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No Capo
Suggested Strumming: Pick and Strum with alternating bass strings.
[Intro]
|   D|   C|   D|   C|
|   A|   D|    ||
You may tDalk of the Gringer from QDueensland,
The big shearing gun from the weAst,
They are men who have proven their value,
E7Whenever they're put to the tesA7t,
But if Dyou ever lGooked to the Dmountains,
And the south where it snows and it rainEs,
Have you tAhought of the men from the Snowy,
And the cattlemen from the high plaDins.
From the hGigh plains away above Dargo
In the aDlps where the snow daisy B7grows.
Where the wEild mountain herds are grazin'
Beneath the shadow of mountains of sA7now,
Where the Dcattlemen sGearch every Dcranny,
When they muster at each summer's eEnd,
In their rAain batter hats and their oil skins,
From the high plains, come real cattlemeDn,
[Chorus]
They're a pGart of Australia's history,
Their Dheritage all be the sB7ame,
IA7f nobody cares what is happening,
To the cattlemen from the high pDlains.
[Intrumental]
|   A7|   D|   ||
After oDne fifty Gyears they can Dtake it,
All the hardship the mountains can giA7ve,
They hand onto each generation,
Their cE7aring, their live and let lA7ive,
All the sDteep mountain tGracks and the gDullies,
Which one knows like the palm of his hE7and,
There's no rA7oom here for too many new chums
In the mountain cattleman's lDand.
So I gGuess that you'll never believe me,
When you Dhear what they're plannin' to B7do,
Down in tEown, mate, they're writin' the law now,
That the man from the high plains must A7go,
Take his hDerds from the mGountains and Dridges,
Leave the land where his forefathers rE7eigned,
With the swAeep of the pen they want to write out,
The cattlemen from the high plaiDns,
[Chorus]
They're a pGart of Australia's history,
Their Dheritage all be the sB7ame,
IA7f nobody cares what is happening,
To the cattlemen from the high pDlains.
[tag]
Just a bA7it more freedom goes with them,
The cattlemen from the high...
[Outro]
     |   D|   C| D   G   D  G| D   G    D||
...plains.

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Cattlemen From The High Plains

by Slim Dusty

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

No Capo

Suggested Strumming: Pick and Strum with alternating bass strings.

[Intro]

D C D C

| | | | |

A D

| | | ||

D G D

You may talk of the ringer from Queensland,

The big shearing gun from the west,

They are men who have proven their value,

E7 A7

Whenever they're put to the test,

D G D

But if you ever looked to the mountains,

And the south where it snows and it rains,

Have you thought of the men from the Snowy,

And the cattlemen from the high plains.

From the high plains away above Dargo

D B7

In the alps where the snow daisy grows.

Where the wild mountain herds are grazin'

Beneath the shadow of mountains of snow,

D G D

Where the cattlemen search every cranny,

When they muster at each summer's end,

In their rain batter hats and their oil skins,

From the high plains, come real cattlemen,

[Chorus]

They're a part of Australia's history,

D B7

Their heritage all be the same,

If nobody cares what is happening,

To the cattlemen from the high plains.

[Intrumental]

A7 D

| | | ||

D G D

After one fifty years they can take it,

All the hardship the mountains can give,

They hand onto each generation,

E7 A7

Their caring, their live and let live,

D G D

All the steep mountain tracks and the gullies,

Which one knows like the palm of his hand,

There's no room here for too many new chums

In the mountain cattleman's land.

So I guess that you'll never believe me,

D B7

When you hear what they're plannin' to do,

Down in town, mate, they're writin' the law now,

That the man from the high plains must go,

D G D

Take his herds from the mountains and ridges,

Leave the land where his forefathers reigned,

With the sweep of the pen they want to write out,

The cattlemen from the high plains,

[Chorus]

They're a part of Australia's history,

D B7

Their heritage all be the same,

If nobody cares what is happening,

To the cattlemen from the high plains.

[tag]

Just a bit more freedom goes with them,

The cattlemen from the high...

[Outro]

D C D G D G D G D

| | | | ||

...plains.

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