RAINING ON THE ROCK - John Williamson

NoteE: In the first verse & chorus, only the bottom three strings are       
strummed (as in the intro), but after the run-down full chords       
are used

	DADGBE

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Pastel red to burgundy and spinifex to gold,
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We've just come out of the mulga where the plains forever roll.
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Where Albert Namatjira has painted all the scenes,
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And a shower has changed the lustre of his land.


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And it's raining on the rock, in a beautiful country,
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And I'm proud to travel this big land like an Aborigine.
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And it's raining on the rock, what an almighty sight to see.
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And I'm wishing on a postcard that you were here with me.


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Everlasting daisies and a beautiful desert rose,
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Where does their beauty come from, heaven knows.
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I could ask the wedgetail but he's away too high,
                                             D
I wonder if he understands it's wonderful to fly.


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And it's raining on the rock, in a beautiful country,
                        Em7/D                         D
And I'm proud to travel this big land like an Aborigine.
                        Em7/D                           D
And it's raining on the rock, what an almighty sight to see.
                     Em7/D                            D
And I'm wishing on a postcard that you were here with me.


   D                          Em7/D
It cannot be described with a picture,
                               D
The mesmerising colours of the Olgas.
                       Em7/D
Or the grandeur of the rock,
         D
Uluru is power!


                        Em7/D                D
And it's raining on the rock, in a beautiful country,
                        Em7/D                         D
And I'm proud to travel this big land like an Aborigine.
                        Em7/D                           D
And it's raining on the rock, what an almighty sight to see.
                     Em7/D                            D
And I'm wishing on a postcard that you were here with me.