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TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN, SPORT
TIE ME KANGAROO DOWN SPORT
Intro and Verse 1. Time: 2/2 Tenor: C Bass: C
(Spoken to a tap beat- I just slap the side of my guitar)
. . . There's an old Australian stockman
Lying, dying, And he gets himself up onto one elbow
And he turns to his mates, who are gathered round him . . and he says
[C] Watch me wallaby's [F] feed, mate, [G] watch me wallaby's [C] feed
[C] They're a dangerous [F] breed, mate, so [G] watch me wallaby's [C] feed (All together now)
[CHORUS] [C] Tie me kangaroo [F] down sport, [G] tie me kangaroo [C] down. (REPEAT)
Verse 2
[C] Keep me cockatoo [F] cool, Curl, [G] keep me cockatoo [C] cool
[C] Don't go acting the [F] fool, Curl, just [G] keep me cockatoo [C] cool
[CHORUS]
[C] Take me koala [F] back, Jack, [G] take me Koala [C] back
[C] He lives somewhere out on the [F] track, Mac, so [G] take me koala [C] back
[CHORUS] [C] Tie me kangaroo [F] down sport, [G] tie me kangaroo [C] down. (REPEAT)
Verse 3
[C] Let the Abos go [F] loose, Lew,[G] let the Abos go [C] loose
[C] They're of no further [F] use, Lew, so[G] let the Abos go [C] loose
[CHORUS]
[C] Mind me platypus [F] duck, Bill, [G] mind me playtpus [C] duck
Don't [C] let him go running [F] amuck, Bill, [G] mind me platypus [C] duck
[CHORUS] [C] Tie me kangaroo [F] down sport, [G] tie me kangaroo [C] down. (REPEAT)
Verse 4
[C] Play your didgeri-[F] -doo, Blue, [G] play your didgeri-[C] -doo
[C] Keep playing 'til I shoot [F] through, Blue, [G] play your didgeri-[C] -doo
[CHORUS]
[C] Tan me hide when I'm [F] dead, Fred, [G] Tan me hide when I'm [C] dead
(SPOKEN) - - - So we [C] tanned his hide when he [F] died, Clyde, And [G] that's it hanging on the [C] shed
[CHORUS] [C] Tie me kangaroo [F] down sport, [G] tie me kangaroo [C] down. (REPEAT)
