John Williamson – Home Among The Gum Trees chords

Artist - John Williamson
Song - Home Among The Gum Trees

chords used

   F   Gm    C    A#     Am     D
 
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verse 1

      FI've been around the world
            Gm             CA couple of times or maybe more
     Gm                    CI've seen the sights, I've had delights
    FOn every foreign shore
     FBut when my mates all ask me
     Gm           CThe place that I adore
  Gm        C        FI tell them right away      "what do we tell em?"



Chorus

                        Gm        CGive me a home among the gumtrees
             Gm          CWith lots of plum trees
   FA sheep or two, a k-kangaroo
  FA clothesline out the back
 Gm               CVerandah out the front
       Gm   C       FAnd an old rocking chair 


verse 2     (same as verse 1)

You can see me in the kitchen
Cooking up a roast
Or Vegemite on toast
Just you and me, a cup of tea
And later on, we'll settle down
And go out on the porch
And watch the possums play 


chorus

Give me a home among the gumtrees
With lots of plum trees
A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo
A clothesline out the back
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair 



verse 3

          A#There's a Safeways up the corner
      FAnd a Woolies down the street
      CAnd a brand new place they've opened up
           FWhere they regulate the heat
        A#But I'd trade them all tomorrow
      FFor a little bush retreat
          C     Gm    CWhere the kookaburras call          kookakakakakakkaakakkakaaa


chorus 

Give me a home among the gumtrees
With lots of plum trees
A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo
A clothesline out the back
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair 


verse 4   ( up a step )

     G    Some people like their houses
     Am         DWith fences all around ]
Am               DOthers live in mansions
    GAnd some beneath the ground
    GBut me I like the bush you know
     Am                  DWith rabbits running round
      Am       D           GAnd a pumpkin vine out the back 


chorus  (no guitar played in this chorus) (just singing)

Give me a home among the gumtrees
With lots of plum trees
A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo
A clothesline out the back
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair 

                         Am        DGive me a home among the gumtrees
              Am          DWith lots of plum trees
  G A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo
  G                 A clothesline out the back  
 Am              DVerandah out the front
       Am   D       GAnd an old rocking chair