[Intro] [Am] [Am] [F] [E7] (Slow, heavy strumming) [Verse 1] [Am] Left the charcoal sky for a [C] sun that burns too bright [G] Dragged a lot of ghosts through the [D] middle of the night [Am] The iron’s in the shed now, [C] the fighting’s dead and gone [G] But the silence in the kitchen [Am] is a heavy kind of dawn [Verse 2] [Am] Saw the world get ugly, saw it [C] break and bend and snap [G] Now I’m tracing jagged borders [D] on a mental map [Am] The river’s looking calm, but the [C] current’s got a bite [G] I’m just trying to keep my [Am] shadow out of sight [Pre-Chorus] [F] Don’t talk about the glory, [C] don’t talk about the win [E7] I’m just trying to settle [E7] in my own skin [Chorus] [Am] Dew’s on the gum trees, [C] sky is turning gold [G] I’m back in the valley, [D] doing what I’m told [Am] Ain’t looking for a medal, [C] ain’t looking for a spark [E7] Just an Australian morning [Am] to clear away the dark [Verse 3] [Am] Magpies in the morning, [C] sounding like a scream [G] I’m walking through the paddock [D] like I’m stuck inside a dream [Am] Scars on my hands, yeah, [C] they’re maps of where I’ve been [G] A lifetime of bad choices [Am] to pay for all my sin [Bridge] [F] The truth is a bullet that you [C] can’t ever un-fire [G] I’m just a man sitting [Am] on a jagged wire [F] You want a happy ending? [C] You’re looking in the wrong place [E7] I’m just a ghost with a pulse [E7] and a familiar face [Chorus] [Am] Dew’s on the gum trees, [C] sky is turning gold [G] I’m back in the valley, [D] doing what I’m told [Am] Ain’t looking for a medal, [C] ain’t looking for a spark [E7] Just an Australian morning [Am] to clear away the dark [Outro] [Am] Yeah, the dew’s on the gum trees... [C] [G] Don't ask where I’ve been... [D] [Am] Just another morning... [Am] [Am] Let the silence back in. [Am] [Fade Out] (Deep, tremolo guitar solo fades into a distant magpie call)
