{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1983371,"song":"Mallee Boy","artist":"John Williamson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11443677-mallee-boy-chords-by-john-williamson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1983371?type=chord","rating":4.60746,"votes":23,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell I've ripped and dug out burrows on a sandy bull oak hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nEradicating rabbits doesn't take a lot of skill[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#m[/ch]                                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut a boy born in the Mallee doesn't find 'em hard to kill[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNo self-respecting farmer lets a rodent eat his wheat[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe'll shoot 'em and he'll skin 'em and he'll dress 'em up to eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]                                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut since the spread of mixo, he's almost got 'em beat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere little town dogs howl at the morning train[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere a cocky makes a living on twelve inches of rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere his woman provides and is rare to complain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I still love the smell of that sandy soil[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSome say it's dusty, some say it's gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]                                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'Cause it grows the sweetest fat lambs the markets ever sold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Do[/ch] [ch]Do[/ch] [ch]Do[/ch] [ch]Do[/ch] [ch]Do[/ch] [ch]Do[/ch] [ch]Do[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNo I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere you can lose an ear on duck opening day[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere slickers bring their shotguns from miles away[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]                                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd shoot the life out of shags and swans that fly their way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere a bloke grows as stocky as a Mallee bull[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere they come from miles around to see the tractor pull[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch]                                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen the paddocks are clean and seed silos are full[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell I've ripped and dug out burrows on a sandy bull oak hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nEradicating rabbits doesn't take a lot of skill[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#m[/ch]                                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut a boy born in the Mallee doesn't find 'em hard to kill[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut they'll never be as rare as a quandong tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMy grandma made some jam for my brothers and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey're like the malleefowl you hardly ever see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee boy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Do[/ch] [ch]Do[/ch] [ch]Do[/ch] [ch]Do[/ch] [ch]Do[/ch] [ch]Do[/ch] [ch]Do[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNo I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee boy[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nD                         A\nDo Do Do Do Do Do Do\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE      A\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD                         A\nDo Do Do Do Do Do Do","chords":["A","E","F#m","D","Do"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}