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Stringybark Creek by John Campbell Munro
Stringybark Creek
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:F
Capo:3rd fret
[Verse 1]
D G D A
My name is Kennedy, earnest and steadfast
D G A D
I brought my comrades to Stringybark Creek
D G D A
Sent by my masters to bring in the outcasts
D G D A
Doing my duty for two pounds a week
[Verse 2]
D G D A
My name is McIntyre, law's great defender
D G A D
I was the only one left at the end
D G D A
I heard the bush rangers call to surrender
D G D A
But I saw the gun in the hand of my friend
[Chorus]
G D A
It's for my life they hunt you down
G D G A
No trial or jury they've set you apart
D G D A
Dead or alive, there'll be five hundred pounds
D A D
For the Kellys, Joe Burn and Steve Hart
[Verse 3]
D G D A
My name is Scandlon on soldiery bearing
D G A D
Chosen for courage and skill in the fight
D G D A
Proud of the queen's uniform I was wearing
D G D A
It was tattered by shot as I fixed him in sight
[Verse 4]
D G D A
My name is Lonnigan, hungry for silver
D G A D
First to take aim, I was shot through the eye
D G D A
Me it was first, then, who made him a killer
D G D A
Me in the end who consigned him to die
[Chorus]
G D A
It's for my life they hunt you down
G D G A
No trial or jury they've set you apart
D G D A
Dead or alive, there'll be five hundred pounds
D A D
For the Kellys, Joe Burn and Steve Hart
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