F
Time is a traveller, Tenterfield saddler
C11 C7
Turn your head
C11 Gm7 C11 F
Ride again jackaroo, think I see kangaroo up ahead
F C/E Dm
The son of George Woollnough went off and got married and had a war baby
Bb F/A C
Though something was wrong and it's easier to drink than go crazy
Bb C/Bb Am7 Dm7
And if there were questions about why the end was so sad
C11 C7 C7sus F
Well George had no answers about why a son ever has need of a gun
F
Time is a traveller, Tenterfield saddler
Gm7 C11 Gm7 C11
Turn your head
Gm7 C11 F Cm7(4)
Ride again jackaroo, think I see kangaroo up ahead
F C A7/C# Dm
The grandson of George has been all around the world and lives no special place
[interlude]
F A7 Dm F Fsus4
I've been to cities that never close down
Bb F/C C/E
Changed his last name and he married a girl with an interesting face
Bb C/Bb Am7 Dm7
He'd almost forgotten them both because of the life that he leads
C11 C7 C11 Dm/A
There's nowhere for George and his library or the son with his gun to belong
Gm7 C11
Except in this song
F
Time is a traveller, Tenterfield saddler
Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7
Turn your head
Gm7 C11 F
Ride again jackaroo, think I see kangaroo up ahead
[Vocal ad lib]
F
Time is a meddler , Tenterfield Saddler
Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7
Make a bet
Gm7 C11 F
Fly away cockatoo, Down on the ground, Emu up ahead
F
Time is a tale teller , Tenterfield Saddler
Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7
Turn your head
Gm7 C11 F
Ride again jackaroo, think I see kangaroo up ahead
F
Time is a tale teller , Tenterfield Saddler
Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7
Make a bet
Gm7 C11 F
Fly away cockatoo, Down on the ground, Emu up ahead