Little Girl From The Dryland chords by John Williamson

This is Little Girl From The Dyland by John Wiliamson, on his album
Chandelier Of Stars. Sorry about some of the earlier chords in the song.
I don't know their names.

Chords Used;

Chord 1 (D*?)            Chord 2 (D/C?)

E ---0------         E ----0------
B ---3------         B ----3------
G ---2------         G ----2------
D ---0------         D ----0------
A ---0------         A ----3------
E ---0------         E ----0------

Chord 3 (D/B#?)         Dsus 3

E ----0------        E ----3------
B ----3------        B ----3------
G ----0------        G ----2------
D ----0------        D ----0------
A ----2------        A ----0------
E ----0------        E ----0------

F Chord          G Chord           Am Chord

E ---1------     E ----3----      E -----0-----
A ---1------     B ----0----      B -----1-----
G ---2------     G ----0----      G -----2-----
D ---3------     D ----0----      D -----2-----
A ---3------     A ----2----      A -----0-----
E ---1------     E ----3----      E -----0-----


Intro (Creaking sound)

Dsus 3 Dsus3

Verse;

D*                D/C
Perfectly pretty, perfectly shy,
D/B#                          D*
Little girl from the dryland, Wonderin' why..(etc)

Chorus


F                G              Am
Only the creaky wheatherboards painted a milky
green,
F                  G            Am
Keepin' that scary world outside
F                   G                   Am
It's bangin' on the windows, blowin' the washin' off the line,
Am                   G                  D*
Callin' out for that little girl on the dryland


Lyrics;

Perfectly pretty, perfectly shy
Little girl from the dryland, wonderin' why
There's no trees on the south side
To stop that howlin' wind
Little girl from the dryland

CHORUS
Only the creaky weatherboards
Painted the milky green
Keepin' that scary world outside
It's bangin' on the windows
Blowin' the washin' off the line
Callin' out for that little girl on the dryland

Two older brothers, y' sister and you
One little nipper, another one due
Hiding under the homestead
When strangers come along
Father out on the wheatfield

You hide the whisky, but then what for?
Your father is awake to you
But you are 'protector'
And your mother always knew
You wondered why you were born
Out on a wheatfield

BRIDGE (Same chords as chorus)
You know there is much more to life
Than sky and endless plains
Your father told you stories of the war
Of Singapore and Paris, and how you long to go
But you are young, and stuck out on the dryland



That's probably it. It's a beautiful song and I feel honoured to be the
first one to tab it online. Any corrections please email me (go easy it's
my first tab!) bobokid_8@hotmail.com