Chords for John Williamson-Little girl from the dryland
Tempo:
82.15 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Bb
Gb
Db
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[Bb]
[Bbm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
Perfectly pretty, [Ab]
perfectly shy, [Eb] Little girl from the dry [Bb] land,
Wondering why there's no trees on the south side,
[Fm] To stop that howling wind, [Eb] Little girl from the dry [Bb] land.
[Gb] Only the [Ab] crakey weather boards, [Db] Aided the milky green,
[Gb] Keeping that [Ab] scary world [Db] outside,
It's [Gb] banging [Ab] on the windows, [Db] Blowing the washing off the lines,
[Gb] Calling out [Ab] for that little girl [Bb] on the dry land.
[Ab] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] Two older brothers, A sister and you,
[Eb] One little nipper, [Bb] Another one Jew,
Hiding under the [Fm] homestead, When strangers come along,
[Eb]
Farther out on the wheat field,
[Bb] [Gb] Only [Ab] the crakey weather boards, [Db] Aided the milky green,
[Gb] Keeping that scary [Ab] world [Db] outside,
[Gb] It's banging on [Ab] the windows, [Db] Blowing the washing off the lines,
[Gb]
Calling out [Ab] for that little girl [Bb] on the dry land.
[Ab]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
You hide the whiskey, But then what for?
[Eb] Your father is awake to you,
[Bb]
You are a protector, [Ab] And your mother always knew,
[Eb] You wondered why you were born out on [Bb] a wheat field,
[Gb] You know there [Ab] is much more to life [Db] than sky and endless plain,
[Gb] Your father [Ab] told you [Db] stories of the war,
[Gb] Of Singapore [Ab] and Paris, And [Db] oh how you long to go,
[Gb] But you are young [Ab] and stuck out [Bb] on the dry land.
[Gb] Only the [Ab] crakey weather [Db] boards, Aided the milky green,
[Gb] Keeping that [Ab] scary world [Db] outside,
[Gb] It's banging [Ab] on the windows, [Db] Blowing the washing off the lines,
[Gb] Calling [Ab] out for that little girl [Bb] on the dry land.
[Ab] [Bb] [Eb]
Calling out for that little [Bb] girl on [Ab]
[Bb] [Eb] the dry land.
[C] [Bb]
[Fm]
[Bbm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
Perfectly pretty, [Ab]
perfectly shy, [Eb] Little girl from the dry [Bb] land,
Wondering why there's no trees on the south side,
[Fm] To stop that howling wind, [Eb] Little girl from the dry [Bb] land.
[Gb] Only the [Ab] crakey weather boards, [Db] Aided the milky green,
[Gb] Keeping that [Ab] scary world [Db] outside,
It's [Gb] banging [Ab] on the windows, [Db] Blowing the washing off the lines,
[Gb] Calling out [Ab] for that little girl [Bb] on the dry land.
[Ab] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] Two older brothers, A sister and you,
[Eb] One little nipper, [Bb] Another one Jew,
Hiding under the [Fm] homestead, When strangers come along,
[Eb]
Farther out on the wheat field,
[Bb] [Gb] Only [Ab] the crakey weather boards, [Db] Aided the milky green,
[Gb] Keeping that scary [Ab] world [Db] outside,
[Gb] It's banging on [Ab] the windows, [Db] Blowing the washing off the lines,
[Gb]
Calling out [Ab] for that little girl [Bb] on the dry land.
[Ab]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb]
You hide the whiskey, But then what for?
[Eb] Your father is awake to you,
[Bb]
You are a protector, [Ab] And your mother always knew,
[Eb] You wondered why you were born out on [Bb] a wheat field,
[Gb] You know there [Ab] is much more to life [Db] than sky and endless plain,
[Gb] Your father [Ab] told you [Db] stories of the war,
[Gb] Of Singapore [Ab] and Paris, And [Db] oh how you long to go,
[Gb] But you are young [Ab] and stuck out [Bb] on the dry land.
[Gb] Only the [Ab] crakey weather [Db] boards, Aided the milky green,
[Gb] Keeping that [Ab] scary world [Db] outside,
[Gb] It's banging [Ab] on the windows, [Db] Blowing the washing off the lines,
[Gb] Calling [Ab] out for that little girl [Bb] on the dry land.
[Ab] [Bb] [Eb]
Calling out for that little [Bb] girl on [Ab]
[Bb] [Eb] the dry land.
[C] [Bb]
[Fm]
100% ➙ 82BPM
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ Perfectly pretty, _ _ [Ab]
perfectly shy, _ [Eb] _ Little girl from the dry [Bb] land,
Wondering why there's no trees on the south side,
[Fm] To stop that howling wind, _ [Eb] Little girl from the dry [Bb] land.
_ _ [Gb] Only the [Ab] crakey weather boards, [Db] Aided the milky green,
[Gb] Keeping that [Ab] scary world [Db] outside,
It's _ [Gb] banging [Ab] on the windows, [Db] Blowing the washing off the lines,
[Gb] Calling out [Ab] for that little girl [Bb] on the dry land.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Two older brothers, A sister and you,
_ [Eb] One little nipper, _ [Bb] Another one Jew, _ _
Hiding under the [Fm] homestead, When strangers come along,
_ [Eb]
Farther out on the wheat field,
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gb] Only [Ab] the crakey weather boards, [Db] Aided the milky green,
[Gb] Keeping that scary [Ab] world [Db] outside,
_ _ [Gb] It's banging on [Ab] the windows, [Db] Blowing the washing off the lines,
[Gb]
Calling out [Ab] for that little girl [Bb] on the dry land.
_ _ [Ab] _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ You hide the whiskey, But then what for?
_ [Eb] Your father is awake to you,
[Bb] _
_ You are a protector, _ [Ab] And your mother always knew,
[Eb] You wondered why you were born out on [Bb] a wheat field,
_ [Gb] You know there [Ab] is much more to life [Db] than sky and endless plain,
[Gb] Your father [Ab] told you [Db] stories of the war,
_ [Gb] Of Singapore [Ab] and Paris, And [Db] oh how you long to go,
[Gb] But you are young [Ab] and stuck out [Bb] on the dry land.
_ [Gb] Only the [Ab] crakey weather [Db] boards, Aided the milky green,
[Gb] Keeping that [Ab] scary world [Db] outside,
_ _ [Gb] It's banging [Ab] on the windows, [Db] Blowing the washing off the lines,
[Gb] Calling [Ab] out for that little girl [Bb] on the dry land.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb]
Calling out for that little [Bb] girl on _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] the dry land.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ Perfectly pretty, _ _ [Ab]
perfectly shy, _ [Eb] _ Little girl from the dry [Bb] land,
Wondering why there's no trees on the south side,
[Fm] To stop that howling wind, _ [Eb] Little girl from the dry [Bb] land.
_ _ [Gb] Only the [Ab] crakey weather boards, [Db] Aided the milky green,
[Gb] Keeping that [Ab] scary world [Db] outside,
It's _ [Gb] banging [Ab] on the windows, [Db] Blowing the washing off the lines,
[Gb] Calling out [Ab] for that little girl [Bb] on the dry land.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Two older brothers, A sister and you,
_ [Eb] One little nipper, _ [Bb] Another one Jew, _ _
Hiding under the [Fm] homestead, When strangers come along,
_ [Eb]
Farther out on the wheat field,
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gb] Only [Ab] the crakey weather boards, [Db] Aided the milky green,
[Gb] Keeping that scary [Ab] world [Db] outside,
_ _ [Gb] It's banging on [Ab] the windows, [Db] Blowing the washing off the lines,
[Gb]
Calling out [Ab] for that little girl [Bb] on the dry land.
_ _ [Ab] _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ You hide the whiskey, But then what for?
_ [Eb] Your father is awake to you,
[Bb] _
_ You are a protector, _ [Ab] And your mother always knew,
[Eb] You wondered why you were born out on [Bb] a wheat field,
_ [Gb] You know there [Ab] is much more to life [Db] than sky and endless plain,
[Gb] Your father [Ab] told you [Db] stories of the war,
_ [Gb] Of Singapore [Ab] and Paris, And [Db] oh how you long to go,
[Gb] But you are young [Ab] and stuck out [Bb] on the dry land.
_ [Gb] Only the [Ab] crakey weather [Db] boards, Aided the milky green,
[Gb] Keeping that [Ab] scary world [Db] outside,
_ _ [Gb] It's banging [Ab] on the windows, [Db] Blowing the washing off the lines,
[Gb] Calling [Ab] out for that little girl [Bb] on the dry land.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb]
Calling out for that little [Bb] girl on _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] the dry land.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _