The Wild Colonial Boy tab by Traditional

The Wild Colonial Boy      Australian Traditional folk Song

Transcribed by K Woodgate

Easy melody Version

The song can be found on records by the Bushwackers, Cobbers, William Clauson
and many other Australian Folk records.


A7  D       G    Em    A7       D
e|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------------
B|---------------|----0----------|-----------------|----------------------
G|-2----------2--|-2------0------|-----------------|-------------2--------
D|------0---4----|------------2--|-0------------4--|-2--0-----4-----------
A|---------------|---------------|------4---0------|----------------------
E|---------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------------
 There was a Wild co-lon-ial boy, Jack ...

       Em      A7     D  A7   D        Em
e|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|----------------
B|-3--3------2-|-0------------|----2--0------|--------3--3-|------2--0------
G|--------2----|-----------0--|-2---------2--|----2--------|-2--------------
D|-------------|-----2--4-----|--------------|-4-----------|------------2---
A|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|----------------
E|-------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|----------------
 But hon-est pa-rents He was born in ...
on-ly hope

   A7         D  A7 D        G    Em    A7
e|------------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------------
B|--------------2---|-0---------------|-----------0--|---------------------
G|----0--2----------|-----2-----------|---2---2------|-0-------------------
D|-4----------------|---------4---0---|-4------------|------2----0---------
A|------------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------4-----
E|------------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------------
 His mo-ther's pride and joy And ...

       D
e|----------------||
B|----------------||
G|----------------||
D|----4----2--0---||
A|-0--------------||
E|----------------||
  co-lon-ial boy