Wild Colonial Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][C#][D][Gb][Ebm][Eb][A][Ab]
[D]There

[Verse 1]
was a wild co[G]lonial boy,
Jack [A]Dugan [Ab]was h[A]is nam[D]e.
He was [Db]born and [D]bred in [G]Ireland,
in a [A]place called Castle [Db]Vane.[D]
[A]He [Db]was his m[Gb]other's [Db]only s[Gb]on,
his father's [Eb]pride and [A]joy.
And [D]dearly did his [Gb]parents love
the [Ab]wild colonial [C#]boy[D][G][A][D][C#][D]
[C#]At the early age of sixt[Gb]een year[G]s
he [A]left [Ab]his nati[A]ve h[D]ome
[Db]And [D]to A[Db]ustralia's sunny sho[Gb]re
[Eb]he w[Ab]asn't far too lo[Db]ng
He robbed the [Gb]rich to help the poor,
he stabbed James [Eb]McA v[A]oy
A ter[Db]ror to Aust[Gb]ralia
was the [Ab]wild colonial [Db]boy[D]
[Db][D][Gb][G][A][Ab][D]
[Db]One [D]morning on t[Db]he p[Gb]rairie
[Gb]while Jack[A] again[Ab] rode alon[Db]g
[D]While [Db]listening to t[D]he
[Ab]mock[Ab]ing b[Eb]ird,
he [A]sang [Ab]a cheerful[A] son[Db]g
Of jumb 'ry [Gb]troopers [Db]armed with [Gb]guns,
named Davis, [Ab]Teddy, [Eb]Fitz[A]roy
They [D]all set out to capture him,
[Gb]the [Ab]wild colonial [Db]boy[D][Gb][G][F#][G][A][D]
[C#]He fired a shot at K[F#]enny's chest
[A]that brought [Ab]him to the [C#]ground[D]
[C#]An d turning round to Da[F#]vis
he [Ebm]re cei[Eb]ved a f[A]ata[Ab]l wound[C#]
A bullet [F#]pierced his [C#]brave young [F#]heart
from the pistol [Eb]of F[Ab]itzroy
And [C#]that was how they [F#]captured him,
[Eb]the [Ab]wild colonial [C#]boy.
And that was how they
[F#]captured [Em]him,
the [Ab]wild colonial boy.
[C#]