John Williamson - Back at the isa

^CBig galvanised roofs ^Fand monster pipes black P^G7ink and white clouds from a c^Chimney stack R^Ced dust and hawks in the w^Find out back An^G7d here I am at th^Ce Isa

^CWhat do you do in a ^Ftown like the Isa R^G7etrenched at 50 b^Cecome an old miser D^Crink yourself blind so you're n^Fone the wiser Sit at ^G7home with the race form and ^Cwhinge Jus^Ct over the hill in hi^Fs own backyard The^G7 landscape becomes a^C picture postcard Where the^C colours are soft but the^F life is hard On the ^G7stations here at the ^CIsa

T^Conight's the night of th^Fe rodeo ball Bef^Gore riders and bull and h^Corses stand tall Wh^Cile out in the park some ^Fblack people sprawl And^G share their money o^Cn flagons Th^Cere's so much more to ^Fbe understood Bef^Gore coming out here li^Cke Robin Hood Th^Ce do-gooders do more harm th^Fan good Wi^Gthout really knowing ^Cthe Isa

Th^Crough the Leichhardt East Where fo^Fols gold flashes Fo^Gssick around for Malte^Cse Crosses Flo^Cg them off to the tou^Frist buses Se^Ge ghost gums under^C the moon Some^C really battle some ^Fmake do Th^Ge luckier ones make a quid^C and pull through ^CSome perch at the bar like a ^Fcaged cockatoo Bu^Gt that's nothing new a^Ct the Isa

An^Cd it takes a special k^Find of girl To^G stay out here in this r^Cugged world Kee^Cp your dignity when the o^Fathes are hurled I ^Gpay my respects t^Co you An^Cd I'll raise my glass to ^Fan outback town To^G that weathered spirit that wo^Cn't back down It^C takes the courage of a r^Fodeo clown To^G stick it out at th^Ce Isa

B^Cig galvanised roofs a^Fnd monster pipes black P^G7ink and white clouds from a c^Chimney stack R^Ced dust and hawks in the w^Find out back An^G7d here I am at th^Ce Isa

Never ^Cthought I'd return to this l^Fonely track And h^G7ere I am back at the I^Csa