Cunnamulla Fella
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Written by
Slim Dusty/Stan Coster
This is played in same key as video
Intro Bb
Bb
Now I'm a scrubber runner and a breaker too
F
I live on damper and wallaby stew
Bb
I've got a big cattle dog with a staghound cross
F Bb
Never saw a scrubber we couldn't toss
Bb
'Cause I'm the fella from Cunnamulla
F Bb F Bb
Yes I'm the Cunnamulla fella
Bb
Now once when I was droving on the cattle trails
F
I met a little girl her name was Ada Vales
Bb
Said marry me Ada I'll be the fella
F Bb
We'll settle down in Augathella
Bb
I'll be the fella at Augathella
F Bb F Bb
Yes I'll be the Augathella fella
Bb
Oh she said her daddy's name was Charlie Ville
F
She had a lot of kiddies and a lot of bills
Bb
So I grabbed my horse that was nice and handy
F Bb
And I never stopped 'til I reached Dirranbandi
Bb
I was the dandy at Dirranbandi
F Bb
I was the Dirranbandi dandy
Bb
D-d-d dandy at Dirranbandi
F Bb
Yeah I'm the Dirranbandi dandy
Bb F Bb F Bb
Bb
Now in my moleskin trousers and my William's boots
F
I board me an outlaw as he leaves the chutes
Bb
In my goose neck spurs I rake his fiery hide
F Bb
The girls all shouting 'round the ringside
Bb
He's the fella from Cunnamulla
F Bb
He's the Cunnamulla fella
Bb
He's just the fella from Cunnamulla
F Bb
He's the Cunnamulla fella
Bb
Now I've done a little fightin' in the western bars
F
Done a little lovin' 'neath the moon and stars
Bb
I wear bright clothes and shirts full of colour
F Bb
And the girls know me as that certain fella
Bb
I'm the fella from Cunnamulla
F Bb
I'm the Cunnamulla fella
Bb
I'm just the fella from Cunnamulla
F Bb
Yeah I'm the Cunnamulla fella
F Bb
Oh I'm the Cunnamulla fella
F Bb
Yeah I'm the Cunnamulla fella
How to play Cunnamulla Fella
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