Intro
G D/F# Em D C G/B Am 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
Em Em 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
Em Em 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
Em Em 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
Em Em 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