Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
G+G E minorEm
Back in early '96 in North West Australia
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
I wonder why you were lyin' on the street alone
G+G E minorEm
Another accident inflicted on an innocent child
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
In the home, while I was on the see-saw
G+G E minorEm
I was in the garden, readin' Papillon
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Tellin' myself real people couldn't be so cruel
Pre-Chorus:
G+G E minorEm
And she said, "Honey, what's wrong "
A augmentedA
I said, "Babe, what's right "
F# minorF#m G+G E minorEm
So we staggered off into the night, oh
A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G E minorEm
I'm lucky, I'm lucky, I'm lucky just to sleep at night, oh
A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
So we linked arms and we staggered off into the night
E minorEm A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
Drunk, but overjoyed just to be employed
Chorus:
G+G
By the boys
D MajorD G+G
The boys are killin' me
D MajorD G+G
I'm just a sailor and a miner
D MajorD G+G
I'm comin' as I am, comin' as I am
D MajorD G+G
Even if you tell me I'm a liar
D MajorD G+G
The boys are killin' me
D MajorD G+G
I'm just a sailor and a miner
D MajorD G+G
Mantajarra Walyakarra
F# minorF#m
Take a deep breath and hold your fire
Verse 2:
G+G E minorEm
Gesticulating wildly and passionate at cars
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Parked in the dark on the street, oh
G+G E minorEm
I would've fallen in a hole
A augmentedA
If you didn't have my shoulders tight
F# minorF#m
You're swaying like a see-saw
G+G E minorEm
If that's what it is to trust another, then you got it all
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
But I don't know if I can trust my country anymore
Pre-Chorus:
G+G E minorEm
And she said, "Honey, what's wrong "
A augmentedA
I said, "Babe, what's right "
F# minorF#m G+G E minorEm
So we staggered off into the night, oh
E minorEm A augmentedA F# minorF#m G+G
Drunk, but overjoyed just to be employed
Chorus:
G+G
By the boys
D MajorD G+G
The boys are killin' me
D MajorD G+G
I'm just a sailor and a miner
D MajorD G+G
I'm comin' as I am, comin' as I am
D MajorD G+G
Even if you tell me I'm a liar
D MajorD G+G
The boys are killin' me
D MajorD G+G
I'm just a sailor and a miner
D MajorD G+G
Mantajarra Walyakarra
F# minorF#m
Take a deep breath and hold your fire