Intro: D A D A 
 
E      	  	  	  	   D                   A  Asus2  A 
He was knocking a ball against a tank stand with a stump 
 
 E 	  	  	  	     D                  A Asus2 A 
who could have guessed what that country boy would become                           
 
           Bm                  A        
with the crack of leather on willow 
 
    Bm               A 
a nation called his name 
 
          Bm               A   
and the Bradman boy from Bowral 
 
           Bm 	             E 
became the greatest in the game  
 
 
Chorus 
A 
they don?t make ?em like that any more 
 
D 
they don?t make ?em like that any more 
 
A 	  	  	  	  E 
he counted the cost and gave it all 
 
A 
they don?t make ?em like they did back then  
 
D 
keep getting up again and again  
 
        Bm        E 	  	      A 	  
they just don?t make ?em like that anymore 
 
 
 
E                                 D               A Asus2 A 
The Kirkpatrick boy watched the Nulla Creek flow by 
 
        E               D              A Asus2 A 
as he sang a song about another wet July 
 
Bm                   A                   Bm               A 
countless tunes and miles and mates and dusty roads have passed 
 
       Bm                           E 
that boy?s become a legend with his hat and his guitar 
 
Chorus 
 
Spoken: Albert Namatjira 
        Betty Cuthbert 
        Fred Hollows 
        J O?K 
        Dawn Fraser 
        Mama Shirl 
        Kingsford-Smith 
        Banjo Patterson 
 
 
Chorus x 2 
 
 
 
Transcribed by Mike Morgan