John Williamson – Diamantina Drover (Guitar)

Capo 1
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[Verse]
     C            G              Am
The faces in the photograph have faded

      Am               C                  F      
And I can't believe he looks so much like me

          Am              Em
For it's been ten years today

         Dm                Am
Since I left for Old Cork Station

       Dm          F             G        Am
Sayin' I won't be back till the drovin's done.
[Chorus]
         F         C            G           Am
For the rain never falls on the dusty Diamantina

         Am            C                 F       G
And a drover finds it hard to change his mind

         Am               Em
For the years have surely gone

          F                  Am
Like the drays from Old Cork Station

Dm                F             G       Am
  And I won't be back till the drovin's done
[Verse]
        C               G                Am
Well it seems like the sun comes up each mornin'

 Am             C             F      
Sets me up and takes it all away

        Am              Em
For the dreaming by the light

        Dm           Am
Of the camp fire at night

 Dm           F       G      Am
Ends with the burning by the day
[Chorus]
         F          C            G          Am
For the rain never falls on the dusty Diamantina

      Am              C                   F       G
And a drover finds it hard to change his mind

         Am               Em
For the years have surely gone

          F                   Am
Like the drays from Old Cork Station

Dm                F             G       Am
  And I won't be back till the drovin's done.
Lead Break: C G Am C G Am [Verse]
      C                 G              Am
Sometimes I think I'll settle back in Sydney

         Am                 C                 F     
But it's been so long it's hard to change my mind

        Am                Em
For the cattle trail goes on and on

        Dm             Am
And the fences roll forever

Dm                F            G         Am
  And I won't be back till the drovin's done.
[Chorus]
         F          C            G           Am
For the rain never falls on the dusty Diamantina

         Am            C                 F       G
And a drover finds it hard to change his mind

         Am               Em
For the years have surely gone

          F                  Am
Like the drays from Old Cork Station

Dm             F             G        Am
   I won't be back till the drovin's done
[Chorus]
         F         C            G           Am
For the rain never falls on the dusty Diamantina

       Am              C                 F       G
And a drover finds it hard to change his mind

         Am               Em
For the years have surely gone

          F                  Am
Like the drays from Old Cork Station

Dm               F              G       Am
  And I won't be back till the drovin's done.