Artist - John Williamson Song - Home Among The Gum Trees chords used FGCAAD e|-1----3----3----1------5------5------| B|-1----3----5----3------5------7------| G|-2----3----5----3------5------7------| D|-3----5----5----3------7------7------| A|-3----5----3----1------7------5------| E|-1----3----3----1------5------5------| verse 1 F I've been around the world Gm C A couple of times or maybe more Gm C I've seen the sights, I've had delights F On every foreign shore F But when my mates all ask me Gm C The place that I adore Gm C F I tell them right away "what do we tell em?" Chorus Gm C Give me a home among the gumtrees Gm C With lots of plum trees F A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo F A clothesline out the back Gm C Verandah out the front Gm C F And an old rocking chair verse 2 (same as verse 1) You can see me in the kitchen Cooking up a roast Or Vegemite on toast Just you and me, a cup of tea And later on, we'll settle down And go out on the porch And watch the possums play chorus Give me a home among the gumtrees With lots of plum trees A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo A clothesline out the back Verandah out the front And an old rocking chair verse 3 A# There's a Safeways up the corner F And a Woolies down the street C And a brand new place they've opened up F Where they regulate the heat A# But I'd trade them all tomorrow F For a little bush retreat C Gm C Where the kookaburras call kookakakakakakkaakakkakaaa chorus Give me a home among the gumtrees With lots of plum trees A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo A clothesline out the back Verandah out the front And an old rocking chair verse 4 ( up a step ) G Some people like their houses Am D With fences all around ) Am D Others live in mansions G And some beneath the ground G But me I like the bush you know Am D With rabbits running round Am D G And a pumpkin vine out the back chorus (no guitar played in this chorus) (just singing) Give me a home among the gumtrees With lots of plum trees A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo A clothesline out the back Verandah out the front And an old rocking chair Am D Give me a home among the gumtrees Am D With lots of plum trees G A sheep or two, a k-kangaroo G A clothesline out the back Am D Verandah out the front Am D G And an old rocking chair