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PRETTIEST GIRL IN THE KIMBERLEY
Words and Music by John Williamson


C                            F C
Where is the glory when war is won

  Em                      F         G
A man hits the bottle and belts his son

     Am      G       F      C
So I ran away to the Cattle Run

        Em         G         F       C
Where I learned to fight and swallow rum 

      Am         G      F        C  
And I learned to go barefoot you see

F            C   Dm  G
Just like an Aborigine

    Am           G        F        C
For one of their tribe belonged to me

    F         C           G     C
The Prettiest Girl in the Kimberley 


Am  G  F  C    F  C  Dm  G    Am  G  F  C    F  C  G  C

Oooh . . . 

But I could not marry the girl I adore
Black and white was against the law
They chain you up to a Boab Tree
For kissing an Aborigine 

But a ringer's heart is immune to pain
A bull rips your leg and you carry on
You clench your teeth and you cry alone
And ride for a week till the poison's gone 

Oooh . . . 

But me and my dog we're not alone
The Pension provides us with beef and a bone
I've given up drifting and drinking rum
We're up and about before the sun 

And I can still quarter a beast in a dash
Have your freezer full of spare ribs in a flash
And I still dream of the one for me
The Prettiest Girl in the Kimberley 

Oooh . . . 

    Am      G            F       C
Yes I still dream of the one for me

    F         C           G        C
The Prettiest Girl in the Kimberley 

 



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