Tom: G5 ( G5 ) Way out west where the rain don't fall Got a job with a company drilling for oil ( D5 ) Just to make some change ( G5 ) Living and working on the land ( G5 ) I quit my job and I left my wife Headed out west for a brand new life ( D5 ) Just to get away ( G5 ) Living and working on the land [ Chorus ] ( C5 ) ( C5 ) ( A5 ) What a change it's been ( G5 ) Working from nine to five ( C5 ) ( C5 ) ( A5 ) What a change it's been ( D5 ) At last I got the feeling that Im really alive They give you a house made out of fibro cement You dont need no money cause you dont pay no rent Yeah it's all so cheap Living and working on the land la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la Living and working on the land Nothing much to do on a Saturday night Get into some booze and maybe a fight Cause it's tough out here Living and working on the land Way out west where the rain dont fall Got a job with a company drilling for oil and I aint never gonna leave Living and working on the land la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la Living and working on the land