C G7 Well I’ve ripped and dug out burrows on a sandy bulloak hill, C G7 Eradicating rabbits doesn’t take a lot of skill AM G7 But a boy born in the Mallee doesn’t find ’em hard to kill C G7 No self-respecting farmer lets a rodent eat his wheat C G7 He’ll shoot ’em […]
Fm7/Bb Eb Fm7/Eb Don’t go lookin’ through that old camphor box woman, Eb Fm7/Eb You know those old things only make you cry. Eb Fm7/Eb When you dream upon that little bunny rug Eb Fm7/Eb It makes you think that life has passed you by Eb Fm7/Eb There are days when you wish the world […]
Bb Bb/A Eb/G Bb/F Cm/Eb Bb/D Cm7 F7sus4 Bb Bb Galleries of pink galahs, Eb Bb Crystal nights with diamond stars, Cm Bb Apricots preserved in jars, Cm7 F7sus4 Bb That’s my home. Bb Land of oceans in the sun, Eb Bb Purple hazes, river gum, Cm Bb Breaks your heart when rain won’t come, […]
D7 G Em I’ve been around the world Am D7 A couple of times or maybe more Am D7 I’ve seen the sights, I’ve had delights G D7 On every foreign shore G Em But when my mates all ask me Am D7 The place that I adore Am D7 G I tell them right […]
Bb Dm Bb Dm Bb Dm C7 F C Bb F C Bb Hey True Blue, don’t say you’ve gone F Bb Say you’ve knocked off for a smoko F C And you’ll be back later on Gm7 C Hey True Blue Gm7 C F Hey True Blue, give it to me straight C Bb […]
Words and Music by John Williamson © 2001 EMUSIC PTY LTD I’ll sing you the desert, where blackmen sailed Waterhole to water, where whitemen failed See the face of dreamers, forgotten souls Hear the voice of cattlemen crackle in the coals Maybe we will learn what’s written in the sand A thousand generations living off […]
Words and Music by John Williamson © 1983 Emusic Pty Ltd Just layin’ with my lady on a houseboat in the sun Can’t hear the city hummin’, and I’m feelin’ good With a belly full of oysters and some white wine on the ice, I’ve got that laid back lovin’ feeling – it’s really nice […]
Words and Music by John Williamson What am I gonna do – what about the future? Gotta draw the line without delay Why shouldn’t I get emotional – the bush is sacred Ancient life will fade away Over the hill they go, killing another mountain Gotta fill the quota – can’t go slow Huge machinery […]
Words and Music by John Williamson © 1989 Emusic Pty Ltd It was before the dollar And before the Pill I went to this rock dance – in Swan Hill I arrived in me E.K – hair slicked back And I saw his sheila in tangerine socks, hair pitch black And she walked right by […]
Words and Music by John Williamson © 1995 Emusic Pty Ltd Where is the glory when war is won A man hits the bottle and belts his son So I ran away to the Cattle Run Where I learned to fight and swallow rum And I learned to go barefoot you see Just like an […]
