The Wild Colonial Boy chords by The Clancy Brothers

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Verse 1
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 (C major)  (F major)  (C major) There was a wild co (F major) lonial boy,
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Jack  (G major) Duggan was his  (C major) name
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He was born and raised in  (G major) Ireland
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in a  (F major) place called Castle (C major) maine
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He was his father's  (G major) only son,
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his  (F major) mother's pride and  (C major) joy
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And dearly did his  (F major) parents love
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the wild  (G major) colonial  (C major) boy

Verse 2
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At the  (C major) early age of sixteen  (F major) years,
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he  (G major) left his native  (C major) home
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And to Australia's  (G major) sunny shore
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he  (F major) was inclined to  (C major) roam
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He robbed the rich, he  (G major) helped the poor,
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he shot  (F major) James  (C major) McAvoy
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A terror to Aus (F major) tralia was
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the wild  (G major) colonial  (C major) boy

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Verse 3

One morning on the prairie

as Jack he rode along

A listening to the mockingbird

a singing a cheerful song

Out stepped a band of troopers,

Kelly, Davis and Fitzroy

They all set out to capture him,

the wild colonial boy

Verse 4
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"Surrender  (C major) now Jack  (F major) Duggan for you
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see  (G major) we're three to one  (C major) 
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Surrender in the Queen's  (G major) high name
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for you're  (F major) a plundering son"  (C major) 
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Jack pulled two pistols  (G major) from his belt and
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he proudly  (F major) waved them  (C major) high
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"I'll fight, but not sur (F major) render,"
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said the wild  (G major) colonial  (C major) boy

Verse 5
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He  (C major) fired a shot at  (F major) Kelly,
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which  (G major) brought him to the  (C major) ground
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And turning 'round to  (G major) Davis,
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he re (F major) ceived a fatal  (C major) wound
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A bullet pierced his  (G major) proud young
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heart from the  (F major) pistol of Fitzroy  (C major) 
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And that was how they captured  (F major) him,
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the wild  (G major) colonial  (C major) boy