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
