D                                  G
For nearly sixty years I've been a farmer,
D                                                  A
Through drought, fire and flood I've lived through plenty,
D                          G                           D
But this country's dust and mud, has seen my tears and blood,
                    A                D
And its nearly over now, and now i'm easy.


[Verse 2]
D                                      G
I married a fine young girl when I was twenty,
D                                         A
But she died in giving birth when she was thirty,
D                         G                 D
No flying doctors then, just a gentle old black gin,
                   A                 D
And its nearly over now, and now I'm easy,


[Verse 3]
D                               G
She left me with two sons and a daughter,
D                                  A
And a bone dry farm that cries for water,
D                              G                            D
Though my cares were rough and ready, they grew up fine and steady,
                     A               D
And its nearly over now, and now I'm easy.


[Verse 3]
D                                          G
My daughter married young and went her own way,
D                                A
My sons lay buried by the Burma railway
D                            G                           D
In this land I've called my home, though I've carried on alone,
                     A               D
And its nearly over now, and now i'm easy.


[Verse 4]
D                                  G
City folks these days despise the farmer,
D                                         A
Saying with dole and subsidies we have it easy,
D                                  G                            D
But there's no drought or starving stock on your sured suburban blocks.
                    A                D
And its nearly over now, and now I'm easy


D                                  G
For nearly sixty years I've been a farmer,
D                                                  A
Through drought, fire and flood I've lived through plenty,
D                          G                           D
But this country's dust and mud, has seen my tears and blood,
                    A                D
And its nearly over now, and now i'm easy.