Chords for The Old Australian Ways

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[C] The London lights [G] are far up in [Am] behind the bank [F] of cloud _
[C] _ _ Along [G] the shore the gas lights [Am] gling, the gale [F] is piping loud
[C] _ And down the [G] channel, _ roping [Am] blind, we drive her [F] through the haze
[C] _ Towards the [G] land we left _ [C] behind, the good old [F] land of Nevermond
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] And old Australian [C] _ ways, [G] _ _ _ _
[C] the narrow [G] ways of English boat
Are [Am] not for such [F] as we, _
[C] _ they bear the [G] long accustomed
Yoke [Am] of Skade _ [F] Conservancy _
[C] But all our [G] roads are new and [Am] strange, and through our [F] blood they run _ _
[C] _ _ The [G] vagabonding love of change that [C] drove us [F] westward of the rain
[C] And _ _ [G] westward of [C] the sun
_ [G] The _ _ _
[C] city folk [G] go to and fro [Am] behind the [F] prison's bar _
[C] They never feel [G] the breezes blow [Am] and never see the stars
[C] They never hear [G] in blossom trees [Am] the music low [F] and sweet _
[C] Of wild birds [G] making _ melodies, [C] _ nor catch the [F] little laughing breeze
[C] That _ whispers [G] in _ [C] the wind
_ _ [G] Our _ _
[C] _ fathers came of roving stock [F] that could not fix [G] the bike _
[C] And we have followed [G] field [C] and flock since ere we [F] learnt [G] to ride _
[C] By miners' [G] camp and cheering shed, [Am] _
in land of heat [F] and drought _
We _ _ [C] _ _ followed where [G] our fortunes led, _ [C] with fortune [F] always on our head
[C] And _ [G] always _ further
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[G] _ _ _ [C] The wind is in [G] the barley grass, [Am] the wattles are in [F] bloom
_ [C] _ The breezes [G] greet us as they pass with [Am] friendly sweet [C]
[F] perfume
_ [Am] _ [C] The parakeets go [G] screaming by [Am] with flash of golden [F] wing
_ _ And _ [C] _
_ from the swamp [G] the wild ducks cry [C] their long drawn note [F] of _ [C] reverie
_ _ _ _ [G] Rejoicing at the [C] spring
So [G] _ _ _ _
[C] throw the weary [G] pen aside and [Am] let the papers [F] rest
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For we must saddle [G] up and ride [Am] toward [C] the blue [F] hills' crest
[C] _
And we must travel [G] far and fast [Am] across [C] their rugged [F] maze _ _
To _ [C] _ _ find the spring [G] of youth that lasts
[C] _ And call back from [F] the buried [C] past the old _
[G] _ _ Australian [C] ways
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When _ [C] _ Clancy took the drover's track [F] in years of long [C]
ago
He [F] drifted to [C] the outer back beyond the [G] overflow
_ _ _ [C] By rolling [G] plain and rocky shelf, _ [Am] _ he stuck whip [F] in his hand
_ He _ _ [C] _
reached at [G] last, oh lucky of
[C] The town of [F] come and help [C] yourself in rough _ [G] and _ dready [C] land
_ [G] And _ _ _ [C] if it be [G] that you would [Am] know the tracks he used [F] to ride
_ [C] _ Then you must [G] saddle up and go [Am] beyond the Queensland [F] _ _ _ [C] side
Beyond the reach [G] of rule or law [Am] to ride the long [F] day through
_ _ In [C] _ _ nature's [G] homestead filled with awe
[C] You then might [F] see what Clancy saw [C] and know _ [G] what _ Clancy [C] knew
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