{"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":2499180,"song":"Shearers Lament","artist":"Gordon Bok","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11508650-shearers-lament-chords-by-gordon-bok/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2499180?type=chord","rating":0.00623,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe finished shearing sheep, out west of the Paroo[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd now it's rained three inches, we don't know what to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA week ago the sand was loose, the dust blew every day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd now the mud is two feet deep and we can't get away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've just been talking to the boss, you all know Hector Cope[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe says the Bull is two miles wide, to cross it there's no hope[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou hear a lot of people swear about the dough we make[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Dm7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut they forget the price of beer and all the combs we break[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt might have been a good job once, those old hands had their breaks[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey pushed a cart from shed to shed and lived on johnnycakes[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey had more time to do the job and they worked nine hours a day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd after paying for their grub, one pound-a-hundred made[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow why I took this job on, I just can't understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf the bloody sheep ain't waterlogged, the cows are full of sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA man is doubled up all day, half-blinded by his sweat[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Dm7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when the darkness comes around, cooped up in a mozzie net[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI think I'll give this job away, I'm tired of being greasy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've heard about a fencing job, they tell me it's dead easy[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["C","Dm","G","A","Dm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}