Amanda Palmer – The Drovers Boy (Guitar)
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G They couldn't understand why the drover cried D As they buried the drover's boy G The Drover had always seemed so hard D To the men in his employ Am G A bolting horse, the stirrup lost D And the drover's boy was dead Em D Em D The shovelled dirt, a mumbled word Em Am And it's back to the road ahead C D Em And forget about the drover's boy
Forget about the drover's boy
G And they couldn't understand why the drover cut D A lock of the dead boy's hair G And put it in the band of his battered old hat D As they watched him standing there Am G And he told them to take the cattle on D I'll sit with the boy a while Em D Em D A silent thought, a pipe to smoke Em Am And it's ride another mile C D Em And forget about the drover's boy
Forget about the drover's boy
G And they couldn't make out why the drover and the boy D Always camped so far away G For the tall white man and the slim black boy D Never had much to say Am G And the boy would be gone at the break of dawn D Tail the horses, carry on Em D Em D While the drover roused the sleeping men
Emn Am
Daylight – hit the road again
C D Em And follow the drover's boy
Follow the drover's boy
In the Camooweal Pub they talked about
The death of the drover's boy
They drank their rum with the stranger who'd come
From the Kimberley run, Fitzroy
And he told of the massacre in the west
Barest details – guess the rest
Shoot the bucks, grab a gin
Cut her hair, break her in
And call her a boy – the drover's boy
Em Call her a boy – the drover's boy Am G So when they build that stockman's hall of fame D And they talk about the droving game Em D Em D Remember the girl who was bedmate and guide Em D Em D Rode with the drover side by side Em D Em D Watched the bullocks, flayed the hide Em D Em D Faithful wife but never bride Em D Em D Bred his sons for the cattle run Em But don't weep for the drover's boy Em Don't mourn for the drover's boy
But don't forget the drover's boy