Drover Bill Callahan
(song in 6/8 time)
Capo 2nd fret
(all chords relative to capo)
(1x) = 1 half of a measure
(2x) = 2 halfs of a measure ..
Em 022000
Em[2] X79987
Am X02210
C X32010
C/B X22010
Dm xx0231
Dm[2] X57765
in the first part of the song he sometimes
plays hammer-ons with some of the chord-notes:
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Em 022000
X00000
Am X02210
(listen to the song for the rhythm)
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The real people went away
[Em] But I'll find a better word, some[Am]day
Leaving only me and my d[Em]reams
Am (5x) Em[2] (3x) Em
My cattle....... and a resonator
I drove all the beast down right under your nose
The lumbering footloose power
Am (5x)
The bull and the rose
Em[2] (3x) Em
Don't touch them don't try to hurt them
Am (5x) Em[2] (3x) Em
My cattle....................ts ts
[C] I drove them by the [Am]crops [C] and thought the crops were [Am]lost
[C] I consoled [Am]myself with rudi[Em]mentary thoughts
[C] And I set my [Am]watch [C] against the city [Am]clock
It was [Em]way off
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[G] Yeah one thing about this [C]wild, [C/B]wild [Am]country[C]
[G] It takes a strong, strong
[C]It breaks a strong,[C/B] strong [Am]mind [C] :||
[G] And anything less, anything [C]less
Makes me fee[C/B]l like I'm [Am] wasting my [C]time
[Em] But the pain and frus[Am]tration,[Em] is not [Am]mine
[Em] It belongs to the [Am]cattle,[Em] through the valley
Dm (or D5 etc.)
And when my cattle turns on me
I was [Am]knocked back [Em]flat
[Dm] I was knocked out cold for [Am]one clack of the train [Em]track
[Dm] Then I rose a colossal hand [Am]buried, buried in [Em]sand
[Am] I rose like a [Em]drover
[Am] For I am in the end a [Em]drover
[Am] A drover by [Em]trade
[Am] When my cattle [Em]turns on me
Am Em Am (4X) Em[2] (4x)
I am a drover, double fold
Em[2]
My cattle bears it all away for me and everyone
Dm[2] Am
One, one, one, one, one, one, one ...(another 8 times)
(as above)
[G] Yeah one thing about this [C]wild, [C/B]wild [Am]country[C]
[G] It takes a strong, strong
[C]It breaks a strong,[C/B] strong [Am]mind [C]
[G] And anything less, anything [C]less
Makes me [C/B]feel like I'm [Am] wasting my [C]time[Em]
END
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