The Murrumbidgee

| G | Em | F | C | G Em I wish I was a riverman living off the land F C I'd build myself a shack upon the bank G Em I'd catch a feed of yellow belly or yabbies with a net F C And I'd never want for more than I could eat G Em F C On the Murrumbidgee G Em It rises in the mountains and meanders on the plains F C A long way west to Balranald G Em A flood at Gundagai in 1852 F C Yarri saved the settlers with his bark canoe G On the Murrumbidgee Em Would you come with me F C Even if your life was in danger G Em F C On the Murrumbidgee C Sheep are eating dust G Em Farmers pray for a rain F C And the scrub gets cleared for another orchard C Redgum is sawn up G Em Firewood's trucked away F C And the crows cry their lament G On the Murrumbidgee Em Would you stick with me F C Even though your heart may be breaking G On the Murrumbidgee Em Would you come with me F C I dreamed we could still make it G Em F C On the Murrumbidgee | G | G | Em | Em | F | F | C | C | C This old river knows G Em All the stories they still flow F C From the mountains all the way to Balranald C If you stick in the dry G Em On that black soil ground F C It'll stick to you in the wet G On the Murrumbidgee Em Would you stick with me F C Even though your heart may be breaking G On the Murrumbidgee Em Would you come with me F C I dreamed we could still make it G Em F C On the Murrumbidgee G Em F C G On the Murrumbidgee