The Man From Snowy River - Banjo Paterson Chords
Chords: FROM, A.B., A, Dm, Cm, G, April
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Genre: poetry, folk, country
THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER
by A.B. "Banjo" Paterson
A Poem With Musical Accompaniment.
[Intro]
A Dm A Dm A
[Verse 1]
Cm
There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around
G
That the colt from old Regret had got away,
Cm
And had joined the wild bush horses - he was worth a thousand pound,
G
So all the cracks had gathered to the fray.
Cm
All the tried and noted riders from the stations near and far
G
Had mustered at the homestead overnight,
Cm
For the bushmen love hard riding where the wild bush horses are,
G
And the stockhorse snuffs the battle with delight.
[Verse 2]
Dm
There was Harrison, who made his pile when Pardon won the cup,
A
The old man with his hair as white as snow;
Dm
But few could ride beside him when his blood was fairly up -
A
He would go wherever horse and man could go.
Dm
And Clancy of the Overflow came down to lend a hand,
A
No better horseman ever held the reins;
Dm
For never horse could throw him while the saddle girths would stand,
A
He learnt to ride while droving on the plains.
[Verse 3]
Cm
And one was there, a stripling on a small and weedy beast,
G
He was something like a racehorse undersized,
Cm
With a touch of Timor pony - three parts thoroughbred at least -
G
And such as are by mountain horsemen prized.
Cm
He was hard and tough and wiry - just the sort that won't say die -
G
There was courage in his quick impatient tread;
Cm
And he bore the badge of gameness in his bright and fiery eye,
G
And the proud and lofty carriage of his head.
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