The Man From Iron Bark Chords by Slim Dusty
Tempo:
120.25 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [D]
It was the man from Ironbark who [A] struck the Sydney town.
He wandered over street and park, he wandered up and down.
[G] He loitered here, he loitered there, [D] till he was like to drop.
[G] Until at last, in sheer despair, [E] he saw the [A] barber shop.
[G] He shaved my beard and whiskers off, [D] I'll be a man of mark, and I'll go and do the [A] Sydney top uphold in [D] Ironbark.
The barber man was small and flash, as [A] barbers mostly are.
He wore a strike, your fancy sash, he smoked a huge cigar.
[G] He was a humorist of note [D] and keen at repetite.
[G] He laid the odds and kept [E] a tote, whatever that [A] may be.
[G] And when he saw a friend arrive, [D] he whispered, here's [A] a lot.
[G] Just watch me catch [A] him all alive, this man from [D] Ironbark.
[G] [D]
[A] [D]
There were some gilded youths that sat [A] along the barber's wall.
Their eyes were dull, their heads were flat, they had no brains at [G] all.
To them the barber passed the wink, [D] his dexter eyelids shut.
[A] [G] Oh, I'll make this blooming yokel [E] think his blooming throat [A] is cut.
[G] And as he soaked and rubbed it [D] in, he made a rude remark, I suppose the flats is [A] pretty green up there in [D] Ironbark.
A grunt, bizarre reply he got, [A] shaved the bushman's chin, and made the water boiling hot and dipped [D] the razor in.
[G] He raised his hand, his brow was black, [D] it caused a wilder gloat.
[G] Then slashed the red-hot razor back [E] across his [A] victim's [G] throat.
Upon the newly-shaven skin [D] it made a livid mark.
[A] [G] No doubt it [D] fairly took [A] him in, the man from [D] Ironbark.
[G]
[D] [A] [D]
He fetched a wild up-country yell, might wake [A] the dead to hear.
And though his throat he knew full well was cut [D] from ear [A] to ear.
[G] He struttled gamely to his feet [D] and faced the murderous [G] foe.
Oh, you've done for me, you dog, I'm beat, [E] one hit before [A] I [G] go.
Oh, I only wish I had a knife, [D] you blessed murdering shark.
Oh, but you'll remember [A] all your life the man from [D] Ironbark.
He lifted up his hairy paw [A] with one tremendous clout.
He landed on the barber's jaw and knocked the barber [D] out.
[G] He set to work with tooth [D] and nail, he made the place a wreck.
[G] He grabbed the nearest gilded youth [E] and tried to break [A] his neck.
[G] And all the while his throat he held [D] to save his vital [G] spark.
And murder, [D] bloody [A] murder, yelled the man from [D] Ironbark.
[G] [D]
[A] [D]
A peeler man who heard the din [A] came in to see the show.
He tried to run the bushman in, but he [D] refused to go.
[G] And when at last the barber spoke, [D] it said, "'Twas all in fun.
[G] "'Twas just a little harmless joke, [E] a trifle [A] overdone.
[G] A joke," he said, "'by hell, that's fine, [D] a lively sort of luck.
Oh, I'd like to catch that [A] murdering swine some night in [D] Ironbark.'
And now out round the shearing floor the [A] listening shearer escaped.
Oh, he tells the story o'er and o'er and he [D] brags of his escape.
[G] "'To them barber chaps that keeps [D] a toad, by hell, I've had enough.
[G] One tried to cut me, bloom and throat, [E] but thank the Lord [A] it's tough.
[G] And whether he's believed or not, [D] there's one thing to remark, that glowing beards are [A] all that go back home in [D] Ironbark.
Glowing beards are [A] all that go back home [D] in Ironbark."
It was the man from Ironbark who [A] struck the Sydney town.
He wandered over street and park, he wandered up and down.
[G] He loitered here, he loitered there, [D] till he was like to drop.
[G] Until at last, in sheer despair, [E] he saw the [A] barber shop.
[G] He shaved my beard and whiskers off, [D] I'll be a man of mark, and I'll go and do the [A] Sydney top uphold in [D] Ironbark.
The barber man was small and flash, as [A] barbers mostly are.
He wore a strike, your fancy sash, he smoked a huge cigar.
[G] He was a humorist of note [D] and keen at repetite.
[G] He laid the odds and kept [E] a tote, whatever that [A] may be.
[G] And when he saw a friend arrive, [D] he whispered, here's [A] a lot.
[G] Just watch me catch [A] him all alive, this man from [D] Ironbark.
[G] [D]
[A] [D]
There were some gilded youths that sat [A] along the barber's wall.
Their eyes were dull, their heads were flat, they had no brains at [G] all.
To them the barber passed the wink, [D] his dexter eyelids shut.
[A] [G] Oh, I'll make this blooming yokel [E] think his blooming throat [A] is cut.
[G] And as he soaked and rubbed it [D] in, he made a rude remark, I suppose the flats is [A] pretty green up there in [D] Ironbark.
A grunt, bizarre reply he got, [A] shaved the bushman's chin, and made the water boiling hot and dipped [D] the razor in.
[G] He raised his hand, his brow was black, [D] it caused a wilder gloat.
[G] Then slashed the red-hot razor back [E] across his [A] victim's [G] throat.
Upon the newly-shaven skin [D] it made a livid mark.
[A] [G] No doubt it [D] fairly took [A] him in, the man from [D] Ironbark.
[G]
[D] [A] [D]
He fetched a wild up-country yell, might wake [A] the dead to hear.
And though his throat he knew full well was cut [D] from ear [A] to ear.
[G] He struttled gamely to his feet [D] and faced the murderous [G] foe.
Oh, you've done for me, you dog, I'm beat, [E] one hit before [A] I [G] go.
Oh, I only wish I had a knife, [D] you blessed murdering shark.
Oh, but you'll remember [A] all your life the man from [D] Ironbark.
He lifted up his hairy paw [A] with one tremendous clout.
He landed on the barber's jaw and knocked the barber [D] out.
[G] He set to work with tooth [D] and nail, he made the place a wreck.
[G] He grabbed the nearest gilded youth [E] and tried to break [A] his neck.
[G] And all the while his throat he held [D] to save his vital [G] spark.
And murder, [D] bloody [A] murder, yelled the man from [D] Ironbark.
[G] [D]
[A] [D]
A peeler man who heard the din [A] came in to see the show.
He tried to run the bushman in, but he [D] refused to go.
[G] And when at last the barber spoke, [D] it said, "'Twas all in fun.
[G] "'Twas just a little harmless joke, [E] a trifle [A] overdone.
[G] A joke," he said, "'by hell, that's fine, [D] a lively sort of luck.
Oh, I'd like to catch that [A] murdering swine some night in [D] Ironbark.'
And now out round the shearing floor the [A] listening shearer escaped.
Oh, he tells the story o'er and o'er and he [D] brags of his escape.
[G] "'To them barber chaps that keeps [D] a toad, by hell, I've had enough.
[G] One tried to cut me, bloom and throat, [E] but thank the Lord [A] it's tough.
[G] And whether he's believed or not, [D] there's one thing to remark, that glowing beards are [A] all that go back home in [D] Ironbark.
Glowing beards are [A] all that go back home [D] in Ironbark."
Key:
D
A
G
E
D
A
G
E
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It was the man from Ironbark who [A] struck the Sydney town.
He wandered over street and park, he wandered up and down.
[G] He loitered here, he loitered there, [D] till he was like to drop.
[G] Until at last, in sheer despair, [E] he saw the [A] barber shop.
[G] He shaved my beard and whiskers off, [D] I'll be a man of mark, and I'll go and do the [A] Sydney top uphold in [D] Ironbark. _ _ _ _ _
The barber man was small and flash, as [A] barbers mostly are.
He wore a strike, your fancy sash, he smoked a huge cigar.
[G] He was a humorist of note [D] and keen at repetite.
[G] He laid the odds and kept [E] a tote, whatever that [A] may be.
[G] And when he saw a friend arrive, [D] he whispered, here's [A] a lot.
[G] Just watch me catch [A] him all alive, this man from [D] Ironbark.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ There were some gilded youths that sat [A] along the barber's wall.
Their eyes were dull, their heads were flat, they had no brains at [G] all.
To them the barber passed the wink, [D] his dexter eyelids shut.
[A] [G] Oh, I'll make this blooming yokel [E] think his blooming throat [A] is cut.
[G] And as he soaked and rubbed it [D] in, he made a rude remark, I suppose the flats is [A] pretty green up there in [D] Ironbark. _ _ _
_ _ A grunt, bizarre reply he got, [A] shaved the bushman's chin, and made the water boiling hot and dipped [D] the razor in.
[G] He raised his hand, his brow was black, [D] it caused a wilder gloat.
[G] Then slashed the red-hot razor back [E] across his [A] victim's [G] throat.
Upon the newly-shaven skin [D] it made a livid mark.
[A] [G] No doubt it [D] fairly took [A] him in, the man from [D] Ironbark.
_ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ He fetched a wild up-country yell, might wake [A] the dead to hear.
And though his throat he knew full well was cut [D] from ear [A] to ear.
[G] He struttled gamely to his feet [D] and faced the murderous [G] foe.
Oh, you've done for me, you dog, I'm beat, [E] one hit before [A] I [G] go.
Oh, I only wish I had a knife, [D] you blessed murdering shark.
Oh, but you'll remember [A] all your life the man from [D] Ironbark. _ _ _ _ _
He lifted up his hairy paw [A] with one tremendous clout.
He landed on the barber's jaw and knocked the barber [D] out.
[G] He set to work with tooth [D] and nail, he made the place a wreck.
[G] He grabbed the nearest gilded youth [E] and tried to break [A] his neck.
[G] And all the while his throat he held [D] to save his vital [G] spark.
And murder, [D] bloody [A] murder, yelled the man from [D] Ironbark.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ A peeler man who heard the din [A] came in to see the show.
He tried to run the bushman in, but he [D] refused to go.
[G] And when at last the barber spoke, [D] it said, "'Twas all in fun.
[G] "'Twas just a little harmless joke, [E] a trifle [A] overdone.
[G] A joke," he said, "'by hell, that's fine, [D] a lively sort of luck.
Oh, I'd like to catch that [A] murdering swine some night in [D] _ Ironbark.' _ _
_ _ And now out round the shearing floor the [A] listening shearer escaped.
Oh, he tells the story o'er and o'er and he [D] brags of his escape.
[G] "'To them barber chaps that keeps [D] a toad, by hell, I've had enough.
[G] One tried to cut me, bloom and throat, [E] but thank the Lord [A] it's tough.
[G] And whether he's believed or not, [D] there's one thing to remark, that glowing beards are [A] all that go back home in [D] Ironbark.
_ _ Glowing beards are [A] all that go back home [D] in Ironbark." _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It was the man from Ironbark who [A] struck the Sydney town.
He wandered over street and park, he wandered up and down.
[G] He loitered here, he loitered there, [D] till he was like to drop.
[G] Until at last, in sheer despair, [E] he saw the [A] barber shop.
[G] He shaved my beard and whiskers off, [D] I'll be a man of mark, and I'll go and do the [A] Sydney top uphold in [D] Ironbark. _ _ _ _ _
The barber man was small and flash, as [A] barbers mostly are.
He wore a strike, your fancy sash, he smoked a huge cigar.
[G] He was a humorist of note [D] and keen at repetite.
[G] He laid the odds and kept [E] a tote, whatever that [A] may be.
[G] And when he saw a friend arrive, [D] he whispered, here's [A] a lot.
[G] Just watch me catch [A] him all alive, this man from [D] Ironbark.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ There were some gilded youths that sat [A] along the barber's wall.
Their eyes were dull, their heads were flat, they had no brains at [G] all.
To them the barber passed the wink, [D] his dexter eyelids shut.
[A] [G] Oh, I'll make this blooming yokel [E] think his blooming throat [A] is cut.
[G] And as he soaked and rubbed it [D] in, he made a rude remark, I suppose the flats is [A] pretty green up there in [D] Ironbark. _ _ _
_ _ A grunt, bizarre reply he got, [A] shaved the bushman's chin, and made the water boiling hot and dipped [D] the razor in.
[G] He raised his hand, his brow was black, [D] it caused a wilder gloat.
[G] Then slashed the red-hot razor back [E] across his [A] victim's [G] throat.
Upon the newly-shaven skin [D] it made a livid mark.
[A] [G] No doubt it [D] fairly took [A] him in, the man from [D] Ironbark.
_ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ He fetched a wild up-country yell, might wake [A] the dead to hear.
And though his throat he knew full well was cut [D] from ear [A] to ear.
[G] He struttled gamely to his feet [D] and faced the murderous [G] foe.
Oh, you've done for me, you dog, I'm beat, [E] one hit before [A] I [G] go.
Oh, I only wish I had a knife, [D] you blessed murdering shark.
Oh, but you'll remember [A] all your life the man from [D] Ironbark. _ _ _ _ _
He lifted up his hairy paw [A] with one tremendous clout.
He landed on the barber's jaw and knocked the barber [D] out.
[G] He set to work with tooth [D] and nail, he made the place a wreck.
[G] He grabbed the nearest gilded youth [E] and tried to break [A] his neck.
[G] And all the while his throat he held [D] to save his vital [G] spark.
And murder, [D] bloody [A] murder, yelled the man from [D] Ironbark.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ A peeler man who heard the din [A] came in to see the show.
He tried to run the bushman in, but he [D] refused to go.
[G] And when at last the barber spoke, [D] it said, "'Twas all in fun.
[G] "'Twas just a little harmless joke, [E] a trifle [A] overdone.
[G] A joke," he said, "'by hell, that's fine, [D] a lively sort of luck.
Oh, I'd like to catch that [A] murdering swine some night in [D] _ Ironbark.' _ _
_ _ And now out round the shearing floor the [A] listening shearer escaped.
Oh, he tells the story o'er and o'er and he [D] brags of his escape.
[G] "'To them barber chaps that keeps [D] a toad, by hell, I've had enough.
[G] One tried to cut me, bloom and throat, [E] but thank the Lord [A] it's tough.
[G] And whether he's believed or not, [D] there's one thing to remark, that glowing beards are [A] all that go back home in [D] Ironbark.
_ _ Glowing beards are [A] all that go back home [D] in Ironbark." _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _