Intro
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[Verse]
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As I drive around the station, I see the land is at it’s driest time
B B E/B E/B
When I settle on a value, for the auction, I will keep this fact in mind
G#m G#m E E
For the place is one big dust bowl and the breeders now have even gone to slaughter
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With the soil deep and fertile, the ingredients are there, just add water
[Verse]
B B E E
Thou it’s hard now to see it, in a normal year the grass is past my knees
B B E E
I try to picture these black flood plains with a sea of grass rippling in the breeze
G#m G#m E E
Where the black clay turns to red soil, it’s bare today and set like bricks and mortar
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It’s chocked with buffel and crowfoot in the winter, just add water
[Chorus]
F# F# E
Just add water to the dam and I’ll drink it from the water tank
F# F# E
Add water to the crops and I’ll pump it from the riverbank
B B E E
Add water to the loam to the growth of this God forbidden land
F# F# E F#
Well the only cure for the tragedy is, just add water
[Verse]
B B E E
This ploughed up cultivation was sown to wheat not long before John died
B B E E
With the planting window closing, he gambled all in June and planted dry
G#m G#m E E
Thou I’ve heard the drought is over, not a drop out along the southern Queensland border
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Thou the wheat may come up someday, but for now, just add water
[Verse]
B B E E B
I didn’t see it coming, don’t think it’s hit me yet, he’s really gone
B B E E
When the breeders went, in hindsight, he wasn’t quite the same from that day on
G#m G#m E E
Oh but the part I can’t except, is how he can leave behind his loving wife and daughter
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And I feel my eyes start burning again, just add water
[Chorus]
F# F# E E
Just add water to the dam and I’ll drink it from the water tank
F# F# E E
Add water to the crops and I’ll pump it from the riverbank
B B E E
Add water to the loam to the growth of this God forbidden land
F# F# E F#
Well the only cure for the tragedy is, just add water
B B B B
Just add water