Wild Colonial Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]There was a wild, co[F]lonial [Dm]boy
Jack [G]Donahue was his [C]name
Of poor but honest [F]parents
he was [G]born in Castle [C]Lane
He was his father's [F]only [Dm]son
His [G]mother's pride and [C]joy
And dearly did his [F]parents love
The [G]wild colonial [C]boy
He was scarcely sixteen [F]years of [Dm]age
When he [G]left his father's [C]home
And through Australia's [F]sunny clime
An [G]outlaw he did [C]roam
He robbed the Beechworth [F]mail [Dm]coach
And he [G]shot Judge McA[C]voy
A tale or two, Aus[F]tralia was
[Dm]a wi[G]ld colonial bo[C]y
Now one day, as he was [F]riding the
[Dm]moun[G]tainside along[C]
A -listenin' to the [F]little birds,
their [G]pleasant laughin' [C]song
Three mounted troopers [F]rode [Dm]along,
[G]Kelly, Davis and [C]Fitzroy
They had all set out to [F]capture him,
[Dm]the [G]wild, colonial b[C]oy
Surrender now, Jack [F]Do [Dm]nahue,
for you [G]see, there's three to [C]one
Surrender now, Jack [F]Donahue,
you [G]daring highway[C]men
He threw his pistol [F]from his [Dm]belt
and [G]shouted at Fitzroy,
[C]I'll fight but not sur[F]render,
spend a [G]while alone, you [C]boy.
He fired at Trooper Kelly
[F]an [Dm]d he br[G]ought him to the groun[C]d.
And in return from [F]Davis,
he re[G]ceived a mortal [C]wound.
A bullet through his [F]heart he [Dm]lay,
still [G]firing at [C]Fitzroy.
And that's the way they
[F]captured [Dm]him,
the [G]wild colonial [C]boy.
And that's the way they
[F]captured [Dm]him,
the [G]wild colonial boy.
[C]