Wild Colonial Boy chords by The Irish Rovers
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Verse 1
(D major) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (A major) (D major) There was a wild co (G major) lonial (E minor) boy,
Jack (A major) Duggan was his (D major) name
He was born and raised in (G major) Ireland (E minor)
in a (A major) place called Castlemaine (D major)
He was his father's (G major) only son, (E minor)
his (A major) mother's pride and (D major) joy (A major)
And (D major) dearly did his (G major) parents
love (E minor) the (A major) wild colonial (D major) boy
Verse 2
At the (D major) early age of sixteen (G major) (E minor) years,
he (A major) left his native (D major) home
And to Australia's (G major) sunny shore (E minor)
he (A major) was inclined to roam (D major)
He robbed the rich, he (G major) helped the poor, (E minor)
he shot (A major) James (D major) (A major) McAvoy
A terror (D major) to Aus (G major) tralia was (E minor) the wild (A major) colonial
(D major) boy
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Interlude 1
(G major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (E minor) (D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 3
One (D major) morning on the prair (G major) (E minor) ie as
(A major) Jack he rode along (D major)
A listening to the (G major) mocking (E minor) bird
a singing (A major) a cheerful song (D major)
Out stepped a band of troopers, (G major)
(E minor) Kelly, (A major) Davis and Fitzroy (D major) (A major)
They (D major) all set out to capture (G major) (E minor) him,
the (A major) wild colonial (D major) boy
Verse 4
"Surrender (D major) now Jack (G major) Duggan (E minor) for
you see (A major) we're three to (D major) one
Surrender in the Queen's (G major) high (E minor) name for
you're (A major) a plundering son" (D major)
Jack pulled two pistols (G major) from his (E minor) belt
and he (A major) proudly waved them (D major) high (A major)
"I'll (D major) fight, but not surrender," (G major) (E minor) said (A major) (D major) (G major)
the (D major) (A major) (D major) wild co (G major) lonial (A major) (D major) (G major) (E minor) (D major) boy
He (A major)
Verse 5
(D major) fired a shot at Kelly, (G major)
(E minor) which (A major) brought him to the ground (D major)
And turning 'round to (G major) Davis, (E minor)
(A major) he received a (D major) fatal wound
A bullet pierced his proud (G major) young (E minor) heart
from the pistol (A major) of Fitzroy (D major) (A major)
And (D major) that was how they captured (G major) (E minor) him,
the wild (A major) colonial (D major) boy
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Wild Colonial Boy
The Irish Rovers
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