Hungry Years - Weddings, Parties, Anything A (x02220@1) G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) GMama, (320003@1)mama, come and listen now and I'll tell you what I saw G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)was down by the railway gates - I was feeling bored G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Then a goods train rolled up clickety-clack G (320003@1) DYou (xx0232@1)say there ain't no special in that A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DBut (xx0232@1)it was crowded down, it was loaded down A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DWith (xx0232@1)men all wearing rags and frowns A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)if you want to listen what I've been told A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DTonight (xx0232@1)it's on for young and old in our town, tonight in our town. G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DWon't (xx0232@1)you spare a smile, can't you shed a tear A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DIn (xx0232@1)these sad times, in these bad times in these hungry years D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) GSome (320003@1)say they are pickers, they are up for honest work G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) ASome (x02220@1)they are just hard time men, a little bit down on their luck G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DSo (xx0232@1)why is it you are frowning dad, when I say they're not that bad? A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DOh (xx0232@1)they are tired men, they're unhired men A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DThey (xx0232@1)ain't slept warm since who knows when A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)if you want to listen, if you want to know, A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DIt's (xx0232@1)caution to the wind they'll throw in our town, tonight in our town G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DWon't (xx0232@1)you spare a smile, can't you shed a tear A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DIn (xx0232@1)these sad times, in these bad times in these hungry years D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) GWe (320003@1)are very many, and you are very few G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) AAnd (x02220@1)if we want to steal your girls - that's just what we will do G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D'Cause (xx0232@1)you drove us from your cities, and you drove us from your trains A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)we are down and out in Ouyen town, and you know we are Mildura-bound A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)if you want to listen, use your brains, A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DYou'd (xx0232@1)better let us join your train and leave this town - I hate your town G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DWon't (xx0232@1)you spare a smile, can't you shed a tear A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) DIn (xx0232@1)these sad times, in these bad times in these hungry years
