Time: 2/2 (syncopated) Tenor: D Bass: C
1 17 4
For nearly sixty years, I've been a cocky
1 57Of droughts and fires and floods, I've lived through plenty
Yes, this country's dust and mud, has seen my tears and blood
57 4 1But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy___
I married a fine girl when I was twenty
1 57But she died in giving birth when she was thirty
1 17 4 1No Flying Doctor then, just a gentle old black gin
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy___
She left me with two sons and a daughter
1 57And a bone-dry farm whose soil cried out for water
1 17 4 1So my care was rough and ready, but they grew up fine and steady
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy___
My daughter married young, and went her own way
1 57My sons lie buried by the Burma Railway
1 17 4 1So on this land I've made my own, I've carried on a-lone
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy___
City folks, these days, despise the cocky
Say with subsidies and all, we've had it easy
But there's no drought or starving stock, on your sewered suburban block
But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy
ENDING: REPEAT FIRST VERSE
NOTES:
- Gin ("Jen"): an Australian aboriginal woman
- The term is now considered as derogatory as "squaw"
SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure
CHORDS (Nashville Number System):
- This system permits you to play a song in any key
- It uses the numeric relationships between chords in a given key
- The numbers are the notes of the diatonic scale (do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do)
Common Keys 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Key of C: C D E F G A B
Key of D D E F# G A B C#
Key of E E F# G# A B C# D#
Key of F F G A Bb C D E
Key of G G A B C D E F#
Key of A A B C# D E F# G#
Key of Bb Bb C D Eb F G A
EDITING (to a chosen key):
- Use the "replace" feature of any text editor
- Most songs use four chords or less ( 1 > 5 > 4 > 6 )
- Beware: the number 7 could be the seventh scale note or a 7th chord
Time: 2/2 (syncopated) Tenor: D
.. Bass: C
For nearly sixty years, I've been
4..a cocky
1Of droughts and fires and floods,
..I've lived through plenty
1 17Yes, this country's dust and mud,
4 1..has seen my tears and blood
But it's nearly over now, and now
4 1..I'm easy___
I married a fine girl when I was
4..twenty
1But she died in giving birth when
..she was thirty
1 17No Flying Doctor then, just a
4 1..gentle old black gin
But it's nearly over now, and now
4 1..I'm easy___
1 17
She left me with two sons and a
4..daughter
And a bone-dry farm whose soil
57..cried out for water
1 17So my care was rough and ready,
..but they grew up fine and steady
57But it's nearly over now, and now
4 1..I'm easy___
1 17
My daughter married young, and
..went her own way
1My sons lie buried by the Burma
57..Railway
So on this land I've made my own,
4 1..I've carried on a-lone
57But it's nearly over now, and now
..I'm easy___
City folks, these days, despise
..the cocky
Say with subsidies and all, we've
..had it easy
But there's no drought or starving
..stock, on your sewered suburban
..block
But it's nearly over now, and now
..I'm easy
ENDING: REPEAT FIRST VERSE
NOTES:
- Gin ("Jen"): an Australian
..aboriginal woman
- The term is now considered as
..derogatory as "squaw"
SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure,
..play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at
..start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note
..into next measure
CHORDS (Nashville Number System):
- This system permits you to play
..a song in any key
- It uses the numeric
..relationships between chords in
..a given key
- The numbers are the notes of the diatonic scale (do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do)
Common Keys 1 2 3 4
.. 5 6 7
Key of C: C D E F
.. G A B
Key of D D E F# G
.. A B C#
Key of E E F# G# A
.. B C# D#
Key of F F G A
..Bb C D E
Key of G G A B C
.. D E F#
Key of A A B C# D
.. E F# G#
Key of Bb Bb C D
..Eb F G A
EDITING (to a chosen key):
- Use the "replace" feature of any
..text editor
- Most songs use four chords or
..less ( 1 > 5 > 4 > 6 )
- Beware: the number 7 could be
..the seventh scale note or a 7th
..chord
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