Malley Boy chords by John Williamson

Chords with lyrics

Verse:
   G+G                          D MajorD
Well, I've ripped and dug out burrows on a sandy bulloak hill,
  G+G                   D MajorD
eradicating rabbits doesn't take a lot of skill,
     E minorEm           C majorC         D MajorD  - D7D7
but a boy born in the Mallee doesn't find 'em hard to kill.
    G+G                      D MajorD
No self-respecting farmer lets a rodent eat his wheat,
  G+G                            D MajorD
he'll shoot 'em and he'll skin 'em and he'll dress 'em up to eat,
    E minorEm           C majorC       D MajorD   - D7D7
but since the spread of mixo he's almost got 'em beat,
    D MajorD        D7D7     D MajorD     D7D7   G+G
and I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee boy.

 G+G                      D MajorD
Where little town dogs howl at the morning train,
   G+G                       D MajorD
where a cocky makes a living on twelve inches of rain,
    E minorEm           C majorC     D MajorD  - D7D7
where his woman provides and is rare to complain.
    G+G                  D MajorD
And I still love the smell of that sandy soil,
 G+G               D MajorD
some say it's dusty, some say it's gold,
  E minorEm                       D MajorD  - D7D7
‘cause it grows the sweetest fat lambs the markets ever sold,
   D MajorD      D7D7      D MajorD    D7D7   G+G
and I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee Boy.
  C majorC       G+G
Woo, do do do do do do,
 D MajorD        D7D7     D MajorD      D7D7   G+G
no, I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee Boy.

Verse:
 G+G                   D MajorD
Where you can lose an ear on duck opening day,
       G+G                   D MajorD
where slickers bring their shotguns from miles away,

    E minorEm             C majorC      D MajorD  - D7D7
and shoot the life out of shags and swans that fly their way.
    G+G                 D MajorD
Where a bloke grows as stocky as a Mallee bull,
       G+G                   D MajorD
where they come from miles around to see the tractor pull,
     E minorEm           C majorC      D MajorD  - D7D7
when the paddocks are clean and seed silos are full,
    D MajorD       D7D7      D MajorD   D7D7   G+G
and I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee Boy.
 D MajorD - D7D7 - D MajorD - D7D7 - G+G
(harmonica)

Verse:
   G+G                          D MajorD
Well, I've ripped and dug out burrows on a sandy bulloak hill,
  G+G                   D MajorD
eradicating rabbits doesn't take a lot of skill,
  E minorEm               C majorC      D MajorD  - D7D7
and a boy born in the Mallee doesn't find 'em hard to kill.
   G+G                 D MajorD
But they'll never be as rare as a Quandong tree,
 G+G                     D MajorD
my grandma made some jam for my brothers and me.
   E minorEm            C majorC    D MajorD  - D7D7
They're like the Mallee Fowl you hardly ever see,
   D MajorD         D7D7   D MajorD      D7D7   G+G
but I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee Boy.
   D MajorD       D7D7      D MajorD     D7D7    G+G
No, I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee Boy.
  C majorC            G+G
Woo, do do do do do do,
   D MajorD       D7D7      D MajorD    D7D7   G+G