Paul Kelly’s Blues
The Flood
Capo 3rd Fret


Acoustic Start
D 	                       G
~ Pour out your painted days, ~ and all your wondrous ways
Em 	                    G / / / |
~  And take me down to the river
D 	                      G
~ And hold my hand so tight, ~ don’t let me go tonight
Em                     G /  /  /  |
~  Lead me down to the river (Cos...)


Chorus:
 	      D 	              Am
Cos’ it’s my home, away from home
 	 G 	            C
It’s my house, made out of stone
      D 	             G
And I know, I’m not alone
       Em 	      G
On the banks, of the river


All in… 	 |D / / / | G / / / | Em / / / | G / / / |


D 	                    G
~ I don’t deserve my fate, ~ cos’ I left it much to late
Em 	                      G
~  To make my peace with the river
D 	                         G
~ I’ve done the dumbest things, ~ like Paul Kelly sings
Em 	                 G
~  So much water in the river


Chorus:
 	      D 	              Am
But it’s my home, away from home
 	 G 	            C
It’s my house, made out of stone
      D 	             G
And I know, I’m not alone
       Em 	      G
On the banks, of the river


Instrumental: |D / / / | G / / / | Em / / / | G / / / | x2


Chorus:
 	      D 	              Am
Yeah it’s my home, away from home
 	 G 	            C
It’s my house, made out of stone
      D 	             G
And I know, I’m not alone
       Em 	      G
On the banks, of the river


(Acoustic part like 1st verse in this verse)
D 	                      G
~ When I was five years old, ~ so my story told
Em 	           G
~ Swimming in the river
D 	                     G
~ Singing sleeping sighing, ~ laughing waking crying
Em 	         G
~ All along the river


Chorus:
            D 	             Am
Now it’s my home, away from home
 	 G 	            C
It’s my house, made out of stone
      D 	             G
And I know, I’m not alone
       Em 	      G
On the banks, of the river   Yeah Yeah


Instrumental: |D / / / | G / / / | Em / / / | G / / / | x2


Chorus:
 	      D 	              Am
It’s my home, away from home
 	 G 	            C
It’s my house, it's made out of stone
      D 	             G
And I know, I’m not alone
       Em 	      G / / / |D--> end
On the banks, of the river


good song, and i did it as accuratly as i could...
p.s. the ~ stands for a one count rest

eg, ~ pour out your painted days
    1      2        3      The count of 4 sumwhere here lol