Paul Kelly - Rally around the drum
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Tabbed by Marvin2Shoes... I hope you enjoy this song by Paul Kelly... one of Australia's
music talents. This is from the double album called "Foggy Highway".
Intro [Am] [F] [G] [Am] [F] [G]
[Am] Like my [F] brother [Am] be-fore me [C] I'm a tent boxing [G] man...
[F] Like our [C] daddy be-[Am] fore us... [G] travelling all around Gipps[Bm]land
I woke up one [F] cold [Bm] morning [C] Many miles from [G] Fitzroy
[F] And slowly [C] It came [Am] dawning... [G] by Billy Leach I was [Am] employed
[Chorus]
[F] So rally [G] around the [Am] drum boys [F] Rally [A] around the [Bm] drum
[G] Every [F] day, every [Am] night boys… [C] Rally around the [G] drum
[Am] [F] [G] [Am] [F] [G]
[Am] Hoisting [F] tent-pole and tar [Am] paulin... [C] Billy says now beat the [G] drum
[F] Rings out [C] across the show[Bm]ground and [G] all the people [Bm] come
Then Billy [F] starts a-[Am] calling- [C] step right up, step right up [G] one and all
[F] Is there [C] anybody [Am] game here... [G] to take on kid snow[Bm]ball
[repeat Chorus]
[Bm] Sometimes I [G] fight a [Bm] gee-man... [D] yeah we put on a [A] show
[G] Sometimes I [D] fight a [Bm] hard man... [A] who wants to lay me [Bm] low
Sometimes [G] I get [Bm] tired... [D] but I don't ever [A] grouse
[G] I've got to [D] keep on [Bm] fighting... [A] Five dollars every [Bm] house
[repeat Chorus]
[Fiddle Interlude]
[Bm] Like my [G] daddy before [Bm] me... [D] I stand up and knock em [A] down
[G] Like my [D] brother before [Bm] me... [A] I'm weaving in your [Bm] town
[G] So rally [A] around the [Bm] drum boys [G] Rally [A] around the [Bm] drum
[G] So rally [A] around the [Bm] drum boys [G] Rally [A] around the [Bm] drum
[F] Rally [G] around the [Am] drum [F] [G]
[Am] [F] [G] [Am] [F] [G] [Fiddle] [Fade]