Chords for Slim Dusty - Click Go The Shears, The Overlander Trail, Waltzing Matilda
Tempo:
119.4 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
Out on the board the old [F] shearer stands, [C] Grasping the shears in [D] his thin, [G] lonely hands.
[C] Vexed is his gaze on a bare [F]-bellied Joe, [G] Glory if he gets her, [C] won't he make the ringer go?
[G] Click go the shears, [C] boys, click, click, click, [F] Wide is his bow [C] and his hands [G] move quick.
[C] The ringer looks around and is beaten [F] by a blow, [G] And curses the old snagger with [C] a bare-bellied Joe.
Shearing is all over and we've [Gm] all got [F] our chicks, [C] Roll up your swag, boys, [D] we're off [G] on the tracks.
[C] The first pub we come to, it's there we'll have [F] a spree, [G] And everyone who comes along [C] is come and drink with me.
[G] Click go the shears, [C] boys, click, click, click, [F] Wide is his bow [C] and his hands [G] move quick.
[C] The ringer looks around and is beaten [F] by a blow, [G] And curses the old snagger [C] with a bare-bellied Joe.
We're on the overlander, [A] overlander trail, Where [D] only shear determination will [G] prevail.
[C] Men are fuzzy [G] with the job to do, So they'll stick and drive the cattle [C] through,
And though they sweat and curse, they know they [A] surely must, Keep on [D] the trail that winds ahead through heat [G] and dust.
[C] All sons are fuzzy and [F] they will not fail, They're on [G] the overlander, [C] overlander trail.
[A] [D]
Once a [A] jolly [D] swagman camped [G] by a billow [D]-vault, Under the shade [A] of a kuldebar tree,
[D] And he sang as [A] he watched [D] and [G] waited till his billy boiled, [D] You'll come the [A] waltzing Matilda [D] with me.
Waltzing [G] Matilda, waltzing [D] Matilda, You'll come the waltzing Matilda [A] with me.
And [D] he sang [A] as he watched [D] and waited [G] till his billy [D] boiled, You'll come the [A] waltzing [D] Matilda with me.
[A] [D]
Down [A] came a jumbuck [D] to [G] drink at the billow [D]-vault, Up jumped the swagman and [A] grabbed him with glee,
[D] And he sang as he [A] stowed [D] that [G] jumbuck in his tucker [D]-bag, You'll come the waltzing [A] Matilda [D] with me.
Waltzing Matilda, [G] waltzing [D] Matilda, You'll come the waltzing Matilda [A] with me.
[D] And he sang as [A] he stowed [D] that jumbuck in [G] his tucker-bag, [D] You'll come the [A] waltzing Matilda [D] with me.
[B] You'll come the waltzing Matilda [Em] [D] with me.
Out on the board the old [F] shearer stands, [C] Grasping the shears in [D] his thin, [G] lonely hands.
[C] Vexed is his gaze on a bare [F]-bellied Joe, [G] Glory if he gets her, [C] won't he make the ringer go?
[G] Click go the shears, [C] boys, click, click, click, [F] Wide is his bow [C] and his hands [G] move quick.
[C] The ringer looks around and is beaten [F] by a blow, [G] And curses the old snagger with [C] a bare-bellied Joe.
Shearing is all over and we've [Gm] all got [F] our chicks, [C] Roll up your swag, boys, [D] we're off [G] on the tracks.
[C] The first pub we come to, it's there we'll have [F] a spree, [G] And everyone who comes along [C] is come and drink with me.
[G] Click go the shears, [C] boys, click, click, click, [F] Wide is his bow [C] and his hands [G] move quick.
[C] The ringer looks around and is beaten [F] by a blow, [G] And curses the old snagger [C] with a bare-bellied Joe.
We're on the overlander, [A] overlander trail, Where [D] only shear determination will [G] prevail.
[C] Men are fuzzy [G] with the job to do, So they'll stick and drive the cattle [C] through,
And though they sweat and curse, they know they [A] surely must, Keep on [D] the trail that winds ahead through heat [G] and dust.
[C] All sons are fuzzy and [F] they will not fail, They're on [G] the overlander, [C] overlander trail.
[A] [D]
Once a [A] jolly [D] swagman camped [G] by a billow [D]-vault, Under the shade [A] of a kuldebar tree,
[D] And he sang as [A] he watched [D] and [G] waited till his billy boiled, [D] You'll come the [A] waltzing Matilda [D] with me.
Waltzing [G] Matilda, waltzing [D] Matilda, You'll come the waltzing Matilda [A] with me.
And [D] he sang [A] as he watched [D] and waited [G] till his billy [D] boiled, You'll come the [A] waltzing [D] Matilda with me.
[A] [D]
Down [A] came a jumbuck [D] to [G] drink at the billow [D]-vault, Up jumped the swagman and [A] grabbed him with glee,
[D] And he sang as he [A] stowed [D] that [G] jumbuck in his tucker [D]-bag, You'll come the waltzing [A] Matilda [D] with me.
Waltzing Matilda, [G] waltzing [D] Matilda, You'll come the waltzing Matilda [A] with me.
[D] And he sang as [A] he stowed [D] that jumbuck in [G] his tucker-bag, [D] You'll come the [A] waltzing Matilda [D] with me.
[B] You'll come the waltzing Matilda [Em] [D] with me.
Key:
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C
A
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Out on the board the old [F] shearer stands, [C] _ Grasping the shears in [D] his thin, [G] lonely hands.
[C] Vexed is his gaze on a bare [F]-bellied Joe, [G] Glory if he gets her, [C] won't he make the ringer go?
_ [G] Click go the shears, [C] boys, click, click, click, _ [F] Wide is his bow [C] and his hands [G] move quick.
[C] The ringer looks around and is beaten [F] by a blow, [G] And curses the old snagger with [C] a bare-bellied Joe.
Shearing is all over and we've [Gm] all got [F] our chicks, [C] Roll up your swag, boys, [D] we're off [G] on the tracks.
[C] The first pub we come to, it's there we'll have [F] a spree, [G] And everyone who comes along [C] is come and drink with me.
[G] Click go the shears, [C] boys, click, click, click, [F] Wide is his bow [C] and his hands [G] move quick.
[C] The ringer looks around and is beaten [F] by a blow, [G] And curses the old snagger [C] with a bare-bellied Joe.
_ _ We're on the overlander, [A] overlander trail, Where [D] only shear determination will [G] prevail.
_ _ [C] Men are fuzzy [G] with the job to do, So they'll stick and drive the cattle [C] through,
And though they sweat and curse, they know they [A] surely must, _ Keep on [D] the trail that winds ahead through heat [G] and dust.
_ [C] All sons are fuzzy and [F] they will not fail, They're on [G] the overlander, [C] overlander trail.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ Once a [A] jolly [D] swagman camped [G] by a billow [D]-vault, Under the shade [A] of a kuldebar tree,
[D] And he sang as [A] he watched [D] and [G] waited till his billy boiled, [D] You'll come the [A] waltzing Matilda [D] with me.
_ Waltzing [G] Matilda, waltzing [D] Matilda, You'll come the waltzing Matilda [A] with me.
And [D] he sang [A] as he watched [D] and waited [G] till his billy [D] boiled, You'll come the [A] waltzing [D] Matilda with me.
[A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ Down [A] came a jumbuck [D] to [G] drink at the billow [D]-vault, Up jumped the swagman and [A] grabbed him with glee,
[D] And he sang as he [A] stowed [D] that [G] jumbuck in his tucker [D]-bag, You'll come the waltzing [A] Matilda [D] with me.
_ Waltzing Matilda, [G] _ waltzing [D] Matilda, You'll come the waltzing Matilda [A] with me.
[D] And he sang as [A] he stowed [D] that jumbuck in [G] his tucker-bag, [D] You'll come the [A] waltzing Matilda [D] with me. _
_ [B] You'll come the waltzing _ Matilda [Em] _ _ _ [D] with me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Out on the board the old [F] shearer stands, [C] _ Grasping the shears in [D] his thin, [G] lonely hands.
[C] Vexed is his gaze on a bare [F]-bellied Joe, [G] Glory if he gets her, [C] won't he make the ringer go?
_ [G] Click go the shears, [C] boys, click, click, click, _ [F] Wide is his bow [C] and his hands [G] move quick.
[C] The ringer looks around and is beaten [F] by a blow, [G] And curses the old snagger with [C] a bare-bellied Joe.
Shearing is all over and we've [Gm] all got [F] our chicks, [C] Roll up your swag, boys, [D] we're off [G] on the tracks.
[C] The first pub we come to, it's there we'll have [F] a spree, [G] And everyone who comes along [C] is come and drink with me.
[G] Click go the shears, [C] boys, click, click, click, [F] Wide is his bow [C] and his hands [G] move quick.
[C] The ringer looks around and is beaten [F] by a blow, [G] And curses the old snagger [C] with a bare-bellied Joe.
_ _ We're on the overlander, [A] overlander trail, Where [D] only shear determination will [G] prevail.
_ _ [C] Men are fuzzy [G] with the job to do, So they'll stick and drive the cattle [C] through,
And though they sweat and curse, they know they [A] surely must, _ Keep on [D] the trail that winds ahead through heat [G] and dust.
_ [C] All sons are fuzzy and [F] they will not fail, They're on [G] the overlander, [C] overlander trail.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ Once a [A] jolly [D] swagman camped [G] by a billow [D]-vault, Under the shade [A] of a kuldebar tree,
[D] And he sang as [A] he watched [D] and [G] waited till his billy boiled, [D] You'll come the [A] waltzing Matilda [D] with me.
_ Waltzing [G] Matilda, waltzing [D] Matilda, You'll come the waltzing Matilda [A] with me.
And [D] he sang [A] as he watched [D] and waited [G] till his billy [D] boiled, You'll come the [A] waltzing [D] Matilda with me.
[A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ Down [A] came a jumbuck [D] to [G] drink at the billow [D]-vault, Up jumped the swagman and [A] grabbed him with glee,
[D] And he sang as he [A] stowed [D] that [G] jumbuck in his tucker [D]-bag, You'll come the waltzing [A] Matilda [D] with me.
_ Waltzing Matilda, [G] _ waltzing [D] Matilda, You'll come the waltzing Matilda [A] with me.
[D] And he sang as [A] he stowed [D] that jumbuck in [G] his tucker-bag, [D] You'll come the [A] waltzing Matilda [D] with me. _
_ [B] You'll come the waltzing _ Matilda [Em] _ _ _ [D] with me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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