The Ballad of Young Bobby Dale ©2006BLHeathcote-Shelly MPM
Intro D / D / A / F#m / E / E / A / A /
Verse 1
A E A D A
I am 5th generation Australian, with no reason to stand here afraid,
D A F#m B E
My pop was a soldier, what he could have told ya, if he, was with us today
A E A D A
I walked with him once through the city, I was too young to understand why,
D A F#m E A
Past miles of crowd, he marched on so proud, all the way, with a tear in his eye
Chorus
D A E A
I am young Robert William John Dale, and I have family in west New South Wales,
D A F#m B E
And I stand on the bow of the mighty Kanimbla, to a middle east country we sail,
A E A D A
And the reason I go is the same one, as the Anzacs so many years back,
D A F#m E A
I stand and I’ll fight, I’ll look death in the eye, when my freedom is under attack
Tag (Same as intro)
Verse 2 (Same chords as verse 1)
I just bought a ute back in Dubbo, and I can’t wait to see her again,
And when I get home, I’m hittin’ the road, with a slab, and a couple of friends,
And the ocean is making me homesick, and who knows what we’ll face on the shore,
But in history’s page, many a stage, has not been a good one before
Chorus
Bridge
D A D E x 4
So please do not call me a hero, if my vessel docks safe in the bay,
D A D A D E A
Be feel free to cry, and understand why, the reason you stand there that day
Chorus (First line softly)
Outro
A E A D A
I am 5th generation Australian, with no reason to stand here afraid, (slowing to end)
D A F#m E A
My pop was a soldier, ---- what he could have told ya, ---- if he, --- was with us today.
Lyrics Submitted by Song written by: Brenda-Lee Heathcote ©2006 (Chord