[F][C][G][Am][Dm][F][G][Am]

The [C] faces in the [G] photograph are [Am] fading

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

For [F] it's [G] been [Am] ten long years to-[Em]-day

Since I [D] left for Old Cork [Am] Station

Saying [Dm] I won't be [F] back till the [G] droving's [Am] done

For the [F] rain never [C] falls on the [G] dusty Diaman-[Am]-tina

A [Am] drover finds it [C] hard to change his [F] mind

[F] For [G] the [Am] years have surely [Em] gone

Like the [D] drays from Old Cork [Am] Station

And [Dm] I won't be [F] back till the [G] droving's [Am] done

It [C] seems like the [G] sun comes up each [Am] morning

[Am] Sets me up, then [C] takes it all a-[F]-way

[F] For [G] the [Am] dreaming by the [Em] light

Of the [D] campfire at [Am] night

[Dm] Ends with the [F] burning [G] light of [Am] day

For the [F] rain never [C] falls on the [G] dusty Diaman-[Am]-tina

A [Am] drover finds it [C] hard to change his [F] mind

[F] For [G] the [Am] years have surely [Em] gone

Like the [D] drays from Old Cork [Am] Station

And [Dm] I won't be [F] back till the [G] droving's [Am] done

[C][G][Am]

[Am][C][F]

[F][G][Am][Em][D][Am]

[Dm][F][G][Am]

[F][C][G][Am]

[Am][C][F]

[F][G][Am][Em][D][Am]

[Dm][F][G][Am]

I [C] sometimes think I'll [G] settle back in [Am] Sydney

But it's [Am] been so long and it's [C] hard to change your [F] mind

[F] For [G] the [Am] cattle trail goes [Em] on and on

And the [D] fences roll for-[Am]-ever

And [Dm] I won't be [F] back when the [G] droving's [Am] done

For the [F] rain never [C] falls on the [G] dusty Diaman-[Am]-tina

A [Am] drover finds it [C] hard to change his [F] mind

[F] For [G] the [Am] years have surely [Em] gone

Like the [D] drays from Old Cork [Am] Station

And [Dm] I won't be [F] back when the [G] droving's [Am] done

[F][C][G][Am][Dm][F][G][Am]

An Aussie classic from Hugh McDonald, lead guitarist and lead violinist of Redgum. The version on the live album includes one of the all-time great acoustic guitar solos, in my humble opinion.