Scotland's greatest living Australian. Or the other way around, depending on how you look at it.
Born in Peebles, Scotland, and emigrating to Australia in 1969, he currently resides near Adelaide, South Australia. Written in 1972, And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda is perhaps his best-known song, being a haunting evocation of the ANZAC experience fighting in the Battle of Gallipoli. It has also been interpreted as a reaction to the Vietnam War.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
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SAFE IN THE HARBOUR Time: 3/4 Tenor: C Bass: Bb - Eric Bogle, 1984, Record: Where The Wind Blows - Record: Margaret Cristl: Looking Towards Home - Source: Eric Bogle songbook, page 42 (C) , Rise Up Singing, page 205 (C)
INTRO: G, C, G, C, F, C, G, C, C
CEmFC Have you stood by the ocean, on a diamond-hard morning
GDmCG And felt the hor-izon stir deep in your soul
CEmFC Watched the wake of a steamer as it cut through blue water
EmDmGC (*) And been gripped by a fever you just can't con-trol
CEmFC Oh to throw off the shackles and fly with the seagulls
EmDmCG (*) To where green waves tumble before a driving sea wind
CEmFC Or to lie on the decking on a warm summer's evening
EmDmCGC Watch the red sun fall burning, be-neath the earth's rim
CHORUS:
CEmFG But to every sailor, comes time to drop anchor
CEmFG Haul in the sails, and make the lines fast
CGFG You deep water dreamer, your journey is over
CGF * You're safe in the harbour at last
CGF * You're safe in the harbour at last
NOTES: - Commemorates Stan Roger's tragic death in 1983
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SAFE IN THE HARBOUR (page 2)
CEmFC Some men are sailors, but most are just dreamers GDmCG Held fast by the anchors they forge in their minds CEmFC Who in ther hearts know they'll never sail over deep water EmDmGC (*) To search for a treasure they're a-fraid they won't find CEmFC So in sheltered harbours, they cling to their anchors EmDmCG (*) Bank down their boilers and shut down their steam CEmFC And wait for the sailors to re-turn with bright treasures EmDmCGC That will fan the dull embers and fire up their dreams
CHORUS:
CEmFG But to every sailor, comes time to drop anchor CEmFG Haul in the sails, and make the lines fast CGFG You deep water dreamer, your journey is over CGF * You're safe in the harbour at last CGF * You're safe in the harbour at last
CEmFC And some men are schemers who laugh at the dreamers GDmCG Take the gold from the sailors and turn it to dross CEmFC They're men in a prison, they're men without vision EmDmGC (*) Whose only hor-izon is profit and loss CEmFC So when storm clouds come sailing a-cross your blue ocean EmDmCG (*) Hold fast to your dreaming for all that your're worth CEmFC For as long as there's dreamers, there will always be sailors EmDmCGC Bringing back their bright treasures from the corners of earth
ENDING: CHORUS, FOLLOWED BY A "C" CHORD
NOTES: - "*" in the chord line represents a new bar, play same chord - "." in the lyric line represents a 1/8 note rest
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