Pigram Brothers - My Land
Tabbed By: Danny Halstead
Note: This song has a reggae style beat
When playing D use your thumb to play the bass line:
D Chord Riff - Fingerpickin' Reggae Style
e|---2--2----------2--2------|
B|---3--3----------3--3------|
G|---2--3----------2--2------| etc etc
D|-0-------------0-----------|
A|---------0--2---------0--2-|
E|---------------------------|
CHORUS:
D
My land by the water , my land by the waterside
Jiir, milgin-ngurru
Feeding on the rising tide
Bm D
High above the mangrove down Burrgoogoon hunting for my family
Bm D
You know the tide right , just look at the moon
Bm D
Yellow wattle flower smell 'em, tell 'em that the mullet must be fat today
Bm A
Sliding in, glide on the wind of the late afternoon --> CHORUS
Bm D
Local fisherman gotta bagful, gotta big gang plenty mouth to feed
Bm D
Man with the badge say hey you you’re breaking the rules
Bm
Don’t care what your rule is you know thousand politicians couldn't
D
change my ways
Bm A
My law is the sea and pull of the sun and the moon
D
My land by the water , my land by the waterside
Jiir, milgin-ngurru
Feeding on the rising tide
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Translations from Aboriginal Language:
Jiir - small sea eagle
milgin-ngurru - big sea eagle
Burrgoogoon - place also known as Morgan's camp (Yawuru language)