Chords for Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues "Waltzing Matilda" (Lyrics-Text)

[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Am] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Wasted and [F] wounded, it ain't what the moon [Gm] did
God, what I [C] paid for [F] now
[Gm] _ [Am] See [Bb] you tomorrow, [F] if Frank can I borrow
[G] A couple of bucks [C] from you
To [F] go [Gm] waltzing Matilda
[F] _ [Bb] Waltzing [F] Matilda, you
Go waltzing [Gm] Matilda with [C] me
_ _ [Bb] I'm an innocent victim [F] of a blinded alley
[Gm] And I'm tired of [C] all these [F] soldiers here
[Gm] [Am] No [Bb] _ one speaks English [Am] and everything's [F] broken
[G] And my stasis are soaking [C] _
wet
To [F] go [Gm] waltzing Matilda
[C] _ [F] [Bb] Waltzing [Am] Matilda, you
Go [F]
[Gm] waltzing Matilda with [C] me
_ _ [Bb] Now the dogs are barking [F] and the taxi cab's parking
[Gm] A lot [C] they can do [F] for me
[Gm] _ [F] [Bb] I beg you to stab me, [F] you tore my shirt open
[G] And I'm down on my [C] knees [Am] tonight
[C] _ [Bb] All the bush mills are staggered, [F] you buried the dagger
[G] Your silhouette _ [C] window light
To [F] go [Gm] waltzing Matilda
[Am] _ [F] [Bb] Waltzing Matilda, [Am] you
_ [F] [Gm] Go waltzing [C] Matilda with me
_ [Bb] Now I lost my Saint Christopher, [F]
now that I've kissed her
[Gm] And the one [C]-armed [F] bandit knows
[Gm] _ [F] [Bb] And the maverick [F] Chinaman and the cold-blooded sign
[Gm] And the girls down by [C] the strip-tea shows
Go _ [F] _ [Gm] waltzing Matilda
_ [F] [Bb] Waltzing [F] Matilda, you
Go [Gm] waltzing Matilda [C] with me _
[Bb] No, I don't want your sympathy
[F] _ Fugitives say [Gm] that the streets [C] aren't for [F] dreaming now
[Gm] _ [F] _
[Bb] Man-slaughtered [F] dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories
[Gm] They want a piece of the [C] action anyhow _
Go [F] _ [Gm] waltzing Matilda
[Am] _ [F]
[Bb] Waltzing [F] Matilda, you
Go [Gm] waltzing [C] Matilda with me
_ _ [Bb] And you can ask any sailor
[F] And the keys from the jailer
[Gm] And the old [C] man in [F] wheelchairs know
[C] [Am] That [Bb] _ Matilda's the defendant
[F] She killed about a hundred
[Gm] And she follows wherever [C] you may go
_ [F]
Waltzing [Gm] Matilda
[F] _ [Bb] Waltzing Matilda, [F]
you
Go [Gm] waltzing Matilda [C] with me _
_ [Bb] And it's a battered old suitcase
To [F] a hotel someplace
[Gm] And a wound [C] that will [F] never heal
[Gm] [F] And, [Bb] oh, prima donna, [F] the perfume is on
[Gm] An old shirt [C] that is [F] stained with blood [Gm] and [F] whiskey
[Bb] And goodnight to the street [F] sweepers
The night watchman flame keepers
[Gm] And goodnight, _ [C] _
Matilda, _ [F] too
_ [Gm] _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
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