Intro
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Verse
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Tonight here by the roadside after drivin' hard all day
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Dreamin' of the old folks and a homestead o'er the way
[C] [A7] [D]
In dreams I see the old place I'll be there within a week
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Where there's gum trees by the roadway and the willows by the creek
Verse
[C] [A7] [D]
Oh, I see the homestead cattle as around the place they roam
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The old man with the horses on the fields of golden loam
[C] [A7] [D]
And mother in the doorway just to make this scene completе
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With gum trees by the roadway and the willows by the creek. hey
Interlude
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Verse
[C] [A7] [D]
Oh, I'd like to tеll my story in a simple kind of way
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It happened to many hundreds in this war-torn world today
[C] [A7] [D]
I heard the call for duty so I donned the khaki suit
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And I marched 'way from the gumtrees and the willows by the creek
Verse
[C] [A7] [D]
Now when the war was over and we'd marched the victory mile
[G] [C] [G]
The ties with home were broken and from there I stayed a while
[C] [A7] [D]
I palled with some fellas just to live on easy street
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And forgot about the gumtrees and the willows by the creek. hey.
Interlude
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Verse
[C] [A7] [D]
Oh, but when you land in trouble and you're placed behind those bars
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That's when you start thinking of the country moon and stars
[C] [A7] [D]
And when at last they free you and you step out on the street
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Oh, nothing then could hold you from the homestead by the creek
Verse
[C] [A7] [D]
Oh, that's why tonight I'm standing by this cheery roadside fire
[G] [C] [G]
Takin' in the country underneath the summer stars
[C] [A7] [D]
From now on you will find me where the air is fresh and sweet
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Where forever there'll be gum trees and the willows by the creek. Hey
[Tag]
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And the willows by the creek.
