Rally Around The Drum


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 [Bm] [G] [A] [Bm] [G] [A] [Bm] Like my [G] brother [Bm] be-fore me [D] I'm a tent boxing [A] man... [G] Like our [D] daddy be-[Bm] fore us... [A] travelling all around Gipps[Bm]land I woke up one [G] cold [Bm] morning [D] Many miles from [A] Fitzroy [G] And slowly [D] It came [Bm] dawning... [A] by Billy Leach I was [Bm] employed [Chorus] [G] So rally [A] around the [Bm] drum boys [G] Rally [A] around the [Bm] drum [A] Every [G] day, every [Bm] night boys… [D] Rally around the [A] drum [Bm] [G] [A] [Bm] [G] [A] [Bm] Hoisting [G] tent-pole and tar [Bm] paulin... [D] Billy says now beat the [A] drum [G] Rings out [D] across the show[Bm]ground and [A] all the people [Bm] come Then Billy [G] starts a-[Bm] calling- [D] step right up, step right up [A] one and all [G] Is there [D] anybody [Bm] game here... [A] 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 [G] Rally [A] around the [Bm] drum [G] [A] [Bm] [G] [A] [Bm] [G] [A] [Fiddle] [Fade]