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