Now Im Easy

G C G C It's nearly sixty years I've been a Cocky G C G D Of drought and fire and flood I've lived through plenty G C G C G D This country's dust and mud have seen my tears and blood Bm C D C D G But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy C G C I married a fine girl when I was twenty G C G D She died in giving birth when she was thirty G C G C G D No flying doctor then, just a gentle old black gin Bm C D C D G D But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy G C G C She left me with two sons and a daughter G C G D And a bone-dry farm whose soil cried out for water G C G C G D So my care was rough and ready, but they grew up fine and steady Bm C D C D G D G But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy C G C My daughter married young and went her own way G C G D My sons lie buried by the Burma Railway G C G C G D So on this land I've made me own, I've carried on alone Bm C D C D G D G But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy C G C City folk these days despise the Cocky G C G D They say, with subsidies and all, we've had it easy G C G C G D But there's no drought or dying stock on a sewered suburban lot Bm C D C D G D Oh, it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy G C G C It's nearly sixty years I've been a Cocky G C G D Of drought and fire and flood I've lived through plenty G C G C G D This country's dust and mud have seen my tears and blood Bm C D C D G But it's nearly over now, and now I'm easy