[Intro]


Listen now to 

the wind babe

Listen now to 

the rain

I feel that wa

ter
              
lickin' at my 

        
feet again

            
I don't wanna 

         
see this town 

   
no more
         
Wastin' my day

         
s on the facto

ry floor

First thing yo

u know
            
I'll be back i

              
n Bow River ag

         (
ain


[Verse 1]
              
Any time you w


ant babe
              
You can come a

 
round
            
Only six days 

            
separates me f

            
rom the great 

      
top end

              
I've been work

    
in' hard
              
Twelve hours a

 
 day
            
And the money 

             
I save won't b

             
uy my youth ag

       
ain


[Verse 2]
              
I'm going for 

    
the heat wave
              
And the tropic

   
al rain
            
And a place wh

             
ere no man's p

             
uttin' on the 

           
dog for me

              
I'm waitin' on

     
 the weekend
              
Set of brand n

   
ew tyres
            
And back in Bo

            
w River, just 

              
where I wanna 

   
be...       ..

.ohh


[Chorus]

Listen now to 

the wind babe

Listen now to 

the rain
             
I feel that wa

              
ter lickin' at

         
 my feet again

            
I don't wanna 

         
see this town 

    
no more
         
Too many years

             
, made up my m


ind
        
To go or stay 

 
right to my
      
Dying day

            
I don't wanna 

         
see another en

      
gine line
         
Too many years

        
 and I owe my 

mind
            
The first set 

              
of wheels, and

            
 I'll be back 

             
in Bow River a

      
gain
            
First thing yo

              
u know, I'll b

            
e back in Bow 

              
River again


[Break]
         
          
              (x2)

                     (x2)


[Verse 3]
              
I got the moto

  
r runnin'
              
I got the rest

       
 of my days
            
I sold everyth

            
ing I own for 

               
just a song

              
So any time yo

  
u want babe
         
You can come a

round
            
Don't you leav

              
e it too late,

            
 you just migh

            
t find me gone

   
…gone…gone


[Chorus]

Listen now to 

the wind babe

Listen now to 

the rain
             
I feel that wa

              
ter lickin' at

         
 my feet again

            
I don't wanna 

         
see this town 

    
no more
         
Too many years

             
, made up my m


ind
        
To go or stay 

 
right to my
      
Dying day

            
I don't wanna 

         
see another en

      
gine line
         
Too many years

        
 and I owe my 

mind
            
The first set 

              
of wheels, hea

            
din' back in B

               
ow River again


[Finale]
            
I don't need t

          
he score, I'm 

             
walkin’ out th

   
e door
            
I'm gonna tell

           
 the man, I do

           
n't want no mo

re
         
Pick up a fast

#         
 car, and burn

 my 
           
name in the ro

ad

        
One week, two 

             
week, maybe ev

   
en more
            
I'll piss all 

           
my money, up a

 
gainst the dam

n wall
            
First thing yo

              
u know, I'll b

            
e back in Bow 

              
River again 
            
First thing yo

              
u know, I'll b

            
e back in Bow 

              
River again 
            
First thing yo

              
u know, I'll b

            
e back in Bow 

              
River again 

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[Ok here's why I like usign E as the root chord - the bass line is a bit easier to pick out]
[Especially in the chorus, where it really makes the song]

| p   Pick
| v   Strum Down (Follow by up)
| x   Dead note

  p v p v p v 
e|--00--xx--33
B|--00--33--00
G|--00--22--00
D|--22--00--00
A|--22--00--22
E|0---2---3---

p v  p v p v p
--33|--00--33-
--00|--11--00-
--00|--22--00-
--00|--22--00-
2---|0---2---3
----|---------

 v p v  p v p 
-00--11|--00--
-11--22|--00--
-00--11|--00--
-220---|--22--
-------|--22--
-------|0---2-

v p v p v  p v
xx--33--00|--2
33--00--22|--0
22--00--22|--2
00--00--22|--1
00--220---|2--
--3-------|---

  v v v v v
2-2222222222|
0-0000000000|
2-2222222222|
1-1111111111|
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