The Wild Colonial Boy tab by Traditional

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.


A7   D             G       Em        A7              D
e|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------------
B|---------------|----0----------|-----------------|----------------------
G|-2----------2--|-2------0------|-----------------|-------------2--------
D|------0---4----|------------2--|-0------------4--|-2--0-----4-----------
A|---------------|---------------|------4---0------|----------------------
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------------
  There was a Wild co-lon-ial boy, Jack ...

             Em            A7         D   A7      D               Em
e|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|----------------
B|-3--3------2-|-0------------|----2--0------|--------3--3-|------2--0------
G|--------2----|-----------0--|-2---------2--|----2--------|-2--------------
D|-------------|-----2--4-----|--------------|-4-----------|------------2---
A|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|----------------
E|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|----------------
  But hon-est pa-rents He was born in ...
on-ly hope

      A7                  D   A7  D               G        Em        A7
e|------------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------------
B|--------------2---|-0---------------|-----------0--|---------------------
G|----0--2----------|-----2-----------|---2---2------|-0-------------------
D|-4----------------|---------4---0---|-4------------|------2----0---------
A|------------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------4-----
E|------------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------------
  His mo-ther's pride and joy And ...

              D
e|----------------||
B|----------------||
G|----------------||
D|----4----2--0---||
A|-0--------------||
E|----------------||
   co-lon-ial boy