G          D             C             D       G
I rode the boundries of our place, for the very last time
        G        D          C 
I was leaving for Sydney on the mail train,
    D         G  D C D
I'd made up my mind.
Em         D            C     D       G   D C D
Dad died in June I'd never seen my mother so frail,
Am                        C
Three months later we had to put,
          D         G
The family farm up for sale.


There was a five gallon mail box on a post by the road,
         C                    D
Where I turn up the valley, and wind my way home.
        Em        D        C
I could see mum and dad arm in arm,
                    D     G
In my memories of the Family Farm.

    G          D           C      D           G
No horses, no valleys, no crossings, no Hinterland streams
       G          D         C    
Just a heart full of song, a guitar, 
       D            G
And a swag full of dreams.
      Em         D             C     D       G
In my dark little room i'd scratch out my letters to mum,
     Am                    C         D         G  
And apart of me drifted back north, with every single one.


There was a five gallon mail box on a post by the road,
         C                    D
Where I turn up the valley, and wind my way home.
        Em        D        C
I could see mum and dad arm in arm,
                    D      G
In my memories of the Family Farm.

G            D          C      D                  G   
We laid mum to rest next to dad, the year the farm was sold.
G                 D        C        D          G
months turned to years as i followed the call of the road
      Em          D         C         D           G
I was just passing through as i saw, that real estate sign
Am                           C               D        G   
That very day i put my name on what had always been mine.


There was a five gallon mail box on a post by the road,
        C                   D
Where I turn up the valley, and wind my way home.
       Em         D        C
I could see mum and dad arm in arm,
                      D     G
In my memories of the Family Farm.
        Em        D        C
I could see mum and dad arm in arm,
                       D    G
In my memories of the Family Farm.