The Brass Well

Simplificar Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: 2nd traste Chords relative to capo 2. [Intro] C G C [Verse 1] C G 'Tis the legend of the bushmen from the days of Cunningham, C When he opened up the country and the early squatters came. G Tis the old tale of a fortune missed by men who did seek, C And, perhaps, you haven't heard it, the Brass Well on Myall Creek. [Interlude] C D [Verse 2] D A7 They were north of running rivers, they were south of Queensland rains, D And a blazing drought was scorching every grass-blade from the plains; A7 So the stockmen drove the cattle to the range where there was grass, D And a couple sunk a well and found what they believed was brass. [Interlude] D C [Verse 3] C G 'Here's some bloomin' brass!' they muttered when they found it in the clay, C And they thought no more about it and in time they went away; G But they heard of gold, and saw it, somewhere down by Inverell, C And they felt and weighed it, crying: 'Hell! we found it in the well!' [Instrumental] C G C C G C [Verse 4] C G And they worked about the station and at times they took the track, C Always meaning to save money, always meaning to go back G 'Always meanin',' like the bushmen, who go drifting round like wrecks, C And they'd get halfway to Myall, strike a pub and blow their cheques. [Interlude] C D [Verse 5] D A7 Then they told two more about it and those other two grew old, D And they never found the brass well and they never found the gold. A7 For the scrub grows dense and quickly and, though many went to seek, D No one ever struck the lost track to the Well on Myall Creek. [Verse 6] D A7 And the story is forgotten and I'm sitting here, alas! D With a woeful load of trouble and a woeful lack of brass; G But I dream at times that I might find what many went to seek, D A7 D That my luck might lead my footsteps to the Well on Myall Creek. [Verse 7] D A7 'Tis the legend of the bushmen from the days of Cunningham, D When he opened up the country and the early squatters came. G Tis the old tale of a fortune missed by men who did seek, D A7 D And, perhaps, you haven't heard it, The Brass Well on Myall Creek. [Outro] G D A7 D A7 D G D And, perhaps, you haven't heard it, The Brass Well on Myall Creek.