The Diamondtina Drover    (sample)

 

    Dm - Em - Dm - G       - Am - C - F    - G

 

            C                    G                     F          - G

1. The faces in the photographs are fading,

       Am                      C                          F

    I can't believe he looks so much like me.

           G            Am                     Em            Dm                     Am

    For it’s been ten long years today since I left for old Cork Station,

               Dm  Em          F                 G         Am

    saying,  I   won't be back till the drove is done.

 

              F              C                Dm               Am

For the rain never falls on the dusty Diamantina,

        Dm                Em                          F

the drover finds it hard to change his mind.

  G           C                        Em                  F                             Am

For the years have surely gone like the drays from old Cork Station,

       Dm  Em          F                  G         Am         

and   I    won't be back till the drove is done.

 

         C                     G                               F           - G

2. It seems like the sun comes up each morning,

     Am                       C                 F       - G

    sets me up, then takes it all away.

        Am                  Em             Dm             Am

    Dreaming by the light of the campfire at night,

     Dm   Em         F      G              Am

    ends with the early light of the day.

 

+ CHORUS    + Dm - Em - Dm - G       - Am - C - F    - G

 

             C                       G                    F            - G

3. I sometimes think I'll settle back in Sydney,

          Am                              C                              F

    it's been so long and it's hard to change your mind.

      G         Am                 Em                   Dm               Am

    For the cattle trail rolls on and on, the fences last forever,

           Dm  Em          F                       G         Am

    and    I   won't be back when the drove is done.

 

+ CHORUS         + Dm - Em - Dm - G     - Am - C - F - G (2x)

 

    (Christy Moore)