{"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":2244687,"song":"Tania Kernaghan - Drovers Boy","artist":"Misc Unsigned Bands","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11472810-tania-kernaghan-drovers-boy-chords-by-misc-unsigned-bands/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2244687?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey couldn't understand why the drover cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs they buried the drover's boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe drover had always seemed so hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the men in his employ[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA bolting horse the stirrup lost[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the drover's boy was dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe shovelled dirt a mumbled word[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's back to the road ahead[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd forget about the drover's boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they couldn't understand why the drover cut[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA lock of the dead boy's hair[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe put it in the band of his battered old hat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs they watched him standing there[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe told them \"take the cattle on\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll sit with the boy awhile[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA silent thought a pipe to smoke[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's ride another mile[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd forget about the drover's boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey couldn't make out[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe drover and the boy\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAlways camped so far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the tall white man and the slim black boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNever had much to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the boy would be gone at the break of dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTail the horses carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile the drover roused the sleeping men[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDaylight hit the road again[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd follow the drover's boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFollow the drover's boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the Camooweal pub they talked about[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe death of the drover's boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey rank their rum with the stranger who'd come[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom the Kimberley run... Fitzroy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he told of the massacre in the west[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBarest details... guess the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShoot the boys..grab a girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCut her hair...break her in[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd call her a boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthe drover's boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo when they built that stockman's hall of fame[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they talk about the drovin' game[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRemember the girl who was bedmate and guide[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRode with the drover side by side[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWatched the bullocks frayed the hide[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFaithful wife but never bride[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBred his son's for the cattle run[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDon't weep for the drover's boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDon't mourn for the drover's boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut don't forget the drover's boy[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe drover and the boy","chords":["Em","D","A","G","Am","Gm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}