Artist: | John Williamson (English) |
User: | Soltee1 |
Duration: | 180 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
(orig. capo on1)
G D G D G D G D A D
G
1. Don’t go lookin’ through that old camphor box, woman,
D G
You know those old things only make you cry.
D G
When you dream upon that little bunny rug,
D G
Makes you think that life has passed you by.
D G
2. There are days when you wish the world would stop, woman,
D G
But then you know some wounds would never heal.
D G
When I browse the early pages of the children,
D
It’s then I know exactly how you feel.
Chorus
G D
Hey, it’s July, and the winter sun is shining,
G G-D
and the Cootamundra wattle is my friend.
G D
For all at once my childhood never left me,
A D
’cause wattle blossoms bring it back again.
G
3. It’s Sunday and you should stop the worry, woman
D G
Come out here and sit down in the sun.
D G
Can’t you hear the magpies in the distance
D G D
Don’t you feel the new day has begun
G
4. Can’t you hear the bees making honey, woman,
D G
In the spotted gums where the bell birds ring ?
D G
You might grow old and bitter ‘cause you missed it,
D
You know some people never hear such things
Chorus
G D
Hey, it’s July, and the winter sun is shining,
G G-D
and the Cootamundra wattle is my friend.
G D
For all at once my childhood never left me,
A D
’cause wattle blossoms bring it back again.
D - G - D G - D
G
5. Don’t buy the daily papers any more, woman,
D G
Read all about what’s goin’ on in hell.
D G
They don’t care to tell the world of kindness,
D G
Good news never made a paper sell.
D G
6. There’s all the colours of the rainbow in the garden, woman,
D G
And symphonies of music in the sky,
D G
Heaven’s all around us if you’re lookin’
D
But how can you see it if you cry?
Chorus
G D
Hey, it’s July, and the winter sun is shining,
G G-D
and the Cootamundra wattle is my friend.
G D
For all at once my childhood never left me,
A D
’cause wattle blossoms bring it back again.
Outro:
G D - G D