Sunday, 5 October 2014

HE'LL HAVE TO GO

(C)Put your sweet lips a little(F)closer to the (C)phone
Let's pretend that we're together all al(G7)one.
I'll tell the (C)man to turn the (C7)jukebox way down (F)low
And you can (C)tell your friend with (F)you, he'll have to (C)go.

Whisper (C)to me, tell me (F)do you love me (C)true
Or is (C)he holding you the way I (G7)do.
Though love is (C)blind, make up your (C7)mind, I've got to (F)know
Should I hang (C)up, or will you tell (G7)him, he'll have to (C)go.

You can't(F) say the words I want to hear
When your (C)with another man.
Do you (F)want me, answer yes or no,
Darling (C)I will under(G7)stand.

Put your (C)sweet lips a little (F)closer to the (C)phone,
Let's pre(C)tend that we're together all al(G7)one.
I'll tell the (C)man to turn the (C7)jukebox way down (F)low
And you can (C)tell your friend there with (G7)you, he'll have to (C)go.

FIVE FOOT TWO

(C)Five foot two, (E7)eyes of blue,
But (A7)oh! what those five foot could do,
Has (D7)anybody (G7)seen my (C)girl?

(C)Turned up nose, (E7)turned down hose,
(A7)Never had no other beaus,
Has (D7)anybody (G7)seen my (C)girl?

Bridge:
Now if you (E7)run into a five foot two (A7)covered in fur,
(D7)Diamond rings and all those things,
(G7)Betcha' life it(D7) isn't (G7)her,
But.....

(C)Could she love, (E7)could she woo,
(A7)Could she, could she, could she coo,
Has (D7)anybody (G7)seen my (C)girl?
Has (D7)anybody (G7)seen my (C)girl?

AMAZING GRACE

(C)Amazing (C7)grace, how (F)sweet the (C)sound
That (C)saved a (Am)wretch like (G7)me.
I (C)once was (C7)lost, but (F)now am (C)found,
Was (Am)blind, but (G7)now I (C)see.

'Twas (C)grace that (C7)taught my (F)heart to (C)fear,
And (C)grace my (Am)fears re(G7)lieved;
How (C)precious (C7)did that (F)grace app(C)ear,
The (Am)hour I (G7)first be(C)lieved.

Through (C)many (C7)dangers, (F)toils and (C)snares,
I (C)have alr(Am)eady (G7)come;
'Tis (C)grace that (C7)brought me (F)safe thus (C)far,
And (Am)grace will (G7)lead me (C)home.

 REPEAT FIRST VERSE.

Thursday, 2 October 2014

THE WILD COLONIAL BOY

I (C)knew a wild col(F)onial boy Jack (G7)Duggan was  
his (C)name. 
Of poor but honest(C7) parents he was born in         Ca(C)stlemaine
he (C)was his fathers (F)favourite son , (G7)his mother's  hope and (C)joy
The pride of both his (F)parents was the (G7)wild colonial (C)boy

At (C)barely sixteen (F)years of age he (G7)left his  native (C)home
Bushranging to the (C7)sunny south, Australia, he did  (C)roam
He (C)robbed the wiry (F)squatters, their (G7)stocks  he did des(C)troy
A terror to (F)Australia was the (G7)wild colonial (C)boy

In (C)sixty one this (F)daring youth commen(G7)ced his wild (C)career
With a heart that knew no (C7)danger no (G7)foeman did he fe(C)ar
He held the Beechworth (F)mail-coach up and (G7)robbed Judge MacE(C)voy
Who trembled and gave (F)up his gold to the (G7)wild  colonial (C)boy

One (C)day along the mountain(F)side , Jack (G7)nimbly rode (C)along
Listening to the little (C7)birds, (G7)singing their  merry  (C)song
(C)Up rode three mounted (C7)troopers, (G7)Kelly Davis and (C)Fitzroy
And cowardly tried to (F)capture him, the(G7) Wild    Colonial (C)Boy

(C)Surrender now Jack (F)Duggan  for you (G7)see its  three to (C)one
Surrender in the (C7)Queens good name, (G7)you daring highway (C)man
(C)Jack drew a pistol (F)from his side and (G7)waved  the lively (C)toy
"I'll shoot but not (F)surrender" cried the (G7)Wild  Colonial (C)Boy"

He (C) fired a shot at (F)Kelly,which (G7)brought him to the (C)ground
And turning round to (F)Davis,he (G7)received a
fatal (C)wound,
A bullet pierced his (F)proud young from the (G7)
pistol of Fitz(C)roy,
And that was how they (F)captured him,
the wild (G7)coronal (C)boy. 


 

Sunday, 3 August 2014

OB LA DI OB LA DA

(C)Desmond has his barrow in the(G7) market place
Molly is a singer in a(C) band
Desmond says to Molly "Girl I(F) like your face"
And Molly(C) says this as she(G7) takes him by the(C) hand.
CHORUS:
Ob la di Ob la da life goes on(Em) bra(Am)
(C)La la how their(G7) life goes(C) on
Ob la di Ob la da life goes on(Em) bra(Am)
(C)La la how their(G7) life goes(C) on.

(C)Desmond takes a trolly to the(G7) jeweller's store
Buys a twenty-carat golden(C) ring
Takes it back to Molly waiting at the(F) door
And as he(C) gives it to her she beg(G7)ins to (C)sing.
Chorus
(F)In a couple of years they have built a home
sweet (C)home(F)With a couple of kids running in the 
(C)yard(F)Of Desmond and Molly Jones(G7)

(C)Happy ever after in the(G7) market place
Desmond lets the children lend a(C) hand
Molly stays at home and does her(F) pretty face
And in the(C) evening she's a(G7) singer with the(C) band.

Chorus Twice.

Monday, 14 July 2014

RING OF FIRE

INTRO:PLAYED ON THE FIRST OR BOTTOM STRING.
5 5 5 5 5 7 3 5 2 2 2 2 3 0 2

(G)Love is a(C) burning (G)thing,
And it makes a(C) fiery (G)ring.
Bound by(C) wild de(G)sire,
I fell in to a(C) ring of (G)fire.
CHORUS:
(D7)I fell in to a (C)burning ring of(G) fire,
I went(D7) down, down, down
And the(C) flames went(G) higher,
And it burns, burns, burns
The (C)ring of (G)fire, the(C) ring of(G) fire.

INSTRUMENTAL: intro riff twice.
Chorus.

(G)The taste of (C)love is (G)sweet,
When hearts like(C) ours (G)meet.
I fell for you(C) like a (G)child 
Oh, but the(C) fire went (G)wild.

Chorus twice then
And it burns, burns burns
The(C) ring of(G) fire, the (C)ring of(G) fire.


Sunday, 13 July 2014

I AM AUSTRALIAN

(C)I came from the dream-time,from the(F) dusty red soil (C)plains,
I am the ancient(Am) heart, the (F)keeper (G7)of the (C)flame.
I stood upon the rocky shores, I(F) watched the(G7) tall ships (Am)come,
For (C)forty thousand years I've been the (F)first (G7)Aust(C)ralian.

I (C)came upon the prison ship, bowed (F)down by iron (C)chains,
I(Am) fought the land, endured the lash, and (F)waited (G7)for the (C)rains.
I'm a settler, I'm a farmers wife, on a(F) dry and (G7)barren (Am)run
A (C)convict, then a free man, I be(F)came(G7) Aust(C)ralian.

I'm the(C) daughter of a digger, who (F)sought the mother(C) lode
The (Am)girl became a woman, on the(F) long and(G7) dusty (C)road.
I'm a child of the depression, I (F)saw the(G7) good times (Am)come,
I'm a(C) bushy, I'm a battler, I(F) am (G7)Aust(C)ralian.

(C)We are one, but we are (F)ma(C)ny,
And from (Am)all the (G7)lands on earth we (C)come.
We'll share a(Am) dream and sing with (F)one(C) voice,
(F)I (C)am, (Am)you (G7)are, we (C)are (G7)Aust(C)ralian.

I'm the (C)teller of stories, I'm the(F) singer of (C)songs,
I am (Am)Albert Namatjira, and I(F) paint the (G7)ghostly (C)gums.
I'm Clancy on his horse, I'm (F)Ned (G7)Kelly on the (Am)run,
I'm the(C) one who waltzed Matilda,  I (F)am (G7)Aust(C)ralian.

I'm the(C) hot wind from the desert, I'm the(F) black soil of the (C)plains
I'm the(Am) mountains and the valleys, I'm the (F)drought and (G7)flooding (C)rains,
I am the rock, I am the sky, the(F) rivers(G7) when they(Am) run,
The (C)spirit of this great land, I (F)am (G7)Aust(C)ralian.

(C)We are one, but we are (F)ma(C)ny,
And from(Am) all the (G7)lands on earth we(C) come.
We'll share a(F) dream and sing with (C)one voice,
(F)I (C)am, (Am)you(G7) are, we(C) are (G7)Aust(C)ralian.
(F)I (C)am, (Am)you (G7)are, we (C)are (G7)Aust(C)ralian.