Drovers Road Chords
Drovers Road by Mark Knopfler is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords G, Am, Em, C/G, F, Fadd9 and Em7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: | G | G Am | G Em | Am |
G
It’s a drover’s road
G Am
High up where ravens fly
G Em
And soon I’ll lose my way
Am
And I won’t know
G
It’s a drover’s road
G Am
From days so long gone by
G Em
When we knew who we were
Am
And where to go
G
It’s a drover’s road
G Am
It winds a hundred miles
G Em
You’d sleep out in the open
Am
Calm and still
G
You could trust a friend
G Am
To keep a watch awhile
G
Your cattle grazing
Em Am
Quiet on the hill
Am C/G
Walk with me
G F Fadd9
And you can leave that old dog be
G Am Am
He does much better on his own
Am C/G
Leave him be
G Fadd9
He’s a better man than me
Fadd9 G Am
He likes to find his own way home
| G | G Am | G Em7 | Am | x3
G
On a drover’s road
G Am
With the moon and misty stars
G
We walked these hills
Em7 Am
Before this all began
G
Before we gazed at screens
G Am
Went shopping in our cars
G
And a million houses
Em7 Am
Sprawled across the land
Am C/G
Walk with me
G F Fadd9
And you can leave that old dog be
G Am Am
He does much better on his own
Am C/G
Leave him be
G Fadd9
He’s a better man than me
G Am
He likes to find his own way home
| G | G Am | G Em | Am | (x4)
| Am |