Chords for The Seekers The Bush Girl 1997
Tempo:
139.85 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
C#
D#m
A#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B]
[F#]
[A#m]
[F#] [C#]
[B]
[F#]
[B]
[F#] So you rode from the range where your brothers select
Through the ghostly gray bush in the dawn [D#m] [F#] You rode slowly at first, lest our hearts
should suspect That you were so [G#] glad [B] to be gone
[F#] You had scarcely the courage to glance back at her
By the homestead receding from view And you [D#m] breathed with relief [F#] as you rounded
[D#m] the spur [F#] For the world was a wide [B] world to you
Gray eyes that grow [F#] sadder than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#] for [F#] watching
in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
[B]
[F#]
[B]
[F#] Ah, the world is a new and a wide [C#] one to [F#] you
But the world [C#] to your sweet heart is shut [C#] [F#] For a change [C#] never comes [F#] to the lonely bush girl
From the stockyard, [G#] the bush [B] and the hut [F#] And the only relief from its dullness [C#] she feels
[F#] Is when ridges grow softened and dim And away [C#] in the dusk [F#] to the slip rail [C#] she steals
[F#] To dream of positive [B] things with him Gray eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is [F#] ever more true [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#m] for watching
in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
[C#] [B]
[F#]
[C#] [B]
[F#]
[C#] [B]
[F#]
[D#] [D#m]
[F#] Do you think where in place of bare fences, dry creeks, clear streams and green hedges
are seen Where the girls [D#m] have lily [F#] and rose in [D#m] their
cheeks [F#] And the grass in midsummer [B] is green
[F#] Do you think [C#] now and then, [F#] now or then in [C#] the world
[F#] of the city while London is new [C#] Of [F#] the hut [C#] in the bush [F#] and the freckled [C#] face
girl [F#] Who is eating her heart out [B] for you
Gray eyes that grow [F#] sadder than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#] for [F#]
watching
[A#m] in vain
[F#] [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
Those [B] gray eyes that are [F#] sadder than sunset or rain
[B] Rude heart that is ever [F#] more true [B] Fond faith that is firmer [A#m] for trusting in vain
[F#]
[B] She waits by the slip [F#] rails for you She
[B] waits by the slip [A#m] rails for [F#] you
[B] Waits by the slip [F#] rails for you Just [F]
[B] [A#m]
[D#m] [F#] for you
[N]
[F#]
[A#m]
[F#] [C#]
[B]
[F#]
[B]
[F#] So you rode from the range where your brothers select
Through the ghostly gray bush in the dawn [D#m] [F#] You rode slowly at first, lest our hearts
should suspect That you were so [G#] glad [B] to be gone
[F#] You had scarcely the courage to glance back at her
By the homestead receding from view And you [D#m] breathed with relief [F#] as you rounded
[D#m] the spur [F#] For the world was a wide [B] world to you
Gray eyes that grow [F#] sadder than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#] for [F#] watching
in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
[B]
[F#]
[B]
[F#] Ah, the world is a new and a wide [C#] one to [F#] you
But the world [C#] to your sweet heart is shut [C#] [F#] For a change [C#] never comes [F#] to the lonely bush girl
From the stockyard, [G#] the bush [B] and the hut [F#] And the only relief from its dullness [C#] she feels
[F#] Is when ridges grow softened and dim And away [C#] in the dusk [F#] to the slip rail [C#] she steals
[F#] To dream of positive [B] things with him Gray eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is [F#] ever more true [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#m] for watching
in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
[C#] [B]
[F#]
[C#] [B]
[F#]
[C#] [B]
[F#]
[D#] [D#m]
[F#] Do you think where in place of bare fences, dry creeks, clear streams and green hedges
are seen Where the girls [D#m] have lily [F#] and rose in [D#m] their
cheeks [F#] And the grass in midsummer [B] is green
[F#] Do you think [C#] now and then, [F#] now or then in [C#] the world
[F#] of the city while London is new [C#] Of [F#] the hut [C#] in the bush [F#] and the freckled [C#] face
girl [F#] Who is eating her heart out [B] for you
Gray eyes that grow [F#] sadder than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#] for [F#]
watching
[A#m] in vain
[F#] [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
Those [B] gray eyes that are [F#] sadder than sunset or rain
[B] Rude heart that is ever [F#] more true [B] Fond faith that is firmer [A#m] for trusting in vain
[F#]
[B] She waits by the slip [F#] rails for you She
[B] waits by the slip [A#m] rails for [F#] you
[B] Waits by the slip [F#] rails for you Just [F]
[B] [A#m]
[D#m] [F#] for you
[N]
Key:
F#
B
C#
D#m
A#m
F#
B
C#
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] So you rode from the range where your brothers select
Through the ghostly gray bush in the dawn [D#m] _ [F#] You rode slowly at first, lest our hearts
should suspect That you were so [G#] glad [B] to be gone
_ _ [F#] You had scarcely the courage to glance back at her
By the homestead receding from view _ _ And you [D#m] breathed with relief [F#] as you rounded
[D#m] the spur [F#] For the world was a wide [B] world to you
_ _ Gray eyes that grow _ [F#] sadder than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true _ _ [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#] for [F#] watching
in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for _ you
_ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] Ah, the world is a new and a wide [C#] one to [F#] you
But the world [C#] to your sweet heart is shut [C#] _ _ [F#] For a change [C#] never comes [F#] to the lonely bush girl
From the _ stockyard, [G#] the bush [B] and the hut _ _ [F#] And the only relief from its dullness [C#] she feels
[F#] Is when ridges grow _ softened and dim _ _ And away [C#] in the dusk [F#] to the slip rail [C#] she steals
[F#] To dream of positive [B] things with him _ _ Gray eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is [F#] ever more true _ _ [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#m] for watching
in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
_ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] Do you think where in place of bare fences, dry creeks, clear streams and green hedges
are seen _ _ Where the girls [D#m] have lily [F#] and rose in [D#m] their
cheeks [F#] And the grass in midsummer [B] is green
_ _ [F#] Do you think [C#] now and then, [F#] now or then in [C#] the world
[F#] of the city while London is new _ [C#] _ Of [F#] the hut [C#] in the bush [F#] and the freckled [C#] face
girl [F#] Who is eating her heart out [B] for you
_ _ Gray eyes that grow [F#] sadder than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true _ _ [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#] for [F#]
watching
[A#m] in vain _ _
_ _ [F#] _ [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
_ _ Those [B] gray eyes that are [F#] sadder than sunset or rain
[B] Rude heart that is ever [F#] more true _ _ _ [B] Fond faith that is firmer [A#m] for trusting in vain
_ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [B] She waits by the slip [F#] rails for you _ She _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] waits by the slip [A#m] rails for [F#] you
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ Waits by the slip [F#] rails for you _ _ _ Just _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ [F#] for you _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] So you rode from the range where your brothers select
Through the ghostly gray bush in the dawn [D#m] _ [F#] You rode slowly at first, lest our hearts
should suspect That you were so [G#] glad [B] to be gone
_ _ [F#] You had scarcely the courage to glance back at her
By the homestead receding from view _ _ And you [D#m] breathed with relief [F#] as you rounded
[D#m] the spur [F#] For the world was a wide [B] world to you
_ _ Gray eyes that grow _ [F#] sadder than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true _ _ [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#] for [F#] watching
in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for _ you
_ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] Ah, the world is a new and a wide [C#] one to [F#] you
But the world [C#] to your sweet heart is shut [C#] _ _ [F#] For a change [C#] never comes [F#] to the lonely bush girl
From the _ stockyard, [G#] the bush [B] and the hut _ _ [F#] And the only relief from its dullness [C#] she feels
[F#] Is when ridges grow _ softened and dim _ _ And away [C#] in the dusk [F#] to the slip rail [C#] she steals
[F#] To dream of positive [B] things with him _ _ Gray eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is [F#] ever more true _ _ [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#m] for watching
in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
_ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] Do you think where in place of bare fences, dry creeks, clear streams and green hedges
are seen _ _ Where the girls [D#m] have lily [F#] and rose in [D#m] their
cheeks [F#] And the grass in midsummer [B] is green
_ _ [F#] Do you think [C#] now and then, [F#] now or then in [C#] the world
[F#] of the city while London is new _ [C#] _ Of [F#] the hut [C#] in the bush [F#] and the freckled [C#] face
girl [F#] Who is eating her heart out [B] for you
_ _ Gray eyes that grow [F#] sadder than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true _ _ [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#] for [F#]
watching
[A#m] in vain _ _
_ _ [F#] _ [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
_ _ Those [B] gray eyes that are [F#] sadder than sunset or rain
[B] Rude heart that is ever [F#] more true _ _ _ [B] Fond faith that is firmer [A#m] for trusting in vain
_ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [B] She waits by the slip [F#] rails for you _ She _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] waits by the slip [A#m] rails for [F#] you
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ Waits by the slip [F#] rails for you _ _ _ Just _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ [F#] for you _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _