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Tom Trauberts Blues

Tom Waits
ChordsKeyDCapoFret 3intermediate
4.9(373)

Chords in this song7

capo 3 — sounds 3 semitones higher

Intro

     
     
Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did, I've got what I paid for now  
See you tomorrow, hey Frank, can I borrow a couple of bucks from you
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda, 
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me 
I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley
And I'm tired of all these soldiers here  
No one speaks English, and everything's broken, and my Stacys are soaking wet
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me 
Now the dogs are barking and the taxi cab's parking
A lot they can do for me  
I begged you to stab me, you tore my shirt open, and I'm down on my knees tonight
Old Bushmill's I staggered, you'd bury the dagger, in your silhouette window light
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda, 
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me 
Now I lost my Saint Christopher now that I've kissed her
And the one-armed bandit knows  
And the maverick Chinamen, and the cold-blooded signs,
And the girls down by the strip-tease shows, go
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda, 
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me 
No, I don't want your sympathy, the fugitives say
That the streets aren't for dreaming now  
And manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories,
They want a piece of the action anyhow
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda, 
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me 
And you can ask any sailor, and the keys from the jailor,
And the old men in wheelchairs know  
And Matilda's the defendant, she killed about a hundred,
And she follows wherever you may go
To go waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda, 
You'll go waltzing Matilda with me 
And it's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace,
And a wound that will never heal  
No primadonna, the perfume is on
an old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey
And goodnight to the street sweepers, the night watchmen flame keepers
And goodnight to Matilda, too
     
     

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