The Wild Colonial Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]There [G]was [D]a wild colonial boy,
Jack [G]Doolin [D]was his name.
Of poor but honest [Bm]parents
he was born in Castle [A]Main.
He [D]was his father's only son
and his [G]mother's pride and [D]joy.
And dearly [G]did his par[F#]ents love
their [Em]wild co[A]lonial [D]boy.
When he was sixteen years of age
he [G]left his [A]native [D]home,
All through Victoria's [Bm]countryside
as a bush ranger to [A]roam.
They [D]put him in the iron gang
and the [G]government employer[D],
But never on [G]high and on [F#]earth
could [Bm]hold the [Em]wild colo[Am]nial [D]boy.
In sixty -one
this daring youth
commenced his wild career.
His courage was un[Bm]daunted,
no danger did he [D]fear.
[A]He [D]stuck up the beach with male coach
and he [G]robbed Judge McAvoy.
[D]Who, trembling col[G]d, gave up [F#]his goat[Bm]
At the [Em]wild colo[A]nial [D]boy.
One day, as he was riding
The mountainside along,
A -listening to the [Bm]kookaburras'
Happy laughing [G]song,
[A]He spi[D]ed three mounted troopers,
Kelly [G]Davis and Fitzroy,
[D]With a warrant for[G] the cap[F#] ture
[Bm]of the w[Em]ild coloni[A]al b[D]oy
Surrender now John Doolin,
you [G]see [A]we're three to [D]one
Surrender in the [Bm]Queen's name
for you're a plundering [G]son
[A]Jack dre[D]w a pistol from his belt
and he [G]spun it like a [D]toy
I'll fight but [G]never sur[F#]render,
[Bm]said the wild [Em]colonial[A] boy.[D]
He fired at Trooper Kelly
and [G]brought him to [A]the [D]ground.
And in return,
Bob Davis [Bm]gave him his mortal [G]wound.
[A]All[D] shattered through the jaw,
he lay still [G]firing at Fitzroy.
[D]And that's the way[G] they cap[F#]tured him[Bm],
The [Em]world colo[A]nial [D]boy.