WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Gordon Bok - On The Wallaby Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
C D G
[Verse]
D C G
Me tent poles are rotten, me campfire's dead
C D
And the possums they ramble in the trees overhead
G D C G
I'm out on the wallaby, I'm humping me drum
C D G C D G
And I come down the road where the sundowners come
[Verse]
D C G
It's north-west-by-west, over ranges afar
C D
To the plains where the cattle and the sheep stations are
G D C G
With the sky for me blanket and the earth for me bunk
C D
And a calico bag for me damper and me junk
G D C G
And it's scarcely a comrade me memory reveals
C D G C D G
Oh, the spirit still tingles in me toe and me heels
[Verse]
D C G
Now me tent is all torn and me blankets are damp
C D
And the fast-rising floodwater flows down to the camp
G D C G
And the cold water rises in jets from the floor
C D
And I lie in me bed and I listen to it roar
G D C G
And I think of tomorrow how me footsteps will lag
C D G C D G
As I tramp beneath the weight of a rain-sodden swag
[Verse]
D C G
But the way of a swagman is mostly uphill
C D
Though there's joy to be found on the wallaby still
G D C G
When the day has gone down, with its tramp and its toil
C D
And your campfire you build and your billy it can boil
G D C G
And there's comfort and peace in the bowl of your clay
C D G C D
Or the yarn of a mate, who is tramping your way
[Verse]
G D C G
But beware of the city, where it's poison for years
C D
And beware of the dangers in drinking long beers
G D C G
When a bushman gets bushed in the streets of the town
C D
When he's lost all his friends and his cheque's are knocked down
G D C G
Well, he's right 'til his pockets are empty and then
C D G C D G
He waltzes old bluey up the country again
[Verse]
D C G
Me tent poles are rotten, me campfire's dead
C D
And the possums they ramble in the trees overhead
G D C G
I'm out on the wallaby, I'm humping me drum
C D G C D G
And I come down the road where the sundowners come
