SPIRIT OF THE BUSH
Written by Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan & Garth Porter
This arrangement based on the 36th CMAA performance.
Refer below for explanation of harmony without thirds.

4 beats per chord
` = 2 beats  . = 2/4 bar

INTRO:
G5  Cadd9  G  Cadd9
   (G-bass)     He's

VERSE:
G5                          `G5              `Cadd9
Starin' down the barrel of a-nother desperate day pulls on his
G*    Dsus2
Boots he can't walk away he's
G5                   `G5.               C
Runnin' on empty he's knocked about and bent but he'll still be
G*               `D5.          G5
Standing when the river runs a-gain is the

CHORUS:
G5                    Cadd9
Spirit in the rock or pass the hat around is it
G5                          D5
Freedom on the wallaby or a dusty patch of ground is it
G5                    Cadd9
Waltzing Matilda or a hand upon your shoulder is
`G5      `D5            G5
 This the spirit of the bush she

VERSE:
G5                            `G5             `Cadd9
Stares at empty cupboards just like the day be-fore it's been so
G*                 Dsus2
Long and she can't take it anymore but she
G5                      `G5.               C
Digs a little deeper and somehow finds the strength she keeps be-
G5                 `D5.           G5
lieving there'll be better days a-head is the

CHORUS-SHORT:
G5                    Cadd9
Spirit in the rock or pass the hat around is it
G5                          D5
Freedom on the wallaby or a dusty patch of ground is it
G5                    Cadd9
Waltzing Matilda or a hand upon your shoulder is
`G5      `D5
 This the spirit of the

SOLO:
G5  Cadd9  `G5  `D5  G5
Bush

BRIDGE:
G                                         Cadd9
  Was it there when young Ned Kelly stood up for those oppressed
G                                          D5
  Or when the brave young ANZACS put their courage to the test or is it
G                                  C
Out there with the battler when he gives it one last try
G                                     `D7no3.         G5
  It's through the darkest moments you see the spirit shine is the

CHORUS: (repeat with solos)
G5                    Cadd9
Spirit in the rock or pass the hat around is it
G5                          D5
Freedom on the wallaby or a dusty patch of ground is it
G5                    Cadd9
Waltzing Matilda or a hand upon your shoulder is
`G5      `D5            G5
 This the spirit of the bush (is the)

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CHORDS:                                      G*
    G5  Cadd9  G  Dsus2  C   D5  D7no3       1  2 + a 3  4
E|--3-----3----3----0----0-----------|    E|-3--------------|
B|--3-----3----0----3----1---3----1--|    B|-0----0h1-0-----|  h = hammer-on
G|--0-----0----0----2----0---2----2--|    G|-0--------------|
D|--0-----2----0----0----2---0----0--|    D|-0----0h2-0-----|
A|--------3--------------3---0----0--|    A|----------------|
E|--3----------3---------------------|    E|-3--------------|

1st-string is seldom played hence the D-chords have no third.
G5 is guitar voicing chosen to maintain the droning D-note on the
2nd-string. The third often appears in the ensemble most notably
in the backing vocals of the BRIDGE hence standard G-chord voicing
is recommended for that section in this arrangement.

2/4 bars make nine bars of VERSE while BRIDGE is eight and a half.


Waynus Of Uranus
March 2008