A                               E        A
So you rode from the range where your brothers select
                          E          A
Through the ghostly grey bush in the dawn
           A                        E           F#m    A
You rode slowly at first, lest her heart should suspect
                  E          A    E   A
That you were so glad to be gone


[Verse 2]
  A                            E             A
You had scarcely the courage to glance back at her
                   E           A
By the homestead receding from view
                                     E           F#m
And you breathed with relief as you rounded the spur
         A          E              A
For the world was a wide world to you


[Chorus]
     D                           A
Grey eyes that grow sadder than sunset and rain
      D                      A
Fond heart that is evermore true
      D                            A          Dm
Firm faith that grows firmer for watching in vain
        A            E            A   E   A
She'll wait by the sliprails for you


[Verse 3]
                               E           A
Well the world is a new and a wide one to you
                        E            A
But the world to your sweetheart is shut
                                 E           F#m
For a change never comes to the lonely bush homes
          A            E              A
Of the stockyard, the scrub, and the hut


[Chorus]
  D                               A
Grey eyes that grow sadder than sunset and rain
      D                      A
Fond heart that is evermore true
       D                          A           Dm
Firm faith that grows firmer for watching in vain
       A             E            A
She'll wait by the sliprails for you


[Chorus]
         D                           A
Oh, Grey eyes that grow sadder than sunset and rain
      D                      A
Fond heart that is evermore true
      D                            A          Dm
Firm faith that grows firmer for watching in vain
        A            E            A
She'll wait by the sliprails for you

 A                     E            A   E  A
Yes she waits by the sliprails for you