Chords for Gordon Parsons - Where the Bellinger River Flows

[E] _ _ _ _ _ In my [B] fondest memories, [E] there's a place that's dear to me
[C#] Where [F#] [C#] the [B] hardwood timber grows, _ [F#m] back [E] there's where I long to be
[A] With the ones that are dear to me, _ [B]
where the [F#] Ballinger [E] River flows
_ _ Dee odle dee da da da odle dee, [A] odle dee dee dee dee
[B] Dee odle dee dee dee dee dee dee [E] dee
There _ _ I lived when just a boy, [G] [A] my heart was filled with joy
_ [B] [F#m] While [G#] around [F#] the [E] house I'd play _
Till one day I left the home, [A] and I started out to roam
But [F#] now I'm heading [E] back that way _
Dee odle dee da da odle dee, [A] odle dee dee dee [E] dee
Dee [G#m] odle dee dee dee [F#] dee dee [E] dee _ _
I've been in most country towns, [A] and some cities of renown
[B] I've traveled north, [E] south, east and west
But there is none to compare with [A] that valley so green and fair
[G#m] The Ballinger is the place I [E] love best _ _
[G#m] It's the place that [D#] I adore, [E] that's where I am heading for
[F#] Where the hardwood [B] timber grows, _ [E] back there's where I long to be
[A] With the ones that are dear to me, [B] where the [F#] Ballinger [E] River flows _
Dee odle dee da da odle dee, [A] odle dee dee mee
[B] Dee odle dee dee [D#] dee [E] dee dee dee
Dee odle dee da _ da odle dee, [A] odle dee dee dee [E] mee
[F#m] Dee odle [G#m] dee dee dee [D#m] dee dee [E] dee
_ [A] _