Mallee Boy chords by 
John Williamson 
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Key: B major•
Verse 1
B
Well I've ripped and dug out
F#
burrows on a sandy bull oak hill
B
Erad icating rabbits doesn't
F#
take a lot of skill
G#m
B
G#m
But a boy born in the Mallee
F#
doesn't find 'em hard to kill
Verse 2
F#
B
No self- respecting farmer lets
F#
a rodent eat his wheat
B
He'll shoot 'em and he'll skin 'em
F#
and he'll dress 'em up to eat
G#m
But since the spread of mixo,
F#
he's almost got 'em beat
Verse 3
F#
And I don't mind at all if
B
you call me a Mallee boy
Verse 4
B
Where little town dogs howl
F#
at the morning train
B
Where a cocky makes a living
F#
on twelve inches of rain
G#m
Where his woman provides
F#
and is rare to com plain
Verse 5
F#
B
F#
And I still love the smell of that sandy soil
B
Some say it's dusty,
F#
some say it's gold
G#m
'Cause it grows the sweetest fat
lambs the markets ever sold
F#
Verse 6
And I don't mind at all if you call
B
me a Mallee boy
Interlude 1
B
E
B
Verse 7
F#
No I don't mind at all if you
B
call me a Mallee boy
Verse 8
B
Where you can lose an ear on
F#
duck opening day
B
Where slickers bring their shotguns
F#
from miles away
G#m
And shoot the life out of shags
F#
and swans that fly their way
Verse 9
F#
B
Where a bloke grows as stocky
F#
as a Mallee bull
B
Where they come from miles around
F#
to see the tractor pull
G#m
When the pad docks are clean
F#
and seed silos are full
Verse 10
F#
And I don't mind at all if you call
B
me a Mallee boy
Interlude 2
B
F#
B
Verse 11
B
Well I've ripped and dug out burrows
F#
on a sandy bull oak hill
B
Erad icating rabbits doesn't
F#
take a lot of skill
G#m
And a boy born in the Mallee doesn't
F#
find 'em hard to kill
Verse 12
F#
B
But they'll never be as rare as
F#
a quandong tree
B
My grandma made some jam
F#
for my brothers and me
G#m
They're like the malleefowl you
F#
hardly ever see
Verse 13
F#
But I don't mind at all if you
B
call me a Mallee boy
F#
No I don't mind at all if you
B
call me a Mallee boy
Interlude 3
B
E
B
Verse 14
F#
No I don't mind at all if
B
you call me a Mallee boy
Outro 1
B
F#
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB F# G#m E
B
F#
G#m
E
Capo: 4
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