JOHN WILLIAMSON
Galleries Of Pink Galahs

  from the album "Mallee Boy"

Transcribed by Daniel Schaumann <www.geocities.com/d_schaumann/>

This song is played with a capo on the 8th fret, in Drop-D tuning

  D               D/C#            G/B             D/A
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
E|------2-------2---------2-------------------------------2-------|
B|----3-------3---------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-|
G|--2-------2---------2-------2-------0-------0-------2-------2---|
D|0-----------------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
A|----------------4---------------2---------------0---------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

  G6              D/F#    D/A     D/E     D/A     D
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
E|--------0-----------------------------------------------2-------|
B|------0-------0-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-|
G|----0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2---|
D|--0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
A|------------------------0---------------0-----------------------|
D|5---------------4---------------2---------------0---------------|

D            D/C#         G/B                 D/A
Galleries of pink galahs, crystal nights with diamond stars
G6          D/F#      D/A  D/E  D/A       D
Apricots preserved in jars,     that's my home
D              D/C#        G/B           D/A
Land of oceans in the sun, purple hazes, river gum
G6                        D/F#       D/A  D/E  D/A         D
It breaks your heart when rain won't come,  it breaks your heart

D                    G6/D          D                  G6/D
It takes a harsh and cruel drought to sort the weaker saplings out
G6/D                                                        D
It makes room for stronger trees, maybe that's what life's about
D                  G6/D             D                         G6/D
Winter's come, the hills are brown, the shops are closed, the blinds are down
D            G6/D                       D
Everybody's leaving town, they can't go on

REPEAT INTRO

D                      D/C#            G/B                  D/A
The south wind through verandah gauze, whines and bangs the homestead doors
G6              D/F#  D/A   D/E      D/A    D
A mother curses dusty floors,    and feels alone
D                    D/C#              G/B                D/A
Trucks and bulk bins filled with rust, boy leaves home to make a crust
G6                  D/F#     D/A  D/E         D/A     D
A father's dreams reduced to dust,     but he must go on

D                G6/D       D                 G6/D
Tortured redgums unashamed, sunburnt country, wisely named
G6/D                                                     D
Chisel ploughed and wire claimed, but never never, never tamed

SOLO  (not in relation to capo)

  D               G6/D            D               G6/D
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------7-8-7-10-9----------------|
D|8----------7--8-10----8-7-----------8-----------10--------------|
A|--------------------------11------8-----------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

  D               G6/D                            D
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------11-10-11----------------------------------------------|
G|----7-8-10--------12--12--------8---------7-----------------7-8-|
D|--8------------------------------------------10-8---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

  D               D/C#            G/B             D/A
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
E|------------------------11-10-----------13----------15--13------|
B|--11-10-11--------------------11------------------15--15--15----|
G|10--------10----12--------------10--------------------------15--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

  G6              D/F#    D/A     D/E     D/A     D
  1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4   1   2   3   4
E|--------18------------------------------------------------------|
B|15-16-18----18--16-15-16-18-18----------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------15------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|

D                  D/C#        G/B              D/A
Whirlwind swirls a paper high, same old news of further dry
G6                    D/F#    D/A  D/E  D/A       D
Of broken clouds just passing by,       that's my home
D              D/C#        G/B           D/A
Land of oceans in the sun, purple hazes, river gum
G6                        D/F#       D/A  D/E  D/A         D
It breaks your heart when rain won't come,  it breaks your heart

REPEAT INTRO, end on a D chord

15/04/2003