Days Of Old Khancoban Cifras

DAYS OF OLD KHANCOBAN
As recorded by Lee Kernaghan & Smoky Dawson
(From the 2000 Album RULES OF THE ROAD)
 
 
Capo 2nd fret
 
 
[Intro]
Dm  G C
 
 
[Verse 1]
C
I’m sitting here with memories
   G
Reading letters from old friends
         F                    C       Am
Dreaming I am back with those pals of mine
       Dm         Am    G
In the good times once again
          C
I see the mountain trail
C
We used to ride
    F            C
The Murray river flowing
      F                        C     Am
Where once stood the homestead of my youth
       Dm      G       C
In the days of old Khancoban
 
 
[Chorus]
F               Em
Memories, sweet memories
       F         G       C
Of the days when we were younger
            F                   Em
We’d ride a hundred miles for a lady’s smile
     D7            G
To a dance at Tumbarumba
           C
I hear the haunting strains of
                  F               C
Hobble chains and bells on cattle roamin’
   F                C       Am
As down the Toolong track I ride
      Dm      G       C     F  C Am Dm G C
Going home to old Khancoban
 
 
[Verse 2]
C
Hoof beats echo down the range
     G
From brumbies on the run
F                  C       Am
White faced cattle string along
            D                G
Through the mist and morning sun
          C
Where the Geehi river meets the Murray
         F           C
With the song that never ends
         F           C        Am
Like the everlasting mateship there
       Dm        G    C
In the handshake of a friend
 
 
[Chorus]
F               Em
Memories, sweet memories
       F        G      C
Of the songs we sang together
        F                       Em
We were mustering then with the best of men
    D7                  G
And shared their saddle leather
       C
What a welcome sight
C
When we were riding back
       F              C
To the homestead fire glowin’
            F
Through the dark of the night
            C       Am
To see that guiding light
   Dm      G       C
Of home in old Khancoban
            F
Through the dark of the night
            C       Am
To see that guiding light
   Dm      G       F     C
Of home in old Khancoban
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