Chords for The Wild Colonial Boy
Tempo:
115.4 bpm
Chords used:
C#
G#
F#
D
D#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G#] [C#]
There was a [F#] wild colonial boy, [G#] Jack Duggan was [C#] his name.
He was born and raised [G#] in Ireland, in a place called [C#]
Castlemaine.
son, [F#] his mother's pride [C#] and joy.
And dearly [F#] did his parents love [G#] the wild [C#] colonial boy.
At the early [F#] age of sixteen years, [G#] they left his [C#] native home.
sunny shore, [F#] he wasn't flying [C#] to roam.
There was a [F#] wild colonial boy, [G#] Jack Duggan was [C#] his name.
He was born and raised [G#] in Ireland, in a place called [C#]
Castlemaine.
son, [F#] his mother's pride [C#] and joy.
And dearly [F#] did his parents love [G#] the wild [C#] colonial boy.
At the early [F#] age of sixteen years, [G#] they left his [C#] native home.
sunny shore, [F#] he wasn't flying [C#] to roam.
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There was a [F#] wild colonial boy, [G#] Jack Duggan was [C#] his name.
He was born and raised [G#] in Ireland, in a place called _ [C#] _
Castlemaine.
He was his [G#] father's only son, [F#] his mother's pride [C#] and joy.
_ And dearly [F#] did his parents love [G#] the wild _ [C#] colonial boy.
_ At the early [F#] age of sixteen years, [G#] they left his [C#] native home.
And to [G#] Australia's sunny shore, [F#] he wasn't flying [C#] to roam.
_ _ Fear of the rich [G#] he held for [F#] food, he shot James [C#] Madden.
_ _ And terror to [F#]
Australia was [G#] the wild _ [C#] colonial boy.
_ _ One morning [F#] on the prairie, [G#] as Jack he [C#] rode along.
_ And listening [D] to [G#] the _ mockingbird, [C#] singing a cheerful song.
_ _ Stepped a [G#] band of troopers, [F#] Kelly Davis [C#] and the T.
_ They all set [F#] out to capture him, [G#] the wild [C#] colonial boy.
_ _ Surrender now [F#] Jack Duggan, _ [G#] for you see we're three [C#] to one.
_ _ _ Surrender [G#] in the king's high name, [F#] you are a [C#] plundering son.
_ Jack drew two [G#] pistols from his belt, [F#] he proudly [C#] wailed. _
_ But _ [F#] not surrender said [G#] the wild _ [C#] colonial boy. _
_ He fired a shot [D#] at Kelly, [G#] which brought him to [C#] the ground.
_ And turning [G#] round to Davis, he [C#] received a fatal wound.
_ A bullet pierced [G#] his proud young heart, [C#] from the pistol of his right.
_ And that was [F#] how they captured him, the wild [C#] colonial boy. _
There was a [F#] wild colonial boy, [G#] Jack Duggan was [C#] his name.
He was born and raised [G#] in Ireland, in a place called _ [C#] _
Castlemaine.
He was his [G#] father's only son, [F#] his mother's pride [C#] and joy.
_ And dearly [F#] did his parents love [G#] the wild _ [C#] colonial boy.
_ At the early [F#] age of sixteen years, [G#] they left his [C#] native home.
And to [G#] Australia's sunny shore, [F#] he wasn't flying [C#] to roam.
_ _ Fear of the rich [G#] he held for [F#] food, he shot James [C#] Madden.
_ _ And terror to [F#]
Australia was [G#] the wild _ [C#] colonial boy.
_ _ One morning [F#] on the prairie, [G#] as Jack he [C#] rode along.
_ And listening [D] to [G#] the _ mockingbird, [C#] singing a cheerful song.
_ _ Stepped a [G#] band of troopers, [F#] Kelly Davis [C#] and the T.
_ They all set [F#] out to capture him, [G#] the wild [C#] colonial boy.
_ _ Surrender now [F#] Jack Duggan, _ [G#] for you see we're three [C#] to one.
_ _ _ Surrender [G#] in the king's high name, [F#] you are a [C#] plundering son.
_ Jack drew two [G#] pistols from his belt, [F#] he proudly [C#] wailed. _
_ But _ [F#] not surrender said [G#] the wild _ [C#] colonial boy. _
_ He fired a shot [D#] at Kelly, [G#] which brought him to [C#] the ground.
_ And turning [G#] round to Davis, he [C#] received a fatal wound.
_ A bullet pierced [G#] his proud young heart, [C#] from the pistol of his right.
_ And that was [F#] how they captured him, the wild [C#] colonial boy. _