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Intro F/Gm/F/Bb/F/F/G/G7/C/C7
Bb F
1.: Wasted and wounded, it ainīt what the moon did
Gm F C F
Iīve got what I paid for now
Bb F
See you tomorrow, hey Frank, can I borrow
G C
A couple of bucks from you to go
F C F Gm F
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda, youīll go waltzing
Gm C
Matilda with me
2.: Iīm an innocent victim of a blinded alley
And Iīm tired of all these soldiers here
No one speaks english and everythingīs broken
And my strength is soaking away to go
Waltzing Matilda,...
3.: Now Iīve lost my St. Christopher
Now that Iīve kissed her
And the one-armed bandit knows
And the maverick chinaman with the cold blooded signs
And the girls down by the striptease shows go
Waltzing Matilda,...
4.: No, I donīt want your sympathy
The fugitives say, that the streets arenīt for dreaming now
Manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories
They want a piece of the action anyhow go
Waltzing Matilda,...
5.: And itīs a battered old suitcase
To a hotel someplace
And a wound that will never heal
No primadonnas, the perfume is on
Gm C
An old shirt that is stained
C7 F C F
With blood and whiskey
Bb
And itīs good-night for the street-sweepers,
F
The nightwatchmen, flame-keepers
Gm C C7 F
And goodnight matilda, too
Outro: Gm/F/Bb/Bb/F
Gm C C7 F
Goodnight Matilda, too
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