Cootamundra Wattle
1986
John Williamson
Bb6Bbm6C7sus4F4 chords used in this song
| F | Bb6 |
| Don’t go | Flookin’ through that old camphor | Bb6box woman |
| F | Bb6 |
| You | Fknow those old things only make you | Bb6cry |
| F | Bb6 |
| When you | Fdream upon that little bunny | Bb6rug |
| F | Bb6 |
| It | Fmakes you think that life has passed you | Bb6by |
| F | Bb6 |
| There are | Fdays when you wish the world would | Bb6stop woman |
| F | Bb6 |
| But | Fthen you know some wounds would never | Bb6heal |
| F | Bb6 |
| But when I | Fbrowse the early pages of the | Bb6children |
| C7sus4 | F |
| It's | C7sus4then I know exactly how you | Ffeel. |
| Bb6 | F |
| Hey it’s | Bb6July and the winter sun is | Fshining |
| Bb6 | F |
| And the | Bb6Cootamundra wattle is my | Ffriend |
| Bb6 | F |
| For | Bb6all at once my childhood never | Fleft me |
| C7sus4 | F |
| ‘Cause | C7sus4wattle blossoms bring it back | Fagain |
| F | Bb6 |
| It’s | FSunday and you should stop the | Bb6worry woman, |
| F | Bb6 |
| FCome out here and sit down in the | Bb6sun |
| F | Bb6 |
| FCan’t you hear the magpies in the | Bb6distance? |
| F | Bb6 |
| FDon’t you feel the new day has be | Bb6gun? |
| F | Bb6 |
| FCan’t you hear the bees making | Bb6honey woman |
| F | Bb6 |
| In the | Fspotted gums where the bellbirds | Bb6ring? |
| F | Bb6 |
| You might | Fgrow old and bitter cause you | Bb6missed it |
| C7sus4 | F |
| You | C7sus4know some people never hear such | Fthings |
| Bb6 | F |
| Hey it’s | Bb6July and the winter sun is | Fshining |
| Bb6 | F |
| And the | Bb6Cootamundra wattle is my | Ffriend |
| Bb6 | F |
| For | Bb6all at once my childhood never | Fleft me |
| C7sus4 | F |
| ‘Cause | C7sus4wattle blossoms bring it back | Fagain |
| F | Bb6 |
| Don’t | Fbuy the daily papers any | Bb6more woman |
| F | Bb6 |
| FRead all about what’s going on in | Bb6hell |
| F | Bb6 |
| FThey don’t care to tell the world of | Bb6kindness |
| F | Bb6 |
| FGood news never made a paper | Bb6sell |
| F | Bb6 |
| There’s all the | Fcolours of the rainbow in the | Bb6garden woman |
| F | Bb6 |
| And | Fsymphonies of music in the | Bb6sky |
| F | Bb6 |
| FHeaven’s all around us if you’re | Bb6looking |
| C7sus4 | F |
| But | C7sus4how can you see it if you | Fcry |
| Bb6 | F |
| Hey it’s | Bb6July and the winter sun is | Fshining |
| Bb6 | F |
| And the | Bb6Cootamundra wattle is my | Ffriend |
| Bb6 | F |
| For | Bb6all at once my childhood never | Fleft me |
| C7sus4 | F |
| ‘Cause | C7sus4wattle blossoms bring it back | Fagain. |
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| § | John Williamson | [ Eb ] | |
