{"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":2202821,"song":"Australia","artist":"Steeleye Span","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11467919-australia-chords-by-steeleye-span/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2202821?type=chord","rating":0.05892,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a young man, my age seventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI ought to have been serving Victoria, my Queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut them hard-hearted judges, oh, how cruel they be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nFor to send us poor lads to Australia[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nI fell in with a damsel, she was handsome and gay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI neglected my work more and more everyday[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd to keep her like a lady, I went on the highway[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd for that I was sent to Australia[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAustralia, Australia, I would ne'er see no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWorn out with the fever, cast down to Death's door[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd if I ever live, say, seven years more[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI would soon bid adieu to Australia[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nNow the judges, they stand with their whips in their hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd they drive us like horses to plough up the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou should see us poor young fellas, a-working in the gaol-yard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHow cruel is our fate in Australia[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAustralia, Australia, I would ne'er see no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWorn out with the fever, cast down to Death's door[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd if I ever live, say, seven years more[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI would soon bid adieu to Australia[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nB\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["B","F#","E","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}