{"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":2507631,"song":"Broken Down Squatter","artist":"Gordon Bok","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11509883-broken-down-squatter-chords-by-gordon-bok/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2507631?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nCome, Stumpy, old man, we must shift while we can[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll your mates in the paddock are dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe must say our farewells to Glen Eva's sweet dells[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the hills where your master was bred[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nTogether to roam from our drought-stricken home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSeems hard that such things have to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard on a horse, when he's naught for a boss[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut a broken-down squatter like me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor the banks are all broken, they say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the merchants are all up a tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen the bigwigs are brought to the bankruptcy court[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat chance for a squatter like me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo more shall we muster the river for strays[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr hunt on the fifteen-mile plain[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOr dash through the scrub by the light of the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOr see the old homestead again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nLeave the slip-railings down, they don't matter much now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor there's none but the crow left to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPerching gaunt on the pine, as though longing to dine[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn a broken-down squatter like me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor the banks are all broken, they say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the merchants are all up a tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen the bigwigs are brought to the bankruptcy court[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat chance for a squatter like me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen the country was cursed with the drought at its worst[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the cattle were dying in scores[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThough down on me luck, I kept up me pluck[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThinking justice might soften the laws[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut the farce had been played, and the government aid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAin't extended to squatters, old son[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen me money was spent, they doubled the rent[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd resumed the best part of the run[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor the banks are all broken, they say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the merchants are all up a tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen the bigwigs are brought to the bankruptcy court[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat chance for a squatter like me?[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC   Bb  F\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","Bb","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}