The Seekers - The Bush Girl Chords
Tempo:
139.95 bpm
Chords used:
F#
B
D#m
C#
A#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#]
[B]
[F#]
[A#m] [F#]
[C#] [B]
[F#]
[B]
[F#]
[B]
[F#] So you rode from the range where your brothers select
Through the ghostly grey bush in the dawn [D#m]
You [F#] rode slowly at first, lest a heart should
suspect That you were so [G#m]
[F#] glad [B] to be gone
[F#] You had scarcely the courage to glance back at her
By the homestead receding from view And you [D#m] breathed with relief [F#] as you rounded
[D#m] the spur [F#] For the world
[B] to you
Grey eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#m] for watching
[F#] in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
[B] [F#]
[B]
[F#]
[B]
[F#] Ah, the world is a new and a wide [D#m] one to [F#] you
But the world to your sweetheart is shut For a change never comes to the lonely [D#m] bush girl
[F#] From the stockyard, [C#] the bush and [B] the hut [F#] And the only relief from its dullness she feels
Is when ridges grow softened and dim And away [D#m] in the dusk [F#] to the slip rail [D#m] she [F#] steals
To dream of hearts beating [B] with him Grey eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#m] for watching
in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
[C#]
[B]
[F#] [C#]
[D#m] [G#m]
[F#] [C#]
[B]
[F#] [C#]
[B] Do
[F#] you think where in place of bare fences, [D#m] dry [F#] creeks, clear streams and green hedges
are seen [G#m] [F#]
[B] Where [F#] the girls [D#m] have lily [F#] and rose in [D#m] their
cheeks [F#] And the grass in midsummer [B] is green
[F#] Do you think now and then, now or then in the world
of the city while London is new Of the hut in the bush and the freckled [D#m] face
girl [F#] Who is eating her heart [B] out for you
Grey eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true [B] Firm faith that grows [F#] firmer [A#] for [F#] watching
in [A#m]
vain
[F#] [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
Those [B] grey eyes that are sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fruits heart that is ever [F#] more true [B] Fond faith that is firmer [A#m] for trusting in vain
[F#]
[B] She waits by the slip [C#] rails for [F#] you She
[B] waits by the slip rails [A#m] for [F#] you
[B] Waits by the slip rails for [F#] you
[Fm] [B]
[F#] [D#m]
[F#]
[N]
[B]
[F#]
[A#m] [F#]
[C#] [B]
[F#]
[B]
[F#]
[B]
[F#] So you rode from the range where your brothers select
Through the ghostly grey bush in the dawn [D#m]
You [F#] rode slowly at first, lest a heart should
suspect That you were so [G#m]
[F#] glad [B] to be gone
[F#] You had scarcely the courage to glance back at her
By the homestead receding from view And you [D#m] breathed with relief [F#] as you rounded
[D#m] the spur [F#] For the world
[B] to you
Grey eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#m] for watching
[F#] in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
[B] [F#]
[B]
[F#]
[B]
[F#] Ah, the world is a new and a wide [D#m] one to [F#] you
But the world to your sweetheart is shut For a change never comes to the lonely [D#m] bush girl
[F#] From the stockyard, [C#] the bush and [B] the hut [F#] And the only relief from its dullness she feels
Is when ridges grow softened and dim And away [D#m] in the dusk [F#] to the slip rail [D#m] she [F#] steals
To dream of hearts beating [B] with him Grey eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#m] for watching
in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
[C#]
[B]
[F#] [C#]
[D#m] [G#m]
[F#] [C#]
[B]
[F#] [C#]
[B] Do
[F#] you think where in place of bare fences, [D#m] dry [F#] creeks, clear streams and green hedges
are seen [G#m] [F#]
[B] Where [F#] the girls [D#m] have lily [F#] and rose in [D#m] their
cheeks [F#] And the grass in midsummer [B] is green
[F#] Do you think now and then, now or then in the world
of the city while London is new Of the hut in the bush and the freckled [D#m] face
girl [F#] Who is eating her heart [B] out for you
Grey eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true [B] Firm faith that grows [F#] firmer [A#] for [F#] watching
in [A#m]
vain
[F#] [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
Those [B] grey eyes that are sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fruits heart that is ever [F#] more true [B] Fond faith that is firmer [A#m] for trusting in vain
[F#]
[B] She waits by the slip [C#] rails for [F#] you She
[B] waits by the slip rails [A#m] for [F#] you
[B] Waits by the slip rails for [F#] you
[Fm] [B]
[F#] [D#m]
[F#]
[N]
Key:
F#
B
D#m
C#
A#m
F#
B
D#m
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] So you rode from the range where your brothers select
Through the ghostly grey bush in the dawn _ [D#m]
You [F#] rode slowly at first, lest a heart should
suspect That you were so [G#m]
[F#] glad [B] to be gone _ _
[F#] You had scarcely the courage to glance back at her
By the homestead receding from view _ _ And you [D#m] breathed with relief [F#] as you rounded
[D#m] the spur [F#] For the world _ _
_ [B] to you _ _
Grey eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true _ _ [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#m] for watching
[F#] in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
[B] _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Ah, the world is a new and a wide [D#m] one to [F#] you
But the world to your sweetheart is shut _ _ For a change never comes to the lonely [D#m] bush girl
[F#] From the stockyard, [C#] the bush and [B] the hut _ _ [F#] And the only _ relief from its dullness she feels
Is when ridges grow _ softened and dim _ _ And away [D#m] in the dusk [F#] to the slip rail [D#m] she [F#] steals
To dream of hearts beating [B] with him _ _ Grey eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true _ _ [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#m] for watching
in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
[C#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [B] Do _ _ _
_ [F#] you think where in place of bare fences, [D#m] dry [F#] creeks, clear streams and green hedges
are seen [G#m] _ [F#]
[B] Where [F#] the girls [D#m] have lily [F#] and rose in [D#m] their
cheeks [F#] And the grass in midsummer [B] is green _ _
[F#] Do you think now and then, now or then in the world
of the city while London is new _ _ Of the hut in the bush and the freckled [D#m] face
girl [F#] Who is eating her heart [B] out for you _ _
Grey eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true _ _ [B] Firm faith that grows [F#] firmer [A#] for [F#] watching
in [A#m]
vain _ _ _ _ _
[F#] [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you _
Those [B] grey eyes that are sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fruits heart that is ever [F#] more true _ _ [B] Fond faith that is firmer [A#m] for trusting in vain
_ _ _ _ [F#] _
[B] She waits by the slip [C#] rails for [F#] you _ She
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] waits by the slip rails [A#m] for _ [F#] you _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ Waits by the slip rails for [F#] you _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] So you rode from the range where your brothers select
Through the ghostly grey bush in the dawn _ [D#m]
You [F#] rode slowly at first, lest a heart should
suspect That you were so [G#m]
[F#] glad [B] to be gone _ _
[F#] You had scarcely the courage to glance back at her
By the homestead receding from view _ _ And you [D#m] breathed with relief [F#] as you rounded
[D#m] the spur [F#] For the world _ _
_ [B] to you _ _
Grey eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true _ _ [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#m] for watching
[F#] in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
[B] _ [F#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Ah, the world is a new and a wide [D#m] one to [F#] you
But the world to your sweetheart is shut _ _ For a change never comes to the lonely [D#m] bush girl
[F#] From the stockyard, [C#] the bush and [B] the hut _ _ [F#] And the only _ relief from its dullness she feels
Is when ridges grow _ softened and dim _ _ And away [D#m] in the dusk [F#] to the slip rail [D#m] she [F#] steals
To dream of hearts beating [B] with him _ _ Grey eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true _ _ [B] Firm faith that grows firmer [A#m] for watching
in vain [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you
[C#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [B] Do _ _ _
_ [F#] you think where in place of bare fences, [D#m] dry [F#] creeks, clear streams and green hedges
are seen [G#m] _ [F#]
[B] Where [F#] the girls [D#m] have lily [F#] and rose in [D#m] their
cheeks [F#] And the grass in midsummer [B] is green _ _
[F#] Do you think now and then, now or then in the world
of the city while London is new _ _ Of the hut in the bush and the freckled [D#m] face
girl [F#] Who is eating her heart [B] out for you _ _
Grey eyes that grow sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fond heart that is ever [F#] more true _ _ [B] Firm faith that grows [F#] firmer [A#] for [F#] watching
in [A#m]
vain _ _ _ _ _
[F#] [B] She'll wait by the slip [F#] rails for you _
Those [B] grey eyes that are sadder [F#] than sunset or rain
[B] Fruits heart that is ever [F#] more true _ _ [B] Fond faith that is firmer [A#m] for trusting in vain
_ _ _ _ [F#] _
[B] She waits by the slip [C#] rails for [F#] you _ She
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] waits by the slip rails [A#m] for _ [F#] you _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ Waits by the slip rails for [F#] you _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _