Chords for Slim Dusty & His Bushlanders - Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport / Boomerang (1963)
Tempo:
96.05 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
A
F#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [E]
[A] [B] [E] Watch me [F#m] wallaby speed, [B] mate, watch me [E] wallaby speed,
Cos they're a dangerous breed, mate, [B] so watch me [E] wallaby speed.
Pan me hide [A] when I'm dead, Fred, [B] pan me hide [E] when I'm dead,
Zoe pan me hide [A] when he died five, [B] and that's it, hangin' [E] on the shed.
All together now, timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
This is the tale of the new chump jack [B] who'd just come in [E] from the great outback.
I asked an old dark man how the boomerang came [A] to be,
[B] And he told me as only a dark fella can that they made it [E] 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 the [A] boomerang came to [B] be, they made it [E] from the boomerang tree.
Boomerang, [A] boomerang, kangaroo [B] tail, rolling, [E] falling, bird full of mail,
New chump, [F#m] new chump on the [B] trail, all the way [E] up to the dark fell's head.
Timey [F#] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Watch me [F#m] wallaby speed, mate, [B]
watch me [E] wallaby speed,
Cause they're a [F#m] dangerous breed, mate, [B] so watch me [E] wallaby speed.
Hand me hide [A] when I'm dead, Fred, [B] hand me hide [E] when I'm dead,
So he can decide [F#m] when he's died five, [B] and that's it, hangin' [E] on the ship, all together now.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey kangaroo [A] down, [B] sportin',
[A] [B] [E] Watch me [F#m] wallaby speed, [B] mate, watch me [E] wallaby speed,
Cos they're a dangerous breed, mate, [B] so watch me [E] wallaby speed.
Pan me hide [A] when I'm dead, Fred, [B] pan me hide [E] when I'm dead,
Zoe pan me hide [A] when he died five, [B] and that's it, hangin' [E] on the shed.
All together now, timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
This is the tale of the new chump jack [B] who'd just come in [E] from the great outback.
I asked an old dark man how the boomerang came [A] to be,
[B] And he told me as only a dark fella can that they made it [E] 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 the [A] boomerang came to [B] be, they made it [E] from the boomerang tree.
Boomerang, [A] boomerang, kangaroo [B] tail, rolling, [E] falling, bird full of mail,
New chump, [F#m] new chump on the [B] trail, all the way [E] up to the dark fell's head.
Timey [F#] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Watch me [F#m] wallaby speed, mate, [B]
watch me [E] wallaby speed,
Cause they're a [F#m] dangerous breed, mate, [B] so watch me [E] wallaby speed.
Hand me hide [A] when I'm dead, Fred, [B] hand me hide [E] when I'm dead,
So he can decide [F#m] when he's died five, [B] and that's it, hangin' [E] on the ship, all together now.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey kangaroo [A] down, [B] sportin',
Key:
B
E
A
F#m
F#
B
E
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ Watch _ me [F#m] wallaby speed, [B] mate, watch me [E] wallaby speed,
Cos they're a dangerous breed, mate, [B] so watch me [E] wallaby speed.
Pan me hide [A] when I'm dead, Fred, [B] pan me hide [E] when I'm dead,
Zoe pan me hide [A] when he died five, [B] and that's it, hangin' [E] on the shed.
All together now, timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
This is the tale of the new chump jack [B] who'd just come in [E] from the great outback.
_ I asked an old dark man how the boomerang came [A] to be,
[B] And he told me as only a dark fella can that they made it [E] 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 the [A] boomerang came to [B] be, they made it [E] from the boomerang tree.
_ Boomerang, [A] boomerang, kangaroo [B] tail, rolling, [E] falling, bird full of mail,
New chump, [F#m] new chump on the [B] trail, all the way [E] up to the dark fell's head. _
_ Timey [F#] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
_ _ Watch me [F#m] wallaby speed, mate, [B]
watch me [E] wallaby speed,
Cause they're a [F#m] dangerous breed, mate, [B] so watch me [E] wallaby speed.
Hand me hide [A] when I'm dead, Fred, [B] hand me hide [E] when I'm dead,
So he can decide [F#m] when he's died five, [B] and that's it, hangin' [E] on the ship, all together now.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey kangaroo [A] down, [B] sportin',
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ Watch _ me [F#m] wallaby speed, [B] mate, watch me [E] wallaby speed,
Cos they're a dangerous breed, mate, [B] so watch me [E] wallaby speed.
Pan me hide [A] when I'm dead, Fred, [B] pan me hide [E] when I'm dead,
Zoe pan me hide [A] when he died five, [B] and that's it, hangin' [E] on the shed.
All together now, timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
This is the tale of the new chump jack [B] who'd just come in [E] from the great outback.
_ I asked an old dark man how the boomerang came [A] to be,
[B] And he told me as only a dark fella can that they made it [E] 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 the [A] boomerang came to [B] be, they made it [E] from the boomerang tree.
_ Boomerang, [A] boomerang, kangaroo [B] tail, rolling, [E] falling, bird full of mail,
New chump, [F#m] new chump on the [B] trail, all the way [E] up to the dark fell's head. _
_ Timey [F#] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
_ _ Watch me [F#m] wallaby speed, mate, [B]
watch me [E] wallaby speed,
Cause they're a [F#m] dangerous breed, mate, [B] so watch me [E] wallaby speed.
Hand me hide [A] when I'm dead, Fred, [B] hand me hide [E] when I'm dead,
So he can decide [F#m] when he's died five, [B] and that's it, hangin' [E] on the ship, all together now.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey [A] kangaroo down, [B] sportin', timey [E] kangaroo down.
Timey kangaroo [A] down, [B] sportin',