Chords for Wild Colonial Boy
Tempo:
117.35 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Em
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[Em] [A] [D]
There was a wild [G] colonial [Em] boy [A] Jack Duggan [D] was his name
He was born and reared [G] in [Em] Nyerland [A] in a place called [D] Castle Mane
He was his [G] father's [Em] only son [A] his mother's pride [D] and joy
[A]
[D] And here he did [G] his [Em] parents love [A] the wild [D] colonial boy
At the early [G] age of [Em] sixteen years [A] he left his [D] native home
And to [G] Australia's sandy [Em] shores [A] he was inclined [D] to roam
He roamed the rich, [G] he helped [Em] the poor, [A] he shot Jim's [D] magpie
[A]
But [D] care to [G] Australia [Em] once, [A] the wild [D] colonial boy
We'll [G] roam the mountains and the glens [A] and we'll ride [D] across [G] the plains
We [D] scorn to live in slavery, [D] but I'm done buying [A] iron chains
One morning on [G] the [E] prairie [A] as Jack he rode [D] along
While listening to [G] the [E] mockingbirds [A] singing a cheerful [D] song
Up jumped a band [G] of [Em] troopers, [A] Kelly Davis and [D] the droid
[A]
[D] They all set out [G] to [E] capture him, [A] the wild [D] colonial boy
Surrender now [G] Jack Duggan [Em] for [A] you see we're three [D] to one
Surrendering [G] the king's [E] high name [A] you are a [D] plundering son
Jack drew two [G] pistols from [Em] his belt [A] and proudly [D] waved them high
I'll fight but [G] not [Em] surrender, I, [A] the wild [D] colonial boy
We'll [G] roam the mountains and [D] the glens [A] and we'll ride across [G] the [A] plains
We scorn to live [G] in slavery, [D] but I'm done buying [A] iron chains
He fired a shot [G] at [E] Kelly [A] which brought him to [D] the ground
And he fired point [G] blank at [E] Davis [A] who fell dead [D] at the sound
A bullet pierced [G] his proud [Em] young heart [A] with a pistol [D] of the droid
And [D] that was how [G] they [Em] captured him, [A] the wild [D] colonial boy
We'll [G] roam the mountains and the glens [A] and we'll ride [D] across [G] the [A] plains
We scorn to [Em] live in slavery, [D] but I'm done buying [A] iron chains
[Em] [A] [D]
There was a wild [G] colonial [Em] boy [A] Jack Duggan [D] was his name
He was born and reared [G] in [Em] Nyerland [A] in a place called [D] Castle Mane
He was his [G] father's [Em] only son [A] his mother's pride [D] and joy
[A]
[D] And here he did [G] his [Em] parents love [A] the wild [D] colonial boy
At the early [G] age of [Em] sixteen years [A] he left his [D] native home
And to [G] Australia's sandy [Em] shores [A] he was inclined [D] to roam
He roamed the rich, [G] he helped [Em] the poor, [A] he shot Jim's [D] magpie
[A]
But [D] care to [G] Australia [Em] once, [A] the wild [D] colonial boy
We'll [G] roam the mountains and the glens [A] and we'll ride [D] across [G] the plains
We [D] scorn to live in slavery, [D] but I'm done buying [A] iron chains
One morning on [G] the [E] prairie [A] as Jack he rode [D] along
While listening to [G] the [E] mockingbirds [A] singing a cheerful [D] song
Up jumped a band [G] of [Em] troopers, [A] Kelly Davis and [D] the droid
[A]
[D] They all set out [G] to [E] capture him, [A] the wild [D] colonial boy
Surrender now [G] Jack Duggan [Em] for [A] you see we're three [D] to one
Surrendering [G] the king's [E] high name [A] you are a [D] plundering son
Jack drew two [G] pistols from [Em] his belt [A] and proudly [D] waved them high
I'll fight but [G] not [Em] surrender, I, [A] the wild [D] colonial boy
We'll [G] roam the mountains and [D] the glens [A] and we'll ride across [G] the [A] plains
We scorn to live [G] in slavery, [D] but I'm done buying [A] iron chains
He fired a shot [G] at [E] Kelly [A] which brought him to [D] the ground
And he fired point [G] blank at [E] Davis [A] who fell dead [D] at the sound
A bullet pierced [G] his proud [Em] young heart [A] with a pistol [D] of the droid
And [D] that was how [G] they [Em] captured him, [A] the wild [D] colonial boy
We'll [G] roam the mountains and the glens [A] and we'll ride [D] across [G] the [A] plains
We scorn to [Em] live in slavery, [D] but I'm done buying [A] iron chains
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[Em] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
There was a wild [G] colonial [Em] boy [A] Jack Duggan _ [D] was his name _
He was born and reared [G] in _ [Em] Nyerland [A] in a place called [D] Castle Mane
He _ was his [G] father's [Em] only son [A] his mother's pride [D] and joy
[A] _
[D] And here he did [G] his [Em] parents love [A] the wild _ [D] colonial boy _
At the early [G] age of [Em] sixteen years [A] he left his [D] native home _
And to [G] Australia's sandy [Em] shores [A] he was inclined [D] to roam _
He roamed the rich, [G] he helped [Em] the poor, [A] he shot Jim's [D] magpie
_ [A] _
But [D] care to _ [G] Australia [Em] once, [A] the wild [D] colonial boy _
We'll [G] roam the mountains and the glens [A] and we'll ride [D] across [G] the _ plains
We [D] scorn to live in slavery, [D] but I'm done buying [A] iron chains
One morning on [G] the _ [E] prairie [A] as Jack he rode [D] along _
While listening to [G] the _ [E] mockingbirds [A] singing a cheerful [D] _ song
Up jumped a band [G] of [Em] troopers, [A] Kelly Davis and [D] the droid
[A] _
[D] They all set out [G] to [E] capture him, [A] the wild _ [D] colonial boy _ _
Surrender now [G] Jack Duggan [Em] for [A] you see we're three [D] to one _ _
_ _ Surrendering [G] the king's [E] high name [A] you are a [D] plundering son _
Jack drew two [G] pistols from [Em] his belt [A] and proudly [D] waved them high
I'll fight but [G] not [Em] surrender, I, [A] the wild [D] colonial boy _
We'll [G] roam the mountains and [D] the glens [A] and we'll ride across [G] the _ [A] plains
We scorn to live [G] in slavery, [D] but I'm done buying [A] iron chains
He fired a shot [G] at _ [E] Kelly [A] which brought him to [D] the ground
And he fired point [G] blank at _ [E] Davis [A] who fell dead [D] at the sound _
A bullet pierced [G] his proud [Em] young heart [A] with a pistol [D] of the _ droid
And [D] that was how [G] they [Em] captured him, [A] the wild [D] colonial boy _
We'll [G] roam the mountains and the glens [A] and we'll ride [D] across [G] the _ [A] plains
We scorn to [Em] live in _ slavery, [D] but I'm done buying [A] iron chains _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
There was a wild [G] colonial [Em] boy [A] Jack Duggan _ [D] was his name _
He was born and reared [G] in _ [Em] Nyerland [A] in a place called [D] Castle Mane
He _ was his [G] father's [Em] only son [A] his mother's pride [D] and joy
[A] _
[D] And here he did [G] his [Em] parents love [A] the wild _ [D] colonial boy _
At the early [G] age of [Em] sixteen years [A] he left his [D] native home _
And to [G] Australia's sandy [Em] shores [A] he was inclined [D] to roam _
He roamed the rich, [G] he helped [Em] the poor, [A] he shot Jim's [D] magpie
_ [A] _
But [D] care to _ [G] Australia [Em] once, [A] the wild [D] colonial boy _
We'll [G] roam the mountains and the glens [A] and we'll ride [D] across [G] the _ plains
We [D] scorn to live in slavery, [D] but I'm done buying [A] iron chains
One morning on [G] the _ [E] prairie [A] as Jack he rode [D] along _
While listening to [G] the _ [E] mockingbirds [A] singing a cheerful [D] _ song
Up jumped a band [G] of [Em] troopers, [A] Kelly Davis and [D] the droid
[A] _
[D] They all set out [G] to [E] capture him, [A] the wild _ [D] colonial boy _ _
Surrender now [G] Jack Duggan [Em] for [A] you see we're three [D] to one _ _
_ _ Surrendering [G] the king's [E] high name [A] you are a [D] plundering son _
Jack drew two [G] pistols from [Em] his belt [A] and proudly [D] waved them high
I'll fight but [G] not [Em] surrender, I, [A] the wild [D] colonial boy _
We'll [G] roam the mountains and [D] the glens [A] and we'll ride across [G] the _ [A] plains
We scorn to live [G] in slavery, [D] but I'm done buying [A] iron chains
He fired a shot [G] at _ [E] Kelly [A] which brought him to [D] the ground
And he fired point [G] blank at _ [E] Davis [A] who fell dead [D] at the sound _
A bullet pierced [G] his proud [Em] young heart [A] with a pistol [D] of the _ droid
And [D] that was how [G] they [Em] captured him, [A] the wild [D] colonial boy _
We'll [G] roam the mountains and the glens [A] and we'll ride [D] across [G] the _ [A] plains
We scorn to [Em] live in _ slavery, [D] but I'm done buying [A] iron chains _ _