On The Wallaby chords by Gordon Bok

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse:
         D MajorD     C majorC     G+G
Me tent poles are rotten, me campfire's dead
           C majorC       D MajorD
And the possums they ramble in the trees overhead
  G+G     D MajorD      C majorC     G+G
I'm out on the wallaby, I'm humping me drum
          C majorC       D MajorD     G+G   C majorC D MajorD G+G
And I come down the road where the sundowners come

Verse:
          D MajorD     C majorC    G+G
It's north-west-by-west, over ranges afar
            C majorC       D MajorD
To the plains where the cattle and the sheep stations are
     G+G     D MajorD        C majorC      G+G
With the sky for me blanket and the earth for me bunk
       C majorC     D MajorD
And a calico bag for me damper and me junk
     G+G     D MajorD     C majorC    G+G
And it's scarcely a comrade me memory reveals
           C majorC       D MajorD     G+G    C majorC D MajorD  G+G
Oh, the spirit still tingles in me toe and me heels

Verse:
          D MajorD      C majorC      G+G
Now me tent is all torn and me blankets are damp
             C majorC      D MajorD
And the fast-rising floodwater flows down to the camp
    G+G     D MajorD    C majorC       G+G
And the cold water rises in jets from the floor
        C majorC     D MajorD
And I lie in me bed and I listen to it roar
   G+G     D MajorD       C majorC       G+G
And I think of tomorrow how me footsteps will lag
            C majorC      D MajorD      G+G   C majorC D MajorD G+G
As I tramp beneath the weight of a rain-sodden swag

Verse:
         D MajorD     C majorC    G+G
But the way of a swagman is mostly uphill
             C majorC      D MajorD
Though there's joy to be found on the wallaby still
     G+G      D MajorD       C majorC       G+G
When the day has gone down, with its tramp and its toil
           C majorC       D MajorD
And your campfire you build and your billy it can boil
      G+G      D MajorD      C majorC      G+G
And there's comfort and peace in the bowl of your clay
         C majorC      D MajorD       G+G  C majorC D MajorD
Or the yarn of a mate, who is tramping your way

Verse:
   G+G      D MajorD        C majorC     G+G
But beware of the city, where it's poison for years
         C majorC     D MajorD
And beware of the dangers in drinking long beers
    G+G      D MajorD       C majorC       G+G
When a bushman gets bushed in the streets of the town
            C majorC        D MajorD
When he's lost all his friends and his cheque's are knocked down
      G+G       D MajorD      C majorC     G+G
Well, he's right 'til his pockets are empty and then
        C majorC      D MajorD    G+G   C majorC D MajorD G+G
He waltzes old bluey up the country again

Verse:
         D MajorD     C majorC     G+G
Me tent poles are rotten, me campfire's dead
           C majorC       D MajorD
And the possums they ramble in the trees overhead
  G+G     D MajorD      C majorC     G+G
I'm out on the wallaby, I'm humping me drum
          C majorC       D MajorD     G+G   C majorC D MajorD G+G
And I come down the road where the sundowners come