D G

[Verse 1]
G                                         Am
Now the stock have started dying, for the Lord has sent a drought
      D                                                     G
We're sick of prayers and providence, we're going to do without
                                      Am
With the derricks up above us and the solid earth below
      D                                            G
We're waiting at the lever for the word to let her go

[Chorus]
G       D
Sinking down, down, down
        G
Sinking down, down, down
          D                          G
Yes we'll find artesian water deeper down, down, down
       D                          G
Deeper down (deeper down), deeper down (deeper down)
          D                          G
Yes we'll find artesian water deeper down

D G

[Verse 2]
G                                       Am
Now, our engine's built in Glasgow by a very canny Scot
       D                                                        G
And he marked her twenty horse-power, but he don’t know what is what
                                       Am
When Canadian Bill is firing with them sun-dried gidgee logs
        D                                        G
She can equal thirty horses and a score or so of dogs

[Chorus]
G       D
Sinking down, down, down
        G
Sinking down, down, down
          D                          G
Yes we'll find artesian water deeper down, down, down
       D                          G
Deeper down (deeper down), deeper down (deeper down)
          D                          G
Yes we'll find artesian water deeper down

D G

[Verse 3]
G                                        Am
But the shaft has started caving and the sinking's very slow
        D                                           G
And the yellow rods are bending in the water down below
                                           Am
And the tubes are always jamming, and they can't be made to shift
         D                                                G
‘Till we nearly burst the engine with a forty horse-power lift

[Chorus]
G       D
Sinking down, down, down
        G
Sinking down, down, down
          D                          G
Yes we'll find artesian water deeper down, down, down
       D                          G
Deeper down (deeper down), deeper down (deeper down)
          D                          G
Yes we'll find artesian water deeper down

D G

[Verse 4]
G                                           Am
But there's no artesian water, though we've passed three thousand feet
    D                                                 G
The contract price is growing, and the boss is nearly beat
                                        Am
But it must be down beneath us, so it's down we've got to go
             D                                              G
Though she's bumping on the solid rock four thousand feet below

[Chorus]
G       D
Sinking down, down, down
        G
Sinking down, down, down
          D                          G
Yes we'll find artesian water deeper down, down, down
       D                          G
Deeper down (deeper down), deeper down (deeper down)
          D                          G
Yes we'll find artesian water deeper down

D G

[Verse 5]
G                                           Am
But it's hark, the whistle's blowing with a wild triumphant blast
    D                                                    G
The boys are madly cheering for we've struck the flow at last
                                      Am
It is rushing up the tubing from four thousand feet below
        D                                           G
Till it spouts above the casing in a million gallon flow

[Chorus]
G       D
Sinking down, down, down
        G
Sinking down, down, down
          D                          G
Yes we'll find artesian water deeper down, down, down
       D                          G
Deeper down (deeper down), deeper down (deeper down)
          D                          G
Yes we'll find artesian water deeper down

D G

[Verse 6]
G                                      Am
So it's clear away the timber and it's let the water run
       D                                              G
How it glimmers in the shadows, how it flashes in the sun
                                      Am
By the silent belts of timber, by the miles of baking plain
      D                                               G
It is bringing hope and comfort to the thirsty land again

[Chorus]
G       D
Sinking down, down, down
        G
Sinking down, down, down
          D                          G
Yes we'll find artesian water deeper down, down, down
       D                          G
Deeper down (deeper down), deeper down (deeper down)
          D                          G
Yes we'll find artesian water deeper down