Killara Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
Arrested on the streets [G]of Glascow
his majesty [Am]a debt I owe
They threw me onto the For[G]tune
And I lagged into [Am]Sydney cove
I felt the cat [F]of nine tails
Before my [Am]feet hit the yellow sand
With [C]boots full [G]of blood
I trod onto [Am]a strange land

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
They called her [G]Mary
She don't speak the keeper [Am]said
Cleans the [C]cabins and [G]the stables
Brings the water and [Am]the bread
The Grunters got [G]her
in the moun[F]tains
Dragged her down to the [Am]lodging slum
Now [C]she remains si[G]lent
Amongst the grunts and the spilled [Am]rum

[Verse 3]
Black fulla come to [Em]stop them once
So they tied him to the scraggin' [Am]pole
[C]Three hundred [G]lashes
But they couldn't kill his [Am]soul
Mary was [F]wailing
Smacking herself with [Am]stones
The [C]grunters burned his [G]body
And for the night left her alone
[Am]

[Interlude 2]
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[Am][C][G][Am]

[Verse 4]
They [Am]put me on the i[G]ron gang
The stock of [Am]the colony
Need a [C]road over the moun[G]tains
And in a few years [Am]you
might be free
[C]Breaking stones and [F]building
Dyin' every [G]day[Am]
[C]Shackled round my [G]ankles

[Verse 5]
[G]She was [Am]coming with
he [F]water
The Grunters were [Am]all drunk
When they [C]saw her coming
[G]They chained our gang to
a red gum [Am]stump[C][Am]
And then a Grunter named [Em]Jackson
Started tugging at her [Am]clothes
[C]She remained [G]silent
Kept [F]walking like wa[Am]ter flows

[Verse 6]
[Am]
And then Jackson got his [G]musket
Cracked it across her [Am]back
And [C]the Grunters all took [G]turns on her
Until they passed out on [Am]the track
No rain had yet [Em]fallen
Thunder roared all [Am]around
[C]Mary lay in [G]the dirt
Bloody
[C]Face [G]up [C]to the dark [Am]cloud

[Verse 7]
[Am]
And then lightning struck an [F]Iron Bark
Lit the scrub down [Am]underneath
[C]Me and the gang were still [G]chained up
And the Grunters still [Am]asleep
I watched the fire roll [G]over them
I could feel the blisters on my [Am]head
Then from [C]through the [G]flames
She rode on Jackson's thoroughbred
[Am]

[Verse 8]
Her name [F]is Killara
She's the river and the [Am]wind
And she [C]moves through the [G]bloodwoods
And the fire is her [Am]friend

[Verse 9]
[Am]
Her name is Killara
She's [F]the river and [Am]the wind
And she [C]moves through the [G]bloodwoods
[C]And [G]the fire is [Am]a friend

[Verse 10]
[Am]
And if you're ever in [G]the Watagans
You can hear her [Am]voice
[C]Singing out [G]the [C]truth for you
Leaving [G]you with a choice

[Outro 1]
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