate
brings the [F]final death knell
[Dm]She just turne[C]d with the sadde[Am]st smile[F]s
She [C]says at [Am]the start, well,
we [F]knew it so hard
We [Dm]were [C]always [Am]dealt the [F]severest cards
Hon[C]eymoon [Am]spent, drove in [F]jammers
and stocked through [Dm]the wild [C]this win[Am] ter,
he [F]seemed
[C]Ro mantic no[Am]tions of
[F]horses and lam[Dm]b,
they [C]were soon dispelled
[Am]As a fanta[F]sized drea[Dm]m,
watching [C]cattle at night
[Am]In the midwi[F]nter cold,
turns a [C]person both [Am]wiry and [F]older
And the [C]flame of the break[Am]fast fire
[F]would be dead
As [Am]the s[C]un rose [Am]up,
he'd [F]be miles ahead
I'd [Am]be b[C]reakin' th[Am]e camp there
[F]and rollin' the bed[Dm]s
[F]While [Dm]he f[C]anned the stock wi[Am]de a[C]t th[Am]e feeder[F][C][Am]
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[C]When [F]the [C]weather turned [Am]sour
with [F]the onset of rain
[Dm]The [C]truck would bog down
[Am]to the axle [F]mains
[Dm]He'd [C]move ahe[Am]ad with pikes,
[F]saddles, and [Dm]chains
[F]And [Dm]I'd wait [C]in the mud[Am] by the road
[F]With the bla[C]nkets and
[Am]canvas they hun[F]g out
But [Dm]noth[C]ing for [Am]heat,
cause you [F]couldn't light a fire
With [Dm]no st[C]op per m[Am]it
for the [F]forthcoming shire
[Dm]The dogs would whimp[C]er
in the [Am]winter wind rain
[F]And[C] carols don't cam[Am]p
when they're [F]sloshing in [Dm]rain
[F]You [Dm]keep walk[C]ing all night
[Am]like a dog o[F]n a chain
You'd be [C]red -eyed and weary
[Am]with a pack [F]of scorned lame[Dm]
while I'm sitting [C]miles
[Am]behind in [F]the mud
And if it was [C]down through [Am]Charleville
up to [F]Julia Creek
[Dm]Living on syru[C]p and damper
[Am]and salt[F]ed cornmeat[Am]
[F]We [Am]had n[C]othing but the ruse
[Am]and the [F]mailman to meet
We'd move [C]up and [Am]down with the [F]ranger[C][Am]
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But the [C]middling [Am]skies
of the [F]starriest of nights
Were [Dm]the d[C]ance of the fire
[Am]-throwing flic[F]ker of light
[Dm]The [C]beauty of its [Am]sunsets
were a [F]constant delight
I [Am]found nature [C]had let[Am] me intrud[F]e it
The [C]enormous vast[Am]ness
of the [F]Midland Plains
Gives [Dm]you [C]a lonely content[Am]ment
for which you [F]can't put a [Dm]name
It's a [C]satisfied glow
[Am]city folks seldo[F]m attain
[Dm]They spend [C]life on a [Am]right rigid rail
[F]And the[C] kids got their sch[Am]ooling
from the [F]government [Dm]mail
[F]He [Dm]poste[C]d there work[Am]ing
at [F]each cattle sale
They [Dm]con s[C]idered the l[Am]earning
a [F]self -imposed jail
[Dm]They'd rather [C]help their [Am]father and [F]pal[C][Am][F][Dm][C][Am]
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[C]Early last [Am]month at the [F]end of the grind
He was [C]given a [Am]horse nobody [F]could ride
Aler[C]t were his e[Am]ars
with [F]a fire in each stride
He [Dm]was young [C]and his spi[Am]rit was wil[F]d
To [C]catch him each [Am]mornin'
was an [F]hour -long [Am]battle
[Dm]He had to ca[C]ll a rope hi[Am]s nearside
to throw [F]on the saddle
He'd [C]bite and he'd [Am]strike,
he [F]made my nerves rattle
Pan[Dm]de mo[C]nium r[Am]eigned with each r[F]ide
There was a [C]hot summer's morn[Am]in'
at the [F]government ball
[Am]There was [C]stillness around
[Am]I'd not [F]felt before[Am]
[F]How [Am]coul[C]d he know[Am]
it was [F]fate at his door
[Dm]That was steal[C]thily watchin' h[Am]is moves
[F]He mounted[C] up qui[Am]ck,
takin' [F]slack from the re[Am]ins
Crossed the [C]forehand of [Am]here
from [F]the horse's long [Am]mane
[C]Just hit the saddle
[Am]when the h[F]orse went insane
[Dm]Churning [C]dust in a [Am]frenzy of [F]fear
And the [C]girth on the saddle
[Am]let go a[F]t the ring[Am]
And [C]the sir's single [Am]slip
was im[F]possible to cling
[Dm]The hors[C]e fell it go[Am],
made a [F]desperate cling
[Dm]He w[C]as thrown to the l[Am]ength of the r[F]e ins
I [C]heard his spine [Am]snap
like a [F]room shooter's shot
He [Dm]bus t[C]ed h[Am]is back on
the con[F]crete he dropped
[Dm]Sick[C]ness a[Am]nd fear were
the feel[F]ings I got
For the doc[C]tor with a [Am]six
-hour [F]drive route
Well, I [C]looked at his [Am]face
and his [F]color turned white
Turned [C]slowly and [Am]said,
can't [F]make it till night
[Dm]My b[C]ody is b[Am]roken.
I'm [F]bleeding inside
[Dm]and the [C]life slowly [Am]drained his [F]eyes[C][Am][F][Dm][C][Am]
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I'll [C]sail up the plain
[Am]and I'll move [F]here to to[Dm]wn
[F]Before [Dm]the w[C]inter return[Am]s
with a [F]chill on the ground
[Dm]For what I[C] just lo[Am]st can
sel[F]dom be found
[Dm]I wa[C]s blessed with the gen[Am]tlest of men[F]
And [C]eventually the chil[Am]dren
will [F]move to the east
[Dm]But I could[C]n't stand the bustle
[Am]Even a quiet[F] city street
[Dm]I'll [C]stay in the scrub [Am]here
Where my [F]heart really beat[Dm]s
For some [C]dogs grow [Am]too old for [F]changin'

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
We [F]are the leaders,
we are [C]the [Am]leaders
[F]We are the lead[Dm]ers,
[C]we are[Am] the lea[F]der[Dm]s