the murrumbidgee Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I w[Em]ish I[F] w[C]as[G]
a riverman [Em]living off the land
I'd [F]build myself a shack upon [C]the bank
I'd [G]catch a feed of yellow belly
[Em]or yabbies with a net
And I'd [F]never want for
more than I could [C]eat

[Verse 2]
On the Murrumbidgee
[G]It [Em]rises[F][C]
[G]in the mountains
and me[Em]anders on the plains
A [F]long way west [C]to Balranald
[G]A flood [Em]at G[F]undagai in 1852
Yarri saved the settlers with his bark canoe
[C]

[Verse 3]
On the Murrum[G]bidgee
Would you come with [Em]me
Even [F]if your life was in [C]danger
On the Murrumbidgee
[G]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][F][C]

[Verse 4]
[C]Sheep [Cm]are
eating [C]dust
[G]Farmers pray for [Em]a rain
And [F]the scrub gets cleared for
another orch[C]ard
Redgum is [Cm]sawn [C]up[G]
Firewood's trucked [Em]away
And [F]the crows cry their lament
[C]

[Verse 5]
On the Murrumbidgee
[G]Would you stick with me[Em]
Even [F]though your heart may be break[C]ing
On the Murrum[D]bidgee
[G]Would you come with me[Em]
I [F]dreamed we could still [C]make it
On the Murrumbidgee
[G]

[Interlude 2]
[Em][F][C]
[G][Em][F]
[C]

[Verse 6]
[C]This old river knows
All the [G]stories they still [Em]flow
From the [F]mountains all the way [C]to Balranald
If you stick [Cm]in th[C]e dry
On that [G]black soil [Em]ground
[F]It'll stick to you in the wet
[C]

[Verse 7]
On the [Em]Murrum[G]bidgee
Would you stick with [Em]me
Even [F]though your heart may be break[C]ing
On the Murrumbidgee
[G]Would you come with me[Em]
I [F]dreamed we could still [C]make it

[Verse 8]
On the [G]Murrumbidgee
[Em]On t[F]he M[C]ur[Am]
[G]rumbidgee

[Outro 1]
[G][Em][F][C]
[G]