{"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":2814656,"song":"On The Wallaby","artist":"Gordon Bok","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11639520-on-the-wallaby-chords-by-gordon-bok/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2814656?type=chord","rating":0.14098,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMe tent poles are rotten, me campfire's dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the possums they ramble in the trees overhead[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm out on the wallaby, I'm humping me drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I come down the road where the sundowners come[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's north-west-by-west, over ranges afar[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the plains where the cattle and the sheep stations are[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the sky for me blanket and the earth for me bunk[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a calico bag for me damper and me junk[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it's scarcely a comrade me memory reveals[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the spirit still tingles in me toe and me heels[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow me tent is all torn and me blankets are damp[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the fast-rising floodwater flows down to the camp[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the cold water rises in jets from the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I lie in me bed and I listen to it roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I think of tomorrow how me footsteps will lag[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs I tramp beneath the weight of a rain-sodden swag[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the way of a swagman is mostly uphill[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThough there's joy to be found on the wallaby still[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the day has gone down, with its tramp and its toil[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd your campfire you build and your billy it can boil[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there's comfort and peace in the bowl of your clay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr the yarn of a mate, who is tramping your way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut beware of the city, where it's poison for years[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd beware of the dangers in drinking long beers[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen a bushman gets bushed in the streets of the town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen he's lost all his friends and his cheque's are knocked down[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, he's right 'til his pockets are empty and then[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe waltzes old bluey up the country again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMe tent poles are rotten, me campfire's dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the possums they ramble in the trees overhead[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm out on the wallaby, I'm humping me drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I come down the road where the sundowners come[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC  D  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["C","D","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}