Bush Telegraph

          E                        
There's a rumour of a gold strike 
       A
to the south of Ballarat,
    B                              
And someone stole some cattle at 
  E
the back of Carly's Flat.
        E                          
There's been a fight in Dinny 
  A
Ryan's Bar in Ararat.
    B                          E
You heard it on the Bush Telegraph.


[Verse]
E                              
Fat lambs brought a record price 
       A
last week in Bendigo.
B                                 
Tommy Bourke has been to Mass 
  E
three Sundays in a row.
   E                             
It used to take a family death or 
  A
drought to make him go.
    B                          E
You heard it on the Bush Telegraph.


[Chorus]
B                                 
Now, we don't need no fancy wires 
   A                 E
to get the message through,
B                           
Satellites or thing-a-ma-jigs 
   A                 E
whizzing round the moon,
    E                              
Or twenty feet of binder twine with
   A
 a jam tin cut in half.
     B                          A 
It's pure Australian magic, the 
   B     E
Bush Telegraph


[Verse]
E                                  
Now Nora Reilly's daughter went to 
A
Melbourne for a spell.
       B                        
After going out with Nicky Doyle 
      E
it's prob'ly just as well.
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E                                 
Home's no place for a girl when 
  A
her belly starts to swell.
    B                          E
You heard it on the Bush Telegraph.


[Verse]
    E                           A
Now Andy Reagan's famous temper went
 off like a bomb
        B                          
When he heard his only daughter 
      E
Kate got married to a Pom.
    E                           
His Siamese cat had kittens to a 
 A
one-eyed Ginger Tom.
    B                          E
You heard it on the Bush Telegraph.


[Chorus]
B                                 
Now, we don't need no fancy wires 
   A                 E
to get the message through,
B                           
Satellites or thing-a-ma-jigs 
   A                 E
whizzing round the moon,
    E                              
Or twenty feet of binder twine with
   A
 a jam tin cut in half.
     B                          A 
It's pure Australian magic, the 
   B     E
Bush Telegraph



[Interlude]
E         A   B         E
E         A   B         E


[Verse]
    E                            
Now Hanrahan, God bless his soul, 
      A
his chooks are off the lay.
   B                             
He always reckoned they were good 
     E
for 15 eggs a day;
    E                           A
And mostly double yolkers, he'd give
 them all away.
    B                          E
You heard it on the Bush Telegraph.


[Verse]
    E                              
Who fronted at the court today, the
  A
 judge won't let him drive
     B                           E
For clocking in at point 2 3 instead
 of point 0 5.
E                               
20 beers in two hours flat, won't 
   A
keep a man alive.
       B                  
You'll hear it on the Bush 
       E
Telegraph.


[Chorus]
B                                 
Now, we don't need no fancy wires 
   A                 E
to get the message through,
B                           
Satellites or thing-a-ma-jigs 
   A                 E
whizzing round the moon,
    E                              
Or twenty feet of binder twine with
   A
 a jam tin cut in half.
     B                          A 
It's pure Australian magic, the 
   B     E
Bush Telegraph


[Otro]
E         A   B         E
E         A
    B                          E
You heard it on the Bush Telegraph.
            B                  
Yes, you'll hear it on the Bush 
       E   A   E
Telegraph.