Legged Kate Chords & Lyrics - Gordon Bok - Bare

[INTRO]
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[CHORUS]
[G]Bare legged Kate with your natural grace
And your [Am]big sad eyes and your [D]Irish face
A [G]poor bush girl when the summer is high
In the [Am]bitter [D]days of Gunda[G]gai

[VERSE]
[G]Bare legged Kate why do you run
[Am]Down to the creek in the [D]setting sun?
Go a[G]way where the eyes of the world can't see
But you [Am]can't run a[D]way from your pover[G]ty [D]

[VERSE]
[G]Bare legged Kate, why do you weep
When the [Am]men drove by with the [D]travelling sheep?
Does the [G]sight of the drover make you sad
When you [Am]think of the [D]father you never [G]had? [D]

[CHORUS]
[G]Bare legged Kate with your natural grace
And your [Am]big sad eyes and your [D]Irish face
A [G]poor bush girl when the summer is high
In the [Am]bitter [D]days of Gunda[G]gai

[VERSE]
[G]Oh, it's well you know, there's gold in the hills
But you [Am]know that the cyanide [D]process kills
[G]Strangles the miners and cuts them down
In their [Am]mean little [D]homes in Timber [G]Town

[VERSE]
[G]And it's well you know, when the floods come down
It's the [Am]poor by the river are the [D]first to drown
Where the [G]wild Murrumbidgee goes roaring by
Through the [Am]haunted [D]hills of Gunda[G]gai

[CHORUS]
[G]Bare legged Kate with your natural grace
And your [Am]big sad eyes and your [D]Irish face
A [G]poor bush girl when the winter is nigh
In the [Am]barren [D]hills of Gunda[G]gai