Chords for Slim Dusty - Boomerang, Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport, Where the Dog Sits On the Tuckerbox

_ _ _ _ This is the tale of the new chum [B] check who's just come [E] in from the great outback.
_ I asked an old dark man how the boomerang [A] came to be,
[B] and he told me it's only a dark pelican that they made [E] it from the boomerang tree.
A boomerang, [A] a boomerang, a boomerang [B] tree, I searched and [E] searched but never did see,
that's how [A] the boomerang came to [B] be, they made [E] it from the boomerang tree. _
Boomerang, [A] boomerang, kangaroo [B] tail, rolling, [E] folding, birds will nail,
new chum, [A] new chum on the [B] trail, all the way up to [E] a dark fella's tail.
_ _ Tie me kangaroo down, spaw, tie me [E] kangaroo down,
tie me kangaroo down, [B] spaw, tie me [E] kangaroo down.
_ _ Watch me [A] wallaby speed, [B] mate, watch me [E] wallaby speed,
cos they're a [A] dangerous breed, [B] mate, so watch me [E] wallaby speed.
Hand me hide [A] when I'm dead, [B] Fred, hand me hide [E] when I'm dead,
so he tanned his hide [A] when he died, [B] Clive, and that's it, [E] hangin' on the shed, all together now.
Tie me [A] kangaroo down, [B] spaw, tie me [E] kangaroo down,
tie me [A] kangaroo down, spaw, [B] tie me [E] kangaroo down. _ _
My Mabel waits for me underneath the bright blue sky,
[B] where the dog sits on the tucker box, nine miles from [E] Gundagai.
I meet her every day and I know she's dinky die,
[B] where the dog sits on the tucker box, nine miles from [E] Gundagai. _
[A] I think she's bonzer [E] and she reckons I'm good old. _
[F#] She's such a trimmer [B] that I've entered her for the local show,
[E] and my Mabel waits for me underneath the bright blue sky,
where [B] the dog sits on the tucker box, nine miles from Gundagai.
[F#m] Nine miles from _ [E] Gundagai. _ _
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