Intro:
|Em  |Em  |Em  |Em D

[Verse 1]
G                     D
 I drove that stallion down Jackie’s Creek
Am                 C             G
 Been ridin’ fences eight days a week
                D
I told my missus I won’t be long
         Am                              C              G
Put that candle in the window cause I’ll soon be comin’ home

[Chorus]
             Em        D
‘cause I’m a long yard rider
  G         Am
A long yard rider
  C         D           Em
A long yard rider in the sun

[Verse 2]
G                        D
All across the ranges to muster boys we must
   Am                                  C                 G
To all those city strangers whose blue ribbons blues the dust
                              D
Through this careless nation, stock-whip and the shears
Am                       C          G
We got no opinions boys, we got no ideas

[Chorus]
                 Em        D
‘cause we’re the long yard riders
G         Am
Long yard riders
C         D            Em
Long yard riders in the sun

[Bridge]
        Am     C        G
Through ranges long and low
      Am         C       G
We’re travelling far and slow

[Verse 3]
G                          D
 We seek no government, we seek no recompense
   Am                              C             G
We ride that devil’s hatband, that old barb wire fence
                            D
From station to station, to Murrumbidgee Downs
    Am                                 C            G
The pubs will never close me boys when we ride into town

[Chorus]
                 Em        D
‘cause we’re the long yard riders
G         Am
Long yard riders
C         D            Em
Long yard riders in the sun

          D
Long yard riders
G         Am
Long yard riders
C         D            G    C G
Long yard riders in the sun