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