(The Ballad Of) Queenie And Rover Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][Em][Am][G]
[C][Em][Am]
Queenie was [C]born on

[Verse 1]
the banks
Of the great Ord [G]River, [F]1930, maybe[Am]
Her mother was black[C],
her daddy [G]white[F][Am]
Papa was [C]a fine horse- breaker
[G]Mama sang the songs of
the old [F]lawmakers
[Am]

[Verse 2]
She used to hide young
[F]Queenie in the bush
And [Am]rub black charcoal all over
her hair and her [F]face
Every time the po[Am]lice came around
Looking for any [G]blond haired,
brown skinned children
[F]To round 'em up and take

[Verse 3]
'em on down town
[Am]Shine on, shine on,[C]
immortal [Am]one, [C]aha
[Am]Shine on, shine on,[C]
immortal [Am]one, aha
[C]

[Verse 4]
[Am]
Rover was born in the [C]desert,
[G]he lived out there 'til his mother die[F]d[Am]
Then he moved around a lot
[Em]from[C] place to plac[G]e[F]
[Am]Bedford Downs, Bow River[Em],
[C]Lissade[G]ll, Wyndham
Building fences,
[F]working as a stock [Am]man

[Verse 5]
Then he had a series [F]of dreams
[Am]He started painting what
he'd heard [F]and he'd seen
Rain[Am]bow [G]serpent, Krill Krill, Cyclone Tracy,
[F]the killing fields

[Verse 6]
Everything that lives and breathes
[Am]Ride on, ride on,[C]
immortal [Am]one, [C]aha[Am]
Ride on, ride [C]on, immortal [Am]one,
[G]aha
[F]Your story will [Am]always run

[Interlude 1]
[F][Am]
[F][Am][F]
[G][F][Am]

[Verse 7]
When Rover and Queenie [Am]were young[C]
They met out on New [G]Texas
Down [F]station[Am]
She worked as a cook [C]there for a long,
long [G]time[F]
She [Am]said, "Hey,
Cowboy" later [C]on she said
"Nice boy, [G]good worker, top rider,
[F]lucky one, that one"

[Verse 8]
[Am]One day a mean horse ripped
[F]the scalp from his head
[Am]She stitched him up with a boiled
[F]needle and thread
Good as [Am]any doctor,
they were friends ever [G]after
She said, "I want [F]to paint," he said,
"I'll teach ya"
They died within months
of each [Am]other

[Verse 9]
Ride on, ride [C]on, immortal [Am]ones, [C]aha
[Am]Shine on, shine on, [C]immortal ones[Am][C]
[Am]Ride on, ride on, [C]immortal ones,[Am]
[C]aha[Am]
Shine on, shine [C]on,
immortal [Am]ones, [G]aha

[Verse 10]
[F]Your story will always run[Am],
[F]alw[Am]ays r[F]un, will always
[Am]run[F][G][F]
Forever [Am]run, forever [F]run, [Am]forever run
[F]Forever young, for[Am]ever you[F]ng
[G][F]