Mallee Boy chords by John Williamson

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Verse 1
G 
 (G major) Well I've ripped and dug out
D 
burrows on a sandy  (D major) bull oak hill
G 
Erad (G major) icating rabbits doesn't
D 
take  (D major) a lot of skill
Em 
G 
Em 
But a  (E minor) boy born  (G major) in the  (E minor) Mallee
D 
doesn't find 'em hard to kill  (D major) 

Verse 2
D 
 (D major) 
G 
No  (G major) self- respecting farmer lets
D 
a rodent  (D major) eat his wheat
G 
He'll shoot  (G major) 'em and he'll skin 'em
D 
and he'll  (D major) dress 'em up to eat
Em 
But  (E minor) since the spread of mixo,
D 
he's almost got 'em  (D major) beat

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Verse 3

And I don't mind at all if

you call me a Mallee boy

Verse 4
G 
Where  (G major) little town dogs howl
D 
at the morning  (D major) train
G 
Where a  (G major) cocky makes a living
D 
on  (D major) twelve inches of rain
Em 
Where his  (E minor) woman provides
D 
and is rare to com (D major) plain

Verse 5
D 
 (D major) 
G 
D 
And I  (G major) still love the smell of that  (D major) sandy soil
G 
Some  (G major) say it's dusty,
D 
some  (D major) say it's gold
Em 
'Cause it grows  (E minor) the sweetest fat
lambs the markets ever sold
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 6

And I don't mind at all if you call

me a Mallee boy

Interlude 1

Verse 7

No I don't mind at all if you

call me a Mallee boy

Verse 8
G 
Where  (G major) you can lose an ear on
D 
duck  (D major) opening day
G 
Where slickers  (G major) bring their shotguns
D 
from  (D major) miles away
Em 
And  (E minor) shoot the life out of shags
D 
and swans that fly their  (D major) way

Verse 9
D 
 (D major) 
G 
Where a  (G major) bloke grows as stocky
D 
as a Mallee  (D major) bull
G 
Where they come  (G major) from miles around
D 
to see  (D major) the tractor pull
Em 
When the pad (E minor) docks are clean
D 
and seed silos are  (D major) full

Verse 10

And I don't mind at all if you call

me a Mallee boy

Interlude 2

Verse 11
G 
Well I've  (G major) ripped and dug out burrows
D 
on a sandy  (D major) bull oak hill
G 
Erad (G major) icating rabbits doesn't
D 
take  (D major) a lot of skill
Em 
And a  (E minor) boy born in the Mallee doesn't
D 
find 'em hard to  (D major) kill

Verse 12
D 
 (D major) 
G 
But they'll  (G major) never be as rare as
D 
a  (D major) quandong tree
G 
My grandma  (G major) made some jam
D 
for my  (D major) brothers and me
Em 
They're  (E minor) like the malleefowl you
D 
hardly ever  (D major) see