{title: Tom Traubert's blues (Waltzing Matilda)}
{artist: Rod Stewart}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 68}
{key: B}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[B] [F#/C#] [B/D#] [E]
[B/D#] [C#7] [F#7sus4]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[E]wasted and wounded and it [B/D#]ain't what the moon did
I [C#m7]got what I [F#7]paid for [B]now
[E]see you tomorrow, hey [B/D#]Frank, can I borrow
a [C#7]couple of bucks from [F#]you, to go
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[B]waltzing Ma[F#/C#]tilda, [B/D#]waltzing Ma[E]tilda
[B/D#]you'll go waltzing Ma[C#m7]tilda with [F#7]me
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
I'm an [E]innocent victim of a [B/D#]blinded alley
and I'm [C#m7]tired of all these [F#7]soldiers [B]here
[E]no-one speaks english and [B/D#]everything's broken
and my [C#7]strength is soaking a[F#]way, to go
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{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
now I've [E]lost my St.Christopher [B/D#]now that I kissed her
and the [C#m7]one-arm [F#7]bandit [B]knows
and the [E]maverick chinaman with the [B/D#]cold-blooded sigh
and the [C#7]girls down by the [F#]striptease shows go
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{chorus: Chorus 3}
{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
no I [E]don't want your sympathy, [B/D#]fugitives say
that the [C#m7]streets aren't for [F#7]dreaming [B]now
[E]manslaughter dragnets and the [B/D#]ghost that sells memories
want a [C#7]piece of the action [F#]anyhow, go
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{chorus: Chorus 4}
{start_of_verse: Verse 5}
and it's a [E]battered old suitcase in a [B/D#]hotel someplace
and a [C#m7]wound that would [F#7]never [B]heal
[E]no prima donnas the [B/D#]perfume is on
an old [C#m7]shirt that is [F#7]stained with [B]blood and whiskey
and [E]goodnight to the street-sweepers, the night [B/D#]watchmen, flame-keepers
and [C#m7]goodnight Ma[F#7]tilda, [B]too
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_part: End}
[F#/C#] [B/D#] [E] [B/D#]
[C#m7]goodnight Ma[F#7]tilda, [B]too
{end_of_part}