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Gm _
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Bb _
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Gm _
C _ .
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Gm _
F Well I close with
Bb a song called
F Hossie Matilda.
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F _ _ _ Hossie
Gm Matilda, _ _
F _ _ _
Bb Hossie _ Matilda,
F you _ go
Dm _ .
Hossie _
Gm _ Matilda with
C me.
_ And _ _ I'm
Bb an innocent victim _ _ of
F a blinded alley.
_ _ .
_
Gm I'm tired of all
C these _ _ soldiers
F here.
_ _ _
Gm _ _ .
Am _
F _
Bb No one speaks English, _ _
F _ everything's broken.
_ .
_
G And my _ _ Stacy's a so good _ _
C _ way _ to go.
_ _ _
F _ _ .
Hossie
Gm Matilda, _ _
F _ _ .
_
Bb Hossie _ Matilda,
F you _ go
Dm _ Hossie _
Gm _ .
F Matilda with
C _ me.
_ .
_ _ And all
Bb the dogs are barking, _ _ _
F and the taxi cab's parking.
Dm _ _
Gm Lord, they
C can do
F for me.
_
Gm _ _
F _ And
Bb I beg you to stamp me.
F And as you tore my shirt open,.
_
G And I'm towing on my _ knees.
_ .
C _ _ _ And _ _
Bb all the bush mills are staggered.
_ .
F And as you buried the dagger _
G in your _ silhouette _ window.
_
C And _ _ I'm to _ go.
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F _ _ _ .
Hossie
Gm Matilda, _ _
F _
A _ .
Hossie
Bb _ _ Matilda,
F you _ go
Dm _ Hossie _
Gm _ .
Matilda with
C _ me.
_ _ .
_ And though
Bb I've lost my Saint Christopher,.
_ _ _
F _ Though that I've kissed her,.
_
Gm And the one-armed _
C man didn't know
F her, _ .
_ _
Gm _ _
Am _
F Bb And the maverick gentleman,.
_ _ And
F all these cold-blooded signs,.
_ And
Gm the girls down by the
C _ .
strip-tee show,.
And I'm to _ go.
_ _ _ _ _
F _ _ _ .
Hossie
Gm _ Matilda,
A _ _ _ .
Hossie
Bb _ _ Matilda,
F you _ go
Dm _ Hossie _
Gm _ .
_ Matilda
C with me.
_ .
_ _ _ And
Bb no, I don't want your sympathy.
_ As _
F the fugitives say,.
_
Gm That the streets aren't
C for _ dreaming,
F no.
_ _ _
Gm _ _
F _
Bb And the manslaughtered dragnet say,.
_
F And all these ghosts that sell memory,.
_
Gm They're but a piece of the action.
_ .
C _ _ And he _ _ howls, go.
_ _ _ _ _
F _ _ .
_ Hossie
Gm _ Matilda, _
A _ .
_ _
Bb Hossie _ Matilda,
F.
you _ come
Dm _ Hossie _ .
Gm _ Matilda
C with me.
_ .
_ _ _ _ And you
Bb can ask any _ _ sailor,.
_
F And the kids from the jailer,.
_
D Gm But the old man in
C the _ wheelchair
F.
knows,.
_ _
Bb _
Gm _
F _
Bb That Matilda's the defendant,.
_ _ And
F she's killed about a hundred,.
_ And
Gm she follows wherever _ _ _ .
C you _ may go.
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_ _ _ _ _
F _ _ _ .
Hossie
Gm Matilda, _ _
F _
A _ .
Hossie
Bb _ _ Matilda,
F you _ come
Dm _ Hossie _
Gm _ .
Matilda
C with me.
_ _ .
_ _ _ And it's
Bb a battered old suitcase,.
_ _ _
F Into a hotel someplace,.
_ And
Gm a wound that will
C _ never
F heal.
_ .
_ _
Gm _ _
F _ _
Bb No prima _ _ _ donna,.
F And not a _ perfumison,.
_ _ An old
Gm.
shirt that is
C _ stained with
F.
blood and whiskey.
Gm _ _
F _
Bb And good night to the street sweepers,.
_
F And all the night watchmen, flame _ _ keepers,.
And good night _ _ _
C _ .
Matilda.
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