Rally Round The Drum

	  		 Intro x 2	 
 	 
 Bm	G	A 
 Bm	G	A 
  
 Verse 1  
 Bm	G	Bm 
 Like my brother before me 
 D		A 
 Im a tent boxing man 
 G	D	Bm 
 Like our daddy before us 
 A		Bm 
 Travelling all around Gippsland 
  
 Note ( use the same chord progresion for the rest of verse 1) 
  
 I woke up one cold morning 
 Many miles from Fitzroy 
 And slowly It came dawning 
 By Billy Leach I was employed 
  
 Chorus 1 
  
 G	A	Bm 
 Rally round the drum boys 
 G	A	Bm 
 Rally round the drum 
 A	G	Bm 
 Every day every night boys 
 Bm		A 
 Rally round the drum 
  
 Harmonica Interlude 
  
 Bm	G	A 	twice 
  
 From now on use the same patterns !!! 
  
 Verse 2 
  
 Hoisting tent-pole and tarpaulin 
 Billy says now beat the drum 
 Rings out across the showground 
 And all the country people come 
 Then Billy starts a-calling 
 Step right up Step right up one and all 
 Is there anybody game here 
 To take on kid snowball 
  
 Chorus 2 
  
 Same as before  
  
 Verse 3 
  
 Sometimes i fight a gee-man 
 Yeah we put on a show 
 Soemtimes I fight a hard man 
 Who wants to lay me low 
 Sometimes I get tired 
 But I don't ever grouse 
 I've gopt to keep on fighting 
 Five dollars every house 
  
 Chorus 3 (Same again) 
  
 Harmonica Interlude Bm G A pattern 
  
 Verse 4 (Only 4 lines this time) 
  
 Like my daddy before me 
 I stand up and knock em down 
 Like my brother before me 
 I'm weaving in your town 
  
 Chorus 4 (lyrics slightly different) 
  
 Yeah Rally round the drum boys 
 Rally round the drum 
 Got to keep on fighting 
 Rally round the drum 
  
 Harmonica Outro to Bm G A pattern