{"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":2244595,"song":"Innaminka Muster","artist":"Slim Dusty","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11472795-innaminka-muster-chords-by-slim-dusty/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2244595?type=chord","rating":0.1363,"votes":0,"content":"[tab]e|-----0--0---0-|\r\nB|-----1--1---1-|\r\nG|-----0--0---0-|\r\nD|-----2--2---2-| Continue strumming pattern and do the same style with the different chords.\r\nA|--03----3-3---|\r\nE|-3----3-------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, they'd mustered all the cattle on the Innamincka run,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd also on Cordilla Downs the same thing had been done,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey shifted all the cows an' calves, the bullocks and the steers,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe biggest bank tell muster job for many, many years.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh the Diamantina channels and the lignum now are bare[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome wide eyed long horned pikers were all they'd left out there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNext day the helicopters came and cleared them from the run,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe mickeys didn't stand a chance, they shot 'em one by one.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDisease and blight had struck the herd, the beasts all had to go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo save the export market and increase the money flow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThough it wasn't a very pretty scene to see the pikers fall,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd pilot of the chopper, didn't like the job at all.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the stockmen riding shotgun did his best to keep it clean,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe tried his best for one shot kills to ease the grizzly scene,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut soon the job was over and the land allowed to spell,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOnce again the stony desert had a tragic tale to tell.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]    \r\n[ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]     \r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]        \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey wait now for the seasons to rejuvenate the land,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRestock again with breeders and keep them well in hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh the flood plains then will prosper and the blight will be no more,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOnce more the stockmen riding, like they used to do before.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the cattle camps be busy with a new and stronger breed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs they muster through the lignum where the cattle love to feed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThrough the sand hills of Cordilla or the Innamincka Plains,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOnce more we'll see the stockmen's hands rest slightly on the reins.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAt the Innamincka muster, there were choppers in the sky,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCattle country gun ships with the rifleman on high,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh the pikers didn't stand a chance, cattle war was won,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBeside the stony desert where they shot 'em one by one.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOld timers had another way, they'd very seldom fail,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo block the way with mickey, and throw him by the tail,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut now the ringer's airborne, helicopters on the go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the Diamantina country where the channels waters flow.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere the channels waters flow.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC       G    C\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC       G   F    \nG      C   F     \nG C D","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","C","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]}}}