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CLICK GO THE SHEARS
Traditional Australian
[D] Out on the board the [G] old shearer stands
[D] Grasping his shears in his [E7] thin bony [A7] hands
[D] Fixed is his gaze on a [G] bare bellied yoe
[A7] Glory if he gets her, won't he [D] make the ringer go
[A7] Click go the Shears boys, [D] click, click, click
[G] Wide is his blow and his [D] hands move [A] quick
The [D] ringer looks around and is [G] beaten by a blow
And [A7] curses the old snagger with the [D] bare bellied yoe
In the [D] middle of the floor in his [G] cane bottomed chair
Sits the [D] boss of the board with his [E7] eyes every-[A7]-where
[D] Notes well each fleece as it [G] comes to the screen
[A7] Paying strict attention that its [D] taken off clean
[A7] Click go the Shears boys, [D] click, click, click
[G] Wide is his blow and his [D] hands move [A] quick
The [D] ringer looks around and is [G] beaten by a blow
And [A7] curses the old snagger with the [D] bare bellied yoe
The [D] colonial experience man, [G] he is there of course
[D] With his shiny leggin's on, [E7] just got off his [A7] horse
[D] Gazes all around him like a [G] real connoisseur
[A7] Scented soap, and brilliantine and [D] smelling like a whore
[A7] Click go the Shears boys, [D] click, click, click
[G] Wide is his blow and his [D] hands move [A] quick
The [D] ringer looks around and is [G] beaten by a blow
And [A7] curses the old snagger with the [D] bare bellied yoe
The [D] tar-boy is there [G] waiting on demand
[D] With his blackened tar pot in [E7] his tarry [A7] hand
[D] Spies one old sheep with a [G] cut upon its back
[A7] Heres what he's waiting for, its [D] 'Tar here Jack!
[A7] Click go the Shears boys, [D] click, click, click
[G] Wide is his blow and his [D] hands move [A] quick
The [D] ringer looks around and is [G] beaten by a blow
And [A7] curses the old snagger with the [D] bare bellied yoe
[D] Now the shearing is over, we've [G] all got our cheques
So [D] roll up your swags and its [E7] off down the [A7] track
[D] The first pub we come to its [G] there we'll have a spree
And [A7] everyone that comes along its [D] "Have a drink with me"
[A7] Click go the Shears boys, [D] click, click, click
[G] Wide is his blow and his [D] hands move [A] quick
The [D] ringer looks around and is [G] beaten by a blow
And [A7] curses the old snagger with the [D] bare bellied yoe
[D] There we leave him standing, [G] shouting for all hands
[D] While all around him [E7] every shouter [A7] stands
[D] His eye is on the keg which [G] now is lowering fast,
He [A7] works hard, he drinks hard, and [D] goes to hell at last
[A7] Click go the Shears boys, [D] click, click, click
[G] Wide is his blow and his [D] hands move [A] quick
The [D] ringer looks around and is [G] beaten by a blow
And [A7] curses the old snagger with the [D] bare bellied yoe
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