[INTRO]
[C]
[VERSE]
We finished shearing [Dm]sheep, [G]out west of the Pa[C]roo
And now it's rained three [Dm]inches, [G]we don't know what to [C]do
A [G]week ago the [C]sand was loose, the [G]dust blew every [C]day
And [Dm]now the mud is two [Dm7]feet deep and [G]we can't get away [C]
[VERSE]
I've just been talking [Dm]to the boss, you [G]all know Hector Cope [C]
He says the Bull is [Dm]two miles wide, to [G]cross it there's no [C]hope
You [G]hear a lot of [C]people swear a[G]bout the dough we [C]make
But [Dm]they forget the [Dm7]price of beer and [G]all the combs we break [C]
[VERSE]
It might have been a [Dm]good job once, those [G]old hands had their [C]breaks
They pushed a cart from [Dm]shed to shed and [G]lived on johnny[C]cakes
They [G]had more time to [C]do the job and they [G]worked nine hours a [C]day
And [Dm]after paying [Dm7]for their grub, one [G]pound-a-hundred made [C]
[VERSE]
Now why I took this [Dm]job on, [G]I just can't under[C]stand
If the bloody sheep ain't [Dm]waterlogged, the [G]cows are full of [C]sand
A [G]man is doubled [C]up all day, half-[G]blinded by his [C]sweat
And [Dm]when the darkness [Dm7]comes around, cooped [G]up in a mozzie net [C]
[VERSE]
I think I'll give this [Dm]job away, I'm [G]tired of being [C]greasy
I've heard about a [Dm]fencing job, they [G]tell me it's dead [C]easy
[C]
[VERSE]
We finished shearing [Dm]sheep, [G]out west of the Pa[C]roo
And now it's rained three [Dm]inches, [G]we don't know what to [C]do
A [G]week ago the [C]sand was loose, the [G]dust blew every [C]day
And [Dm]now the mud is two [Dm7]feet deep and [G]we can't get away [C]
[VERSE]
I've just been talking [Dm]to the boss, you [G]all know Hector Cope [C]
He says the Bull is [Dm]two miles wide, to [G]cross it there's no [C]hope
You [G]hear a lot of [C]people swear a[G]bout the dough we [C]make
But [Dm]they forget the [Dm7]price of beer and [G]all the combs we break [C]
[VERSE]
It might have been a [Dm]good job once, those [G]old hands had their [C]breaks
They pushed a cart from [Dm]shed to shed and [G]lived on johnny[C]cakes
They [G]had more time to [C]do the job and they [G]worked nine hours a [C]day
And [Dm]after paying [Dm7]for their grub, one [G]pound-a-hundred made [C]
[VERSE]
Now why I took this [Dm]job on, [G]I just can't under[C]stand
If the bloody sheep ain't [Dm]waterlogged, the [G]cows are full of [C]sand
A [G]man is doubled [C]up all day, half-[G]blinded by his [C]sweat
And [Dm]when the darkness [Dm7]comes around, cooped [G]up in a mozzie net [C]
[VERSE]
I think I'll give this [Dm]job away, I'm [G]tired of being [C]greasy
I've heard about a [Dm]fencing job, they [G]tell me it's dead [C]easy
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