Cootamundra Wattle Chords by John Williamson

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_ _ _ Don't [Eb] go looking through that old [Ab] camphor box, _ woman
[Eb] You know those old things only make you [Ab] cry
_ When [Eb] you dream upon that little bunny [Ab] rug
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Makes you think that life has passed you [Ab] by
_ There [Eb] are days when you wish the world would [Ab] stop, woman _
[Eb] But then you know some wounds would never [Ab] heal
_ _ [Eb] But when I browse the early pages [Ab] of the children
_ It's then I know exactly [Eb] how you feel
_ Hey, [Ab] it's July and the winter sun [Eb] is shining _ _
And [Ab] the kutumundru wattle [Eb] is my friend
_ For [Ab] all at once my childhood [Eb] never left me
Cos [Bbm] wattle [Fm] blossoms bring [Ab] it [Eb] back again _ _
_ It's Sunday and you should stop [Ab] the worry, woman _
[Eb] Come out here and sit down in [Ab] the sun _ _ _ _
[Eb] Can't you hear the _ magpies [Ab] in the distance? _ _ _
[Eb] Don't you feel the new day [Ab] has begun? _ _ _ _
[Eb] Can't you hear the bees making [Ab] honey, _ woman?
In [Eb] the spotted gums where the bell [Ab] birds ring
_ _ You [Eb] might grow old and bitter cos [Ab] you missed it _ _
You know some people never hear [Eb] such things
_ Hey, [Ab] it's July and the winter sun [Eb] is shining
_ And [Ab] the kutumundru wattle is [Eb] my friend
_ For [Ab] all at once my childhood [Eb] never left [Ebm] me
Cos wattle [C] blossoms bring it [Eb] back again _ _
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Don't buy the daily papers [Ab] _
anymore, woman
[Eb] Read all about what's going on in [Ab] hell
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don't care to tell the world of [Ab]
kindness
_ _ [Eb] Good news never made a paper [Ab] sell
_ There's all [Eb] the colours of the rainbow in the [Ab]
garden, woman
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And symphonies of music in the [Ab] sky
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Heaven's all around us if you're [Ab] looking
_ But _ _ how can you see it if you [Eb] _ cry? _ _
Hey, it's [Ab] July and the winter sun [Eb] is shining
_ [Ebm] _ And the [Ab] _ kutumundru wattle is [Eb] my friend _ _
[Ab] For all at once my childhood never [Eb] left [Ebm] me _ _
[Bb] Cos wattle blossoms bring [C] it back [Eb] again _ _ _
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