(:groupheader:)(:Summary:by Hugh McDonald, sung by John Williamson:) (:By:Hugh McDonald:) (:RefBy:http://hughmcdonald.com/:) (:Written:1982:) (:Ref:Wikipedia:Redgum:) (:Performed:Redgum, John Williamson[[<]](as sung by [[http://malleeboy.com/ | John Williamson]] on Mallee Boy):) (:RefP:http://www.schumann.com.au/:) [-A few years ago I took a train ride up to Brisbane. On the train there was on old man of about eighty, he was a drover on the Diamantina River for about fifty years.-] <:vspace> ||: {capo:3} [G D Em G D Em] [G]The faces in the [D]photograph have [Em]faded And I [G]can't believe he [D]looks so much like [Em]me For it's [Em]been ten years [Bm]today, since I [Am]left for old Cork [Em]Station Saying "[Am]I won't be [C]back till the [D]drovings [Em]done" <:vspace> {ci:Chorus} {soc} For the [C]rain never [G]falls on the [D]Dusty Diaman[Em]tina And a [Em]drover finds it [G]hard to change his [C]mind[C][D] For the [Em]years have surely [Bm]gone, like the [Am]drays from Old Cork [Em]Station And [Am]I won't be [C]back till the [D]drovings [Em]done {eoc} <:vspace> [G]Well it seems like the [D]sun comes up each [Em]morning, [G]Sets me up then [D]takes it all [Em]away For the [Em]dreaming by the [Bm]light, of the [Am]campfire at [Em]night [Am]Ends with the [C]burning [D]by the [Em]day <:vspace> {c:Chorus} <:vspace> [G]Sometimes I think I'll [D]settle back in [Em]Sydney But it's [G]been so long it's [D]hard to change my [Em]mind For the [Em]cattle trail goes [Bm]on and on, and the [Am]fences roll [Em]forever And [Am]I won't be [C]back till the [D]drovings [Em]done <:vspace> {c:Chorus * 2} No [Am]I won't be [C]back till the [D]drovings [Em]done :||(:groupfooter:) <:block>