Elton John – The Drovers Ballad (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
D G x8
[Verse 1]
D G From the sunburnt plains of far off North Australia D A Came a fella born to ride the wide brown land Em Bm G Oh he grew up running wild, but soon by all was styled D A As the country's greatest-ever droving man D G Oh his legend rode the winds from Broome to Darwin D A They loved and loathed him right from end to end Em Bm G For when the drover gave his heart to a girl whose skin was dark D A D From that day on he was no white man's friend
[Chorus]
G Bm So goes The Drover's story, you'll hear it near and far G D And in the end it's all he'll ever own Bm F#m It says the outcast is a free man if he sleeps under the stars C Em A Makes the blanket of the southern skies his home
[Verse 2]
D G Then they called him up to fight for Mother England D A In a far off war that spilled his brother's blood Em Bm G Inside the jaws of Hell, where both his brothers fell D A He just watched his faith in man die in the mud D G There was no hero's welcome for The Drover D A Just a country that had turned its back on him Em Bm G When he came home from the war, his sick wife, they would not cure D A D They let her die, for the colour of her skin
[Chorus]
G Bm So goes The Drover's story, you'll hear it near and far G D And in the end it's all he'll ever own Bm F#m It says the outcast is a free man if he sleeps under the stars C Em A Makes the blanket of the southern skies his home
[Instrumental]
F C G Eb Bb F x2 G A A
[Verse 3]
D G The Drover is a man of constant shadows D A Haunted by his pain, his past and name Em Bm G For every mile he rides, what he cannot hide D A D Is the longing in his heart to love again
[Chorus]
G Bm So goes The Drover's story, you'll hear it near and far G D And in the end it's all he'll ever own Bm F#m It says the outcast is a free man if he sleeps under the stars C Em A A Makes the blanket of the southern skies his home
[Outro]
C Em D Blanket of the southern skies his home G D G Gsus G D His home