Tom Waits – Tom Trauberts Blues (Guitar)

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Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did, I've got what I paid for now

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I See you tomorrow, hey Frank, can I borrow a couple of bucks from you

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To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, 

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You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me

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I'm an innocent victim of a blinded alley 

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And I'm tired of all these soldiers here

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And no one speaks English, and everything's broken, and my Stacys are soaking wet

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To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, 

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You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me

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Now the dogs are barking and the taxi cab's parking

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A lot they can do for me

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I begged you to stab me, you tore my shirt open, and I'm down on my knees tonight

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Old Bushmill's I staggered, you'd bury the dagger, your silhouette window light 

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To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, 

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You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me

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Now I've lost my Saint Christopher now that I've kissed her

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And the one-armed bandit knows

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And the maverick Chinamen, and the cold-blooded signs,

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And the girls down by the strip-tease shows, go

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Waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, 

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You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me

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No, I don't want your sympathy, the fugitives say 

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That the streets aren't for dreaming now

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Manslaughter dragnets and the ghosts that sell memories, 

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They want a piece of the action anyhow

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To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, 

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You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me

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And you can ask any sailor, and the keys from the jailor,

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And the old men in wheelchairs know

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And Mathilda's the defendant, she killed about a hundred,

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And she follows wherever you may go

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To go waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda, 

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You'll go waltzing Mathilda with me

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And it's a battered old suitcase to a hotel someplace,

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And a wound that will never heal

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No prima donna, the perfume is on  

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an old shirt that is stained with blood and whiskey

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And goodnight to the street sweepers, the night watchmen flame keepers

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And goodnight to Mathilda, too