Misc Traditional – Lime-Juice Tub (Guitar)
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Guitar Tab
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Chords
[Verse 1]
G D7 G When shearing comes lay down your drums C G Step on the boards you brand new chums C G With a ra-dum ra-dum rub-a-dub-dub D7 G Send him home in a lime juice tub
[Chorus]
D7 G Here we are in New South Wales C G Sheraing sheep as big as whales C G With leather necks and daggy tails D7 G And hides as tough as rusty nails
[Verse 2]
D7 G Now you have crossed the briny deep C G You fancy you can shear a sheep C G With a ra-dum ra-dum rub-a-dub-dub D7 G We'll send you home in a lime juice tub
[Verse 3]
D7 G There's brand new chums and cockies sons C G They fancy that they are great guns D7 G They fancy they can shear the wool C G But the buggers can only tear and pull
[Verse 4]
D7 G They tar the sheep til they're nearly black C G Roll up roll up and get the sack C G Once more we're away on the Wallaby track D7 G More to look for work out back
[Verse 5]
D7 G The very next job they undertake C G Is to press the wool but they make a mistake C G They press the wool without any bales D7 G Sheraing's hell in New South Wales
[Verse 6]
D7 G And when they meet upon the road C G From off their backs throw down their load C G And at the sun they'll take a look D7 G Saying I reckon it's time to breast the cook
[verse 7]
D7 G We camp in huts without any doors C G Sleep upon the muddy floors C G With a pannikin of flour and a sheet of bark D7 G To wallop up a damper in the dark
[verse 8]
D7 G Although you live beyond your means C G Yours daughters wear no crinolines C G Nor are they covered by boots and shoes D7 G They're wild in the bush with kangaroos
[verse 9]
D7 G It's home it's home I'd like to be C G Not humping my drum in this country C G It's sixteen thousand miles I've come D7 G To march along with the blanket drum
[Verse 10]
D7 G But shearing here boys give a cheer C G Step to the boards and grab your gear C G With a ra-dum ra-dum rub-a-dub-dub D7 G Send him home in a lime juice tub