Chords for Carol of the Birds : Australian Christmas Carol sung by Bucko & Champs
Tempo:
160.5 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Dm
Am
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
[C]
[Dm] [G]
[C] Out on the plains the brokers are dancing,
[Dm] Lifting their feet like horses [G] prancing,
[C] Up to the sun [G] the woodlarks go winging,
[Am] Faint in [F#] the dawn [G] like echoes they're [C] singing,
Oh, runner, [Am] oh, runner, [Dm] oh, runner to [G] Christmas [C] Day.
[Dm] [G]
[C] Down where the tree ferns grow by the river,
[Dm] There where the water's sparkle [G] and clear,
[C] Deep in the gully [G] bell birds are chiming,
[Am] Softly [D] and sweetly [G] their lyric notes [C] rhyming,
Oh, runner, [Am] oh, runner, [Dm] oh, runner to [G]
[C] Christmas Day.
[Dm]
Firebirds sip the [G] nectar of [C] flowers,
[B] Carawamps chant in wattle [Em] tree bowers,
[C#] In the blue ranges laurel [F#m] heaps calling,
[G] Carols of bush birds [F] are [G] rising and falling,
[C] And down where the tree ferns grow by the river,
[F] There where the water's sparkle [G] and quiver,
[C] Deep in the gully [G] bell birds are chiming,
[Am] Softly [F#] and [G] sweetly their lyric notes [C] rhyming,
Oh, runner, [Am] oh, runner, [Dm] oh, runner [G] to Christmas [C] Day.
[A]
[F] [G]
[C] [G]
[Am] [Bm]
[G] [C] Oh,
[Am]
[Dm] [G] [C] Christmas Day.
[Dm] Firebirds sip [G] the nectar [C] of [B] flowers,
Carawamps chant in wattle [Em] tree bowers,
[C#] In the blue ranges laurel [F#m] heaps calling,
[G] Carols of bush birds [F] are rising [G] and falling,
[C] And down on the plain the croakers are dancing,
[Dm] Lifting their feet like horses [G] prancing,
[C] Up to the sun [G] the woodlarks go winging,
[Am] Faint in [D] the [G] dawnlight echoes they're [C] singing,
Oh, runner, [Am] oh, runner, [Dm] oh, runner [Em] to Christmas [C] Day.
[Am] Oh, runner, [Dm] oh, runner [G] to Christmas [C] Day.
[Am] Oh, runner, [Dm] oh, runner [G] to [C] Christmas Day.
[Dm] [G]
[C] Out on the plains the brokers are dancing,
[Dm] Lifting their feet like horses [G] prancing,
[C] Up to the sun [G] the woodlarks go winging,
[Am] Faint in [F#] the dawn [G] like echoes they're [C] singing,
Oh, runner, [Am] oh, runner, [Dm] oh, runner to [G] Christmas [C] Day.
[Dm] [G]
[C] Down where the tree ferns grow by the river,
[Dm] There where the water's sparkle [G] and clear,
[C] Deep in the gully [G] bell birds are chiming,
[Am] Softly [D] and sweetly [G] their lyric notes [C] rhyming,
Oh, runner, [Am] oh, runner, [Dm] oh, runner to [G]
[C] Christmas Day.
[Dm]
Firebirds sip the [G] nectar of [C] flowers,
[B] Carawamps chant in wattle [Em] tree bowers,
[C#] In the blue ranges laurel [F#m] heaps calling,
[G] Carols of bush birds [F] are [G] rising and falling,
[C] And down where the tree ferns grow by the river,
[F] There where the water's sparkle [G] and quiver,
[C] Deep in the gully [G] bell birds are chiming,
[Am] Softly [F#] and [G] sweetly their lyric notes [C] rhyming,
Oh, runner, [Am] oh, runner, [Dm] oh, runner [G] to Christmas [C] Day.
[A]
[F] [G]
[C] [G]
[Am] [Bm]
[G] [C] Oh,
[Am]
[Dm] [G] [C] Christmas Day.
[Dm] Firebirds sip [G] the nectar [C] of [B] flowers,
Carawamps chant in wattle [Em] tree bowers,
[C#] In the blue ranges laurel [F#m] heaps calling,
[G] Carols of bush birds [F] are rising [G] and falling,
[C] And down on the plain the croakers are dancing,
[Dm] Lifting their feet like horses [G] prancing,
[C] Up to the sun [G] the woodlarks go winging,
[Am] Faint in [D] the [G] dawnlight echoes they're [C] singing,
Oh, runner, [Am] oh, runner, [Dm] oh, runner [Em] to Christmas [C] Day.
[Am] Oh, runner, [Dm] oh, runner [G] to Christmas [C] Day.
[Am] Oh, runner, [Dm] oh, runner [G] to [C] Christmas Day.
Key:
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C
Dm
Am
F
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C
Dm
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ Out on the plains the brokers are dancing,
[Dm] Lifting their feet like horses [G] prancing,
[C] Up to the sun [G] the woodlarks go winging,
[Am] Faint in [F#] the dawn [G] like echoes they're [C] singing,
Oh, _ runner, _ [Am] oh, runner, _ [Dm] oh, runner to [G] Christmas [C] _ _ Day. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ Down where the tree ferns grow by the river,
[Dm] There where the _ water's sparkle [G] and clear,
_ [C] Deep in the gully [G] bell birds are chiming,
_ [Am] Softly [D] and sweetly [G] their lyric notes [C] rhyming,
Oh, runner, _ _ [Am] oh, runner, _ [Dm] oh, runner to [G] _
[C] Christmas _ Day.
_ [Dm] _ _
Firebirds sip the [G] nectar of [C] flowers,
[B] _ _ Carawamps chant in wattle [Em] tree bowers,
[C#] In the blue _ ranges laurel [F#m] heaps calling,
[G] _ Carols of bush birds [F] are [G] rising and falling,
[C] And down where the tree ferns grow by the river,
_ [F] There where the _ water's sparkle [G] and quiver,
[C] Deep in the gully [G] bell birds are chiming,
[Am] _ Softly [F#] and [G] sweetly their lyric notes [C] rhyming,
Oh, runner, _ [Am] oh, _ runner, [Dm] oh, runner [G] to Christmas [C] _ _ _ Day.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ Oh, _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] Christmas _ Day.
_ _ [Dm] _ Firebirds sip [G] the nectar [C] of [B] flowers, _
Carawamps chant in wattle [Em] tree bowers,
[C#] In the blue _ ranges laurel [F#m] heaps calling,
[G] _ Carols of bush birds [F] are rising [G] and falling,
[C] And down on the plain the croakers are dancing,
[Dm] Lifting their feet like horses [G] _ prancing,
[C] Up to the sun [G] the woodlarks go winging,
[Am] Faint in [D] the _ [G] dawnlight echoes they're [C] singing,
Oh, _ runner, _ [Am] oh, runner, _ [Dm] oh, runner [Em] to Christmas [C] _ Day.
_ [Am] Oh, runner, _ _ [Dm] oh, runner [G] to Christmas [C] Day.
_ _ [Am] Oh, _ runner, _ [Dm] oh, runner [G] to _ [C] Christmas _ Day. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ Out on the plains the brokers are dancing,
[Dm] Lifting their feet like horses [G] prancing,
[C] Up to the sun [G] the woodlarks go winging,
[Am] Faint in [F#] the dawn [G] like echoes they're [C] singing,
Oh, _ runner, _ [Am] oh, runner, _ [Dm] oh, runner to [G] Christmas [C] _ _ Day. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ Down where the tree ferns grow by the river,
[Dm] There where the _ water's sparkle [G] and clear,
_ [C] Deep in the gully [G] bell birds are chiming,
_ [Am] Softly [D] and sweetly [G] their lyric notes [C] rhyming,
Oh, runner, _ _ [Am] oh, runner, _ [Dm] oh, runner to [G] _
[C] Christmas _ Day.
_ [Dm] _ _
Firebirds sip the [G] nectar of [C] flowers,
[B] _ _ Carawamps chant in wattle [Em] tree bowers,
[C#] In the blue _ ranges laurel [F#m] heaps calling,
[G] _ Carols of bush birds [F] are [G] rising and falling,
[C] And down where the tree ferns grow by the river,
_ [F] There where the _ water's sparkle [G] and quiver,
[C] Deep in the gully [G] bell birds are chiming,
[Am] _ Softly [F#] and [G] sweetly their lyric notes [C] rhyming,
Oh, runner, _ [Am] oh, _ runner, [Dm] oh, runner [G] to Christmas [C] _ _ _ Day.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ Oh, _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] Christmas _ Day.
_ _ [Dm] _ Firebirds sip [G] the nectar [C] of [B] flowers, _
Carawamps chant in wattle [Em] tree bowers,
[C#] In the blue _ ranges laurel [F#m] heaps calling,
[G] _ Carols of bush birds [F] are rising [G] and falling,
[C] And down on the plain the croakers are dancing,
[Dm] Lifting their feet like horses [G] _ prancing,
[C] Up to the sun [G] the woodlarks go winging,
[Am] Faint in [D] the _ [G] dawnlight echoes they're [C] singing,
Oh, _ runner, _ [Am] oh, runner, _ [Dm] oh, runner [Em] to Christmas [C] _ Day.
_ [Am] Oh, runner, _ _ [Dm] oh, runner [G] to Christmas [C] Day.
_ _ [Am] Oh, _ runner, _ [Dm] oh, runner [G] to _ [C] Christmas _ Day. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _