The Overlanders tab by Traditional

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The Overlanders    Australian Folk Song

Transcribed by K Woodgate

Easy melody Version

The song can be found on records by the Bushwackers, Cobbers, William Clauson
and many other Australian Folk records.


  A minorAm         C majorC          DmDm        E minorEm
e|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
BB|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
G+G|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D MajorD|-2-----2----------|-------------------|-0-----0---0-----|-0--2--2----2-----|
A augmentedA|----------0-----2-|-3---3----3-----3--|---------------3-|------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
 There's a trade you all know well, It's ...

  A minorAm        C majorC        DmDm     E minorEm     C majorC
e|----------------|---------------|------------|--------------|--------------
BB|----------------|---------------|------------|--------------|--------------
G+G|----------------|---------------|------------|--------------|--------------
D MajorD|-2--2-----------|-------------2-|-0-0------0-|-2---2---2-2--|-0--2-----3---
A augmentedA|--------0-----2-|-3---3--3------|------3-----|--------------|--------------
E MajorE|----------------|---------------|------------|--------------|--------------
 lis-ten while I tell to you How I be-came a ....

  G+G       C majorC       G+G    A minorAm         C majorC
e|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|
BB|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|
G+G|-0-----0------------|----------0--|-0--2------2--2--|-0-----------------|
D MajorD|-------------3--2---|-0--2--3-----|-----------------|-----2---2---2-----|
A augmentedA|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|
 Queens-land, To Kemp-sey I did wan-der ...

    E minorEm          A minorAm
e|-------------------|-----------------|
BB|-------------------|-----------------|
G+G|-------------------|-----------------|
D MajorD|--0----------------|-----------------|
A augmentedA|-----3----3------2-|-------0------0--|
E MajorE|-------------------|-3---------------|
  And then turned o- ...

  CHORUS
  C majorC        G+G        C majorC         G+G       A minorAm
e|---------------|----------------------|------------------|----------------
BB|---------------|----------------------|------------------|----------------
G+G|---------------|-0----0------0--------|-------------0----|-0-----2---2--2-
D MajorD|-2---0---2---3-|-----------------2----|-0--2-----3-------|----------------
A augmentedA|---------------|----------------------|------------------|----------------
E MajorE|---------------|----------------------|------------------|----------------
 Pass the bot-tle round boys, and don't ...
to-night

    C majorC          E minorEm       A minorAm
e|----------------------|------------|---------------||
BB|----------------------|------------|---------------||
G+G|-0--------------------|------------|---------------||
D MajorD|------2-----2---2-----|-0----------|---------------||
A augmentedA|----------------------|---3--3--2--|-----0----0----||
E MajorE|----------------------|------------|-3-------------||
 we'll drink the health of ev-...