Diamantina Drover, The

artist:John Williamson

, writer:Hugh McDonald

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 {title: Diamantina Drover, The}
{artist: John Williamson}
{key: Am}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlOopS_QD4o  Capo 1
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[C]  [G]  [Am]  [C]  [G]  [Am] 
The [C] faces in the [G] photograph have [Am] faded
And I [Am] can't believe he [C] looks so much like [F] me
For it's [Am] been ten years to-[Em]day
Since I [Dm] left for Old Cork [Am] Station
Sayin' [Dm] I won't be [F] back till the [G] drovin's [Am] done. 

For the [F] rain never [C] falls on the [G] dusty Diaman-[Am]tina
And a [Am] drover finds it [C] hard to change his [F] mind  [G]  
For the [Am] years have surely [Em] gone
Like the [F] drays from Old Cork [Am] Station
[Dm] And I won't be [F] back till the [G] drovin's [Am] done 

Well it [C] seems like the [G] sun comes up each [Am] mornin'
[Am] Sets me up and [C] takes it all a-[F]way
For the [Am] dreaming by the [Em] light
Of the [Dm] camp fire at [Am] night
[Dm] Ends with the [F] burning [G] by the [Am] day 

For the [F] rain never [C] falls on the [G] dusty Diaman-[Am]tina
And a [Am] drover finds it [C] hard to change his [F] mind  [G]  
For the [Am] years have surely [Em] gone
Like the [F] drays from Old Cork [Am] Station
[Dm] And I won't be [F] back till the [G] drovin's [Am] done.
 
[C]   [G]   [Am]      [C]   [G]   [Am]   
Some-[C]times I think I'll [G] settle back in [Am] Sydney
But it's [Am] been so long it's [C] hard to change my [F] mind
For the [Am] cattle trail goes [Em] on and on
And the [Dm] fences roll for-[Am]ever
[Dm] And I won't be [F] back till the [G] drovin's [Am] done. 

For the [F] rain never [C] falls on the [G] dusty Diaman-[Am]tina
And a [Am] drover finds it [C] hard to change his [F] mind  [G]  
For the [Am] years have surely [Em] gone
Like the [F] drays from Old Cork [Am] Station
[Dm] I won't be [F] back till the [G] drovin's [Am] done 

For the [F] rain never [C] falls on the [G] dusty Diaman-[Am]tina
And a [Am] drover finds it [C] hard to change his [F] mind  [G]  
For the [Am] years have surely [Em] gone
Like the [F] drays from Old Cork [Am] Station
[Dm] And I won't be [F] back till the [G] drovin's [Am] done.

Song Info

Title: Diamantina Drover, The

Artist: John Williamson

Writer: Hugh McDonald

Song Types: Country, Folk

Key: Am

Info: Redgum were an Australian folk and political music group formed in Adelaide in 1975 by singer-songwriter John Schumann, Michael Atkinson on guitars/vocals, Verity Truman on flute/vocals; they were later joined by Hugh McDonald on fiddle and Chris Timms on violin. All four had been students at Flinders University and together developed a strong political voice. They are best known for their protest song exploring the impact of war in the 1980s "I Was Only 19", which peaked at #1 on the National singles charts. The song is in the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) list of Top 30 of All Time Best Australian Songs created in 2001.

Redgum also covered Australian consumer influences on surrounding nations in 1984's "I've Been To Bali Too", both hit singles were written by Schumann. "The Diamantina Drover", written by Timms' replacement, violinist/vocalist Hugh McDonald and "Poor Ned", written by Trevor Lucas of Fairport Convention, are examples of their bush songs.

John Robert Williamson AM (born 1 November 1945) is an Australian country music and folk music singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist, television host and conservationist. Williamson usually writes and performs songs that relate to the history and culture of Australia, particularly the outback, in a similar vein to Slim Dusty and Buddy Williams before him. Williamson has released over fifty albums, ten videos, five DVDs, and two lyric books and has sold more than 4,000,000 albums in Australia. His best known hit is "True Blue". On Australia Day (26 January) in 1992 Williamson was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) with the citation: "for service to Australian country music and in stimulating awareness of conservation issues". He has received twenty-six Golden Guitar trophies at the Country Music Awards of Australia, he has won three ARIA Music Awards for Best Country Album and, in 2010, was inducted into the related Hall of Fame.

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artist:John Williamson

, writer:Hugh McDonald

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