"Across the Western Plains"

-Traditional Australian

4/4 (2/4 ??)

Chorus:

GG Piano Chord 
                   CC Piano Chord 
            GG Piano Chord 

Its all for me grog, me jolly, jolly grog
D7D7 Piano Chord 

Its all for me beer and tobacco
GG Piano Chord 
                              CC Piano Chord 
               GG Piano Chord 

'cos I spent all my tin in the shanty drinking gin
D7D7 Piano Chord 
     GG Piano Chord 

Now across the Western Plains I must wand--er

( same chords for chorus and verses )

Verses:
I'm stiff and stony broke and I've parted with my smoke
And the sky is looking black as thunder
And the boss ofthe shanty too, for I haven't got a sou
Thats how they treat you when you're down and under

I'm crook in the head, for I haven't been to bed
Since I first touched this shanty with my plunder
I see centipedes and snakes, and I'm full of achces and shakes
So I'd better make a push out over yonder

Repentance brings reproof, so I sadly pad the hoof
All day I see the mirage of the trees
But it'll all have an end when I reach the river bend
And listen to the sighing of the breeze