When The Rain Tumbles Down In July chords

Let me [C]wander [G]north to the [C]homestead
way [F]out further on there to [C]roam
by a [F]gully in flood let me l[C]inger
when the [C]summery sunshine has [G]flown
Where [C]the logs tangle [G]up on the [C]creek bed
and the [F]clouds veil the old northern [C]sky
and the [F]cattle move back from the [C]lowlands
when the [C]rain tumbles d[G]own in J[C]uly

The s[C]ettlers with s[G]ad hearts are w[C]atching
the r[F]ise of the stream from the d[C]awn
their b[F]est crops are always in f[C]loodreach
if it r[C]ises much more they'll be [G]gone
The c[C]attle string o[G]ut along the f[C]ences
as the b[F]reeze from the south races [C]by
and the l[F]imbs from the old gums are f[C]alling
when the r[C]ain tumbles d[G]own in J[C]uly

The o[C]ld sleeping g[G]ums by the r[C]iver
a[F]waken to herds straying [C]by
from the f[F]lats where the fences have v[C]anished
as the s[C]torm clouds gather on [G]high
The wh[C]eels of the w[G]agons stop t[C]urning
and the s[F]tock horse is turned out to s[C]tray
and the o[F]ld station dogs are a-d[C]ozing
on the husks in the barn through the [G]day

The d[C]rover draws r[G]ein by the r[C]iver
it's been y[F]ears since he's seen it so h[C]igh
and t[F]hat's just a story of h[C]omeward
when the r[C]ain tumbles d[G]own in [C]July [F] [C]