The Overlanders tab by Traditional

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.


   Am                 C                   Dm               Em
e|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
G|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-2-----2----------|-------------------|-0-----0---0-----|-0--2--2----2-----|
A|----------0-----2-|-3---3----3-----3--|---------------3-|------------------|
E|------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
  There's a trade you all know well, It's ...

   Am               C               Dm          Em         C
e|----------------|---------------|------------|--------------|--------------
B|----------------|---------------|------------|--------------|--------------
G|----------------|---------------|------------|--------------|--------------
D|-2--2-----------|-------------2-|-0-0------0-|-2---2---2-2--|-0--2-----3---
A|--------0-----2-|-3---3--3------|------3-----|--------------|--------------
E|----------------|---------------|------------|--------------|--------------
  lis-ten while I  tell to you How I be-came a  ....

   G              C              G       Am                 C
e|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|
B|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|
G|-0-----0------------|----------0--|-0--2------2--2--|-0-----------------|
D|-------------3--2---|-0--2--3-----|-----------------|-----2---2---2-----|
A|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E|--------------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------------|
  Queens-land, To Kemp-sey I did wan-der ...

       Em                   Am
e|-------------------|-----------------|
B|-------------------|-----------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|
D|--0----------------|-----------------|
A|-----3----3------2-|-------0------0--|
E|-------------------|-3---------------|
   And then turned o-  ...

   CHORUS
   C               G               C                 G             Am
e|---------------|----------------------|------------------|----------------
B|---------------|----------------------|------------------|----------------
G|---------------|-0----0------0--------|-------------0----|-0-----2---2--2-
D|-2---0---2---3-|-----------------2----|-0--2-----3-------|----------------
A|---------------|----------------------|------------------|----------------
E|---------------|----------------------|------------------|----------------
  Pass the bot-tle round boys, and don't ...
to-night

        C                   Em             Am
e|----------------------|------------|---------------||
B|----------------------|------------|---------------||
G|-0--------------------|------------|---------------||
D|------2-----2---2-----|-0----------|---------------||
A|----------------------|---3--3--2--|-----0----0----||
E|----------------------|------------|-3-------------||
  we'll drink the health of ev-...