| D | |
| November's here it's the time of the year when the heat waves are starting to dance. |
| Mercury rising, millibars falling, no time for a shaky romance |
| Am | G | D | |
| Sweat on the foreheads of ba | bies, drifting in drea | mland |
| G | D | |
| While into the pindan* those | old men are pounding a ra | indance |
| D | G | D | G | |
| Nga | ba**, | ng | aba |
| D | |
| Anticipation, gunada waving goodbye to hot hungry days |
| Pressure down in King Sound, drifting across Roebuck Bay |
| Am | G | D | |
| See the lightning bolt, hear the thu | nder roll, she's a co | ming |
| Am | G | D | |
| While into the pindan those chi | ldren are dancing a rain | dance |
| D G D G Drums Kick in |
| Ngaba, ngaba |
| Am | G | D | Am | G | D | |
| N-g | a- | ba, | n-g | a- | ba |
| Am | G | D | |
| Willy willy, going silly o | nly the rainman can s | ee |
| Am | G | D | |
| That eastern horizon brin | ging that ngaba to | me |
| Am | G | D | Am | G | D | |
| N-g | a- | ba, | n-g | a- | ba |
| Am | G | D | |
| Saturation, gunada waving good | bye to hot hungry d | ays |
| Am | G | D | |
| Old dogs and children dan | cing those heat blues a | way |
| Am | G | D | Am | G | D | |
| N-g | a- | ba, | n-g | a- | ba |
| Am | G | D | Am | G | D | |
| N-g | a- | ba, | n-g | a- | ba |
| RAINDANCING, RAINDANCING |
| RAINDANCING, RAINDANCING |
| Notes: |
| * Pindan means semi-arid country, scrubland. |
| ** Ngaba means water |