Tanya Kernaghan

Murray Meets The Darling

Tanya Kernaghan


Tom: A

Intro:   A       D        E       A 
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Where the Murray meets the Darling lies a sleepy border town 
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The grapevines were in season laden to the ground 
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On the gate a rusty sign pickers apply within 
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>From the cool of her verandah she watched him wander in 
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All through the harvest season in the long hot afternoons 
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They gathered grapes together their love begun to bloom 
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And somehow he had touched her and like the clinging of the vines 
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Their lives became entangled their hearts became entwined 
 
  CHORUS 
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 Where the Murray meets the Darling by the water slow and brown 
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In a secret valley he laid a blanket down 
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It was there beside the river he pledged his love that day 
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Where the Murray meets the Darling she gave her heart away 
           
 
Turnaround  A   D   E   A   





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When the harvest time was over and the leaves began to fall 
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They planned to travel northward it was time for moving on 
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But as the leaves were falling one night he slipped away 
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Her love had been foresaken the vines lay stark and grey 
 
CHORUS 
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Where the Murray meets the Darling by the water slow and brown 
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In a secret valley he laid a blanket down 
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It was there beside the river he pledged his love that day 
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Where the Murray meets the Darling she gave her heart away 
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 Where the Murray meets the Darling she gave her heart   away. 
                                                                             
  (Stop)