Shut the Gate! (for Mildura Fred!) Harmonica Tabs

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Now lis-ten ‘ere cob-bers re-mem-ber what I say

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Jes’ mind yer flam-min’ man’ners if yer up our way

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Yer-’ll all be ver-y wel-come Yer must-n’t hes-i-tate

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To drop in for a cup-pa

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but lets get some-thin’ straight!

(CHORUS)

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Oh! Yer got-ta shut the gate mate!

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Yer got-ta shut the gate

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Now lis-ten ‘ere cob-bers re-mem-ber what I say

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a-bout a ci-ty slic-ker who was up our way

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E drove in-to a pad-dock

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but did-n’t shut the gate

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I gave the cove a coo-ee

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but by then it was too late

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One of me cows got out in-to the lu-cerne patch

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And me ‘orse ran off ‘e was im-po-si-ble to catch

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A rat-bag fox got me fav-‘rite chook, din-ky di

(2nd Chorus)

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Did-n’t ‘alf go crook Oh!

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Yer got-ta shut the gate mate!

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Yer got-ta shut the gate

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if there’s any-thing I hate

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It’s a flam-min o-pen gate

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so yer got-ta shut the gate