Аккорды Redgum - Spirit Of The Land

[Verse]
G                             Bm
The rivers are dry across the land
D
And the farmer's fields have turned to sand
              Am                     Em            Am                           D
'Cause the rain hasn't come for two years going on three
       G                                 Bm
the top - soil's gone with the hot north wind,
D
The  crop won't grow and rust set in
            Am                  D                    G
and the cruel south wind of  winter brought no relief

[Chorus]
                 Em                  C
And the  old men in the  public bar
        D                   G
Talk of floods and droughts before
                 Em                C                  C
and as the  night goes on the  conversations  die
                Em                 Em              D
but the battlers don't give  up, it's  written on their
G                                C             G         Am
Hands and in their  eye___   eye___   eyes___
D                                   G           D
the spirit of the land survives

[Verse]
G                              Bm
On Saturday night in the royal hotel,
D
Hank the dutchman plays guitar
    Am                Em            Am                  D
He sings  country and western favourites and requests
G                                  Bm
it used to be his second job,
D
A  bit of a laugh for a couple of bob
            Am                  D                    G
now it's all he's got cause his crops all died of thirst.

[Chorus]
                 Em                  C
And the  old men in the  public bar
        D                   G
Talk of floods and droughts before
                 Em                C                  C
and as the  night goes on the  conversations  die
                Em                 Em              D
but the battlers don't give  up, it's  written on their
G                                C             G         Am
Hands and in their  eye___   eye___   eyes___
D                                   G           D
the spirit of the land survives

[Bridge]
D
the  school's all run-down,
D
the roof's rusted and the paint's peelin'
Am                   Am
The  playgrounds just a dust - bowl, not a spot of green
G
The kids still kick their footballs,
D
Sending dust  clouds to the sun
Am                   Em                      Am                         D
and it's good to know the drought can't spoil the  fun

[Verse]
G                                               Bm
In the cricketer's lounge late at night,
D
Where the cockies talk and the shearers fight
              Am                                      Em            Am                          D
And their wives drink shandies  'cause they'll be driving home
G                                               Bm
the talk centres 'round the  price of wheat,
D
The lack of grain and the lack of sleep,
            Am                  D                    G
'Cause the credit stretched and it  won't  stretch anymore

[Chorus]
                 Em                  C
And the  old men in the  public bar
        D                   G
Talk of floods and droughts before
                 Em                C                              D
and as the  night goes on the  conversations  die
                Em                 Em              D
but the battlers don't give  up, it's  written on their
G                                C             G         Am
Hands and in their  eye___   eye___   eyes___
D                                   G
the spirit of the land survives