Innaminka Muster chords

[INTRO]
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[VERSE]
[C]Oh, they'd mustered all the cattle on the [G]Innamincka run,
And [F]also on Cordilla Downs the same thing had been [G]done,
They s[C]hifted all the cows an' calves, the bullocks and the s[F]teers,
The biggest bank tell [C]muster job for [G]many, many [C]years.

Oh the [G]Diamantina channels and the [C]lignum now are bare
[F]Some wide eyed long horned pikers were all they'd left out [G]there,
Next [C]day the helicopters came and cleared them from the [F]run,
The mickeys didn't s[C]tand a chance, they s[G]hot 'em one by [C]one.

Disease and blight had struck the herd, the beasts all had to[G] go,
To save the e[F]xport market and increase the money flo[G]w,
Though [C]it wasn't a very pretty scene to see the pikers [F]fall,
And pilot of the c[C]hopper, didn't [G]like the job at [C]all.

[G]And the stockmen riding shotgun did his [C]best to keep it clean,
He [F]tried his best for one shot kills to ease the grizzly [G]scene,
But [C]soon the job was over and the land allowed to s[F]pell,
Once again the stony [C]desert had a [G]tragic tale to [C]tell.

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[D]They wait now for the seasons to [A]rejuvenate the land,
[G]Restock again with breeders and keep them well [A]in hand,
Oh the [D]flood plains then will prosper and the blight will be no [G]more,
Once more the stockmen [D]riding, like they used to [A]do be[D]fore.

[A]And the cattle camps be busy [D]with a new and stronger breed,
As they [G]muster through the lignum where the cattle love to [A]feed,
Through the [D]sand hills of Cordilla or the Innamincka [G]Plains,
Once more we'll see the [D]stockmen's hands rest s[A]lightly on the r[D]eins.

At the Innamincka muster, there were c[A]hoppers in the sky,
[G]Cattle country gun ships with the rifleman on [A]high,
Oh the [D]pikers didn't stand a chance, cattle war was [G]won,
Beside the stony d[D]esert where they shot 'em [A]one by [D]one.

[A]Old timers had another way, they'd [D]very seldom fail,
To [G]block the way with mickey, and throw him by the [A]tail,
But [D]now the ringer's airborne, helicopters on the [G]go,
In the Diamantina [D]country where the c[A]hannels waters [D]flow.
[A]Where the channels waters f[G]low. [G] [A] [D]