{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1988345,"song":"Diamantina Drover","artist":"John Williamson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11444736-diamantina-drover-chords-by-john-williamson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1988345?type=chord","rating":4.76213,"votes":116,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe faces in the photograph have faded[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]      \r\nAnd I can't believe he looks so much like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor it's been ten years today[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSince I left for Old Cork Station[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSayin' I won't be back till the drovin's done.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor the rain never falls on the dusty Diamantina[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a drover finds it hard to change his mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor the years have surely gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike the drays from Old Cork Station[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  And I won't be back till the drovin's done[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell it seems like the sun comes up each mornin'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]      \r\nSets me up and takes it all away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor the dreaming by the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOf the camp fire at night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEnds with the burning by the day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor the rain never falls on the dusty Diamantina[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a drover finds it hard to change his mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor the years have surely gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike the drays from Old Cork Station[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  And I won't be back till the drovin's done.[/tab]\r\n\r\nLead Break: [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSometimes I think I'll settle back in Sydney[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]     \r\nBut it's been so long it's hard to change my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor the cattle trail goes on and on[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the fences roll forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  And I won't be back till the drovin's done.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor the rain never falls on the dusty Diamantina[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a drover finds it hard to change his mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor the years have surely gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike the drays from Old Cork Station[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   I won't be back till the drovin's done[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor the rain never falls on the dusty Diamantina[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a drover finds it hard to change his mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor the years have surely gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike the drays from Old Cork Station[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  And I won't be back till the drovin's done.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLead Break: C G Am C G Am\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","G","Am","F","Em","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}