Gordon Bok – Banks Of The Reedy Lagoon (Guitar)

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[Intro] G D D7 G [Verse]
G
The sweet scented wattle sheds perfume around

                            D7
Delighting the bird and the bee

     G
As I lie and take rest in me fern covered nest

       A                      D   G D
In the shade of the currajong tree
[Verse]
     G
High up in the air I can hear the refrain

                            D7
Of a butcherbird piping his tune

        G
For the spring in her glory has come back again

       D7                   G     D  D7  G
To the banks of the Reedy Lagoon
[Verse]
G
I've carried me bluey for many a mile

                             D7
Me boots are worn out at the toes

        G
And I'm dressing this season in different style

     A                         D    G D
From what I did last year, god knows
[Verse]
   G
Me cooking utensils, I'm sorry to say

                         D7
Consist of a knife and a spoon

         G
And I've dry bread and tea in a battered Jack Shay

       D7                   G     D  D7  G
By the banks of the Reedy Lagoon
[Verse]
G
Oh, where is young Frankie, how he could ride

                              D7
And Johnnie the light-hearted boy?

     G
They tell me that lately he's taken a bride

  A                    D  G D
A benedict's life to enjoy
[Verse]
    G
And Mac, the big Scotsman, I once heard him say

                            D7
He'd wrestled the famous Muldoon

            G
But they're all gone away and it's lonely today

       D7                   G     D  D7  G
By the banks of the Reedy Lagoon
[Verse]
G
And where is the lady I often caressed

                             D7
The girl with the sad dreamy eyes?

    G
She pillows her head on another man's breast

   A                       D    G D
He tells her the very same lies
[Verse]
   G
My bed she would hardly be willing to share

                                 D7
Where I camp by the light of the moon

         G
But it's little I care, for I'd never keep square

       D7                   G     D  D7  G
By the banks of the Reedy Lagoon
[Instrumental] G D D7 G G A D G D [Verse]
     G
High up in the air I can hear the refrain

                            D7
Of a butcherbird piping his tune

        G
For the spring in her glory has come back again

       D7                   G     D  D7  G
To the banks of the Reedy Lagoon