Chords for John Williamson - Mallee Boy

[Bb] _ Well I [F] ripped and dug out burrows on the sandy below hill
_ _ Eradicating rabbits doesn't take a lot of skill
[Gm] But a boy born in the Mallee doesn't [F] find them hard to kill _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] No self-respecting farmer [F] lets a rodent eat his weed
[Bb] He'll shoot them and he'll skin them and he'll dress them [F] up to eat
[Gm] But since the spread of mix-o he's almost got them [F] beat _ _ _ _ _
_ And I don't mind at all if you call me a [Bb] Mallee boy _ _ _ _
_ _ Well little town dogs howl at [F] the morning [Bb] train
Where a cocky makes a living on [F] twelve inches of rain
[G] Where his woman provides and it's rare to [F] complain _ _ _ _ _
And [Bb] I still love the smell of [F] that sandy soil
[Bb] Some say it's dusty, [F] some say it's gold
Because [G] it grows the sweetest fat lambs the market's [F] ever sold _ _ _ _ _ _
And I don't mind at all if you call me a [Bb] Mallee boy
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] I don't mind at all if you call me a [Bb] Mallee boy
_ _ _ _ _ Where you could lose an [F] ear on dark opening day
[Bb] When slickers bring their [F] shotguns from miles away
[G] And shoot the life out of shags and swans that fly [F] their way
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Where a bloke grows as stocky [F] as a Mallee bull
[Bb] Where they come from miles [F] around to see the tractor [Ebm] pull
When [G] the paddocks are clean and seed silos [F] are full
_ And _ _ I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee [Bb] boy
_ Well _ _ I've ripped and dug out burrows [F] on a sandy bullog hill _
Eradicating rabbits [Gm] doesn't take a lot of skill
But a boy born in the Mallee doesn't find them [F] hard to kill _
_ _ _ _ Still [Bb] they'll never be as rare as a [F] Kwong Dong tree
[Bb] My grandma made some jam for [F] my brothers and me
[Gm] They're like the Mallee fowl you hardly [C] ever [F] see _ _
_ _ _ _ But I don't mind [G] at all [F] if you call me a Mallee [Bb] boy _
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_ [F] Now I don't mind at all if you call me a Mallee [Bb] boy _ _ _
_ _ [F] Now I don't mind at all if you call me a [Bb] Mallee boy
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