The Hold-Up At Eugowra Rocks - A.l. Lloyd Chords
Chords: Cm, Ab, Eb, Fm, G, An
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Genre: folk, country, australian
[Intro]
Cm Ab Eb Fm Cm G Cm
[Verse 1]
Cm Ab Eb Fm
It’s all about bold Frank Gardiner, with the devil in his eye,
Cm G
He said, “We’ve work before us, lads, we’ve got to do or die.
Cm Ab Eb Fm
So blacken up your faces before the dead of night,
Cm G Cm
And its over by Eugowra Rocks we’ll either fall or fight.”
[Chorus]
Cm Ab Eb Fm
You can sing of Johnny Gilbert, Dan Morgan and Ben Hall,
Cm G Cm
But the bold and reckless Gardiner, he’s the boy to beat them all.
[Verse 2]
Cm Ab Eb Fm
“We’ll stop the Orange escort with powder and with ball.
Cm G
We’ll shoot the coach to pieces and we’ll down the peelers all.
Cm Ab Eb Fm
We’ll lift the diggers’ money, we’ll collar all their gold,
Cm G Cm
So mind your guns are killers now, my comrades true and bold.”
[Chorus]
Cm Ab Eb Fm
You can sing of Johnny Gilbert, Dan Morgan and Ben Hall,
Cm G Cm
But the bold and reckless Gardiner, he’s the boy to beat them all.
[Verse 3]
Cm Ab Eb Fm
So now off go the rifles, the battle has begun.
Cm G
The escort started running, boys, all in the setting sun.
Cm Ab Eb Fm
The robbers seized their plunder so saucy and so bold,
Cm G Cm
And they’re riding from Eugowra Rocks encumbered with their gold.
[Chorus]
Cm Ab Eb Fm
You can sing of Johnny Gilbert, Dan Morgan and Ben Hall,
Cm G Cm
But the bold and reckless Gardiner, he’s the boy to beat them all.
[Verse 4]
Cm Ab Eb Fm
And as with savage laughter they left that fatal place.
Cm G Cm
They cried, “We’ve struck bonanza, boys, we’ve won the steeplechase!”
Cm An Eb Fm
And Gardiner their leader, he shouted loud “Hooray!
Cm G Cm
I think we’ve made our fortunes at Eugowra Rocks today!”
[Chorus]
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