Song:    The Droving Woman  (Live)
Artists: Paul Kelly, Dan Kelly & Missy Higgins
URL:     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fm27zZ4psw;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kev_Carmody
Written: Kev Carmody
Tempo:   4|4
Style:   Moderato

Capo 6

Chords:  EADGBe
C:       332010
Am:      X02210
G:       320003
F:       133211

Intro:
|C  Am (x02210@1)G|C  Am (x02210@1)G|C  Am (x02210@1)G|C  G (320003@1)F|

Verse 1:
      C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)        GWell, (320003@1)she buried him down on the edge of the town,
      C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)            GWhere (320003@1)the brigalow suckers, on the cemetery creep.
    C (x32010@1)        Am (x02210@1)               GShe (320003@1)stood with them children in a heavy brown gown,
         C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)          FWhat (133211@1)you want you just can't always keep.

Verse 2:
      C (x32010@1)         Am (x02210@1)     G"Well (320003@1)I'm sorry", I said, "I knew him so well",
       C (x32010@1)                      GThough (320003@1)your body is young, well you never can tell.
     Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)         Am (x02210@1)         GWhen (320003@1)the hand of fate brings it's fateful death knell",
         C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)          FShe (133211@1)just turned with the slightest of smiles.

Verse 3:
    C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)          GShe (320003@1)said "From the start well we knewed it so hard,
   C (x32010@1)         Am (x02210@1)       GWe (320003@1)were always handed the severest of cards.
C (x32010@1)         Am (x02210@1)          GA (320003@1)honeymoon spent droving Jamieson's stock,
C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)           FThrough (133211@1)the wildest winter you've seen.

Verse 4:
       C (x32010@1)      Am (x02210@1)       GAnd (320003@1)my Romantic notions of horses and land,
          C (x32010@1)      Am (x02210@1)        GThey (320003@1)were soon dis-pelled as a fantasised dream.
         C (x32010@1)       Am (x02210@1)         GWatching (320003@1)cattle at night in the mid-winter cold,
        C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)      FTurns (133211@1)a person, both wiry and old.

Verse 5:
     C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)           GWell (320003@1)the flame of the breakfast fire'd be dead,
   C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)         GAs (320003@1)the sun rose up, well you move up ahead.
       C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)        GI'd (320003@1)be breaking the camp up and rolling the beds,
       C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)             FAs (133211@1)you fanned the stock wider for feed.

Verse 6:
         C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)          GWhen (320003@1)the weather turned sour with the onset of rain,
        C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)        GAn' (320003@1)the truck'd bogged down to the axle main.
     C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)            GWe'd (320003@1)move up ahead then with pack saddles and chains,
    C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)        FAnd (133211@1)I'd wait in the mud by the road.

Verse 7:
         C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)           GWith (320003@1)the blankets and the canvas all hung out to dry,
        C (x32010@1)         Am (x02210@1)               GThere's (320003@1)nothing for heating 'cause you couldn't light a fire.
    C (x32010@1)      Am (x02210@1)           GAnd (320003@1)no stock permit for the forthcoming shire.
    C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)         F(No (133211@1)lyric line)

Verse 8:
    C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)               GFor (320003@1)the cattle don't camp where they're sloshing in rain,
     C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)                     GThey (320003@1)keep walking forward all night like a dog on a chain.
    C (x32010@1)                  Am (x02210@1)         GAnd (320003@1)he'd be red eyed and weary with a pack horse turned lame,
        C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)           FAnd (133211@1)I'd wait miles behind in the mud.

Instrumental Solo 1: (Violin over)
|C  Am (x02210@1)G|C (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)G|C  Am (x02210@1)G|C  G (320003@1)F|

Verse 9:
       C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)              GIt (320003@1)was down through Charleville up to Julia Creek,
          C (x32010@1)       Am (x02210@1)       GLiving (320003@1)on syrup and damper and salted corn meat.
       C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)         GWe (320003@1)had nothing but the 'roos and the mailman to meet,
     C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)           FWe'd (133211@1)move up and down with the rains.

Verse 10:
    C (x32010@1)         Am (x02210@1)           GBut (320003@1)them inland skies have the starriest of nights,
         C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)          GWith (320003@1)the dance of the fire throwing flickering lights.
    C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)           GThe (320003@1)beauty of it's sunsets were a constant delight,
       C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)        FI (133211@1)felt that nature had let me intrude.

Verse 11:
    C (x32010@1)      Am (x02210@1)             GThe (320003@1)enormous vastness of them inland plains,
       C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)                     GBrings (320003@1)you a lonely contentment to which you can't put a name.
     C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)       GIt's (320003@1)a satisfied glow city folks seldom attain,
     C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)         FThey (133211@1)spend their life on a right rigid rail.

Verse 12:
    C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)               GThe (320003@1)kids got their schooling from the government mail,
   C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)             GWe (320003@1)posted their work off at each cattle sale.
C (x32010@1)             Am (x02210@1)              GThey (320003@1)considered their learning, a self imposed jail,
       C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)              FThey'd (133211@1)rather help their father and fail.

Instrumental Solo 2: (Violin over)
|C  Am (x02210@1)G|C Am (x02210@1)G|C  Am (x02210@1)G|C  G (320003@1)F|

Verse 13:
      C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)       GEarly (320003@1)last month at the end of the dry,
       C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)     GHe (320003@1)was given a horse no-body could ride.
C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)        GAlert (320003@1)were his ears with a fire in his stride,
       C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)        FHe (133211@1)was young and his spirit was wild.

Verse 14:
   C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)           GTo (320003@1)catch him each morning was an hour long battle,
          C (x32010@1)             Am (x02210@1)         GWe (320003@1)had to collar rope his near side to throw on the saddle.
        C (x32010@1)      Am (x02210@1)            GOr (320003@1)he'd bite and he'd strike, he made my nerves rattle,
      C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)               FPande-monium (133211@1)reigned with each ride.

Verse 15:
         C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)           GIt (320003@1)was a hot summers' mornin' at the government bore,
            C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)            GThere (320003@1)was a stillness around like I've never felt before.
             C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1)            GHow (320003@1)could he know it was fate at his door,
         C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)          FThat (133211@1)was stealthily watchin' his moves.

Verse 16:
   C (x32010@1)        Am (x02210@1)         GHe (320003@1)mounted up quick taking slack from the reins,
        C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)          GGrabbed (320003@1)a full hand of hair from the horse's long mane.
     C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)           GHe'd (320003@1)just hit the saddle when the horse went insane,
         C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)       FChurning (133211@1)dust in a frenzy of fear.

Verse 17:
    C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)          GThe (320003@1)girth on the saddle let go at the ring,
    C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)              GThe (320003@1)surcingle slipped it was impossible to cling.
               C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)      GThe (320003@1)horse felt it go made a desperate fling,
       C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)           FHe (133211@1)was thrown to the length of the reins.

Verse 18:
    C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)             GAnd (320003@1)I heard his spine snap like a 'roo shooters' shot,
     C (x32010@1)        Am (x02210@1)        GHe'd (320003@1)busted his back on the concreted trough.
C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)              GSickness (320003@1)and fear were the feelings I got,
        C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)      FFor (133211@1)the doctor was a six hour drive.

Verse 19:
    C (x32010@1)             Am (x02210@1)                GAnd (320003@1)I looked at his face and his colour turned white,
          C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)            GHe (320003@1)turned slowly and said "I can't make it till night.
C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)         GMy (320003@1)body is broken, I'm bleedin' inside",
        C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)          FAnd (133211@1)the life slowly drained from his eyes.

Instrumental Solo 3: (Violin over)
|C  Am (x02210@1)G|C (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)G|C  Am (x02210@1)G|C  G (320003@1)F|
|C  Am (x02210@1)G|C (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)G|C  Am (x02210@1)G|C  G (320003@1)F|

Verse 20:
            C (x32010@1)                   Am (x02210@1)          G'Guess (320003@1)I'll sell up the plant now and move back to town,
           C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)         GBefore (320003@1)the winter returns with a chill on the ground.
C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)               G'Cause (320003@1)what I have lost can seldom be found,
      C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)             FI (133211@1)was blessed with the gentlest of men.

Verse 21:
           C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)        GEventually (320003@1)the children will move to the east,
               C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)                 GBut (320003@1)I couldn't stand the bustle of even a quiet city street.
C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)                      GI'll (320003@1)stay in the scrub here where my heart really beats,
    C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)        FFor (133211@1)some dogs are too old to change.

[End]

Notes:
1. As performed on SBS's 'RockWiz", The Duets - 
http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/pop-rock/rockwiz-duets-the-volume-2/281888.
2. Writing for The Courier-Mail, Noel Mengel praised the album and said that it was
"more than just another tribute album [...] a powerful album in its own right as well as an
introduction to a diverse body of work". He noted the diversity of styles of the cover 
versions and called Paul Kelly, Augie March and Missy Higgins' version of "Droving Woman"
"stunning". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannot_Buy_My_Soul
                                                                
                        
                        
                        
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