The Wild Colonial Boy tab by Traditional

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The Wild Colonial Boy      Australian Traditional 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.


A7A7  D MajorD       G+G    E minorEm    A7A7       D MajorD
e|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------------
BB|---------------|----0----------|-----------------|----------------------
G+G|-2----------2--|-2------0------|-----------------|-------------2--------
D MajorD|------0---4----|------------2--|-0------------4--|-2--0-----4-----------
A augmentedA|---------------|---------------|------4---0------|----------------------
E MajorE|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------------
 There was a Wild co-lon-ial boy, Jack ...

       E minorEm      A7A7     D MajorD  A7A7   D MajorD        E minorEm
e|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|----------------
BB|-3--3------2-|-0------------|----2--0------|--------3--3-|------2--0------
G+G|--------2----|-----------0--|-2---------2--|----2--------|-2--------------
D MajorD|-------------|-----2--4-----|--------------|-4-----------|------------2---
A augmentedA|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|----------------
E MajorE|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|----------------
 But hon-est pa-rents He was born in ...
on-ly hope

   A7A7         D MajorD  A7A7 D MajorD        G+G    E minorEm    A7A7
e|------------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------------
BB|--------------2---|-0---------------|-----------0--|---------------------
G+G|----0--2----------|-----2-----------|---2---2------|-0-------------------
D MajorD|-4----------------|---------4---0---|-4------------|------2----0---------
A augmentedA|------------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------4-----
E MajorE|------------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------------
 His mo-ther's pride and joy And ...

       D MajorD
e|----------------||
BB|----------------||
G+G|----------------||
D MajorD|----4----2--0---||
A augmentedA|-0--------------||
E MajorE|----------------||
  co-lon-ial boy