G                    Em
Back in early '96 in North West Australia
A                     F#m
I wonder why you were lyin' on the street alone
G                    Em
Another accident inflicted on an innocent child
A                    F#m
  In the home, while I was on the see-saw
G                            Em
I was in the garden, readin' Papillon
A                   F#m
Tellin' myself real people couldn't be so cruel


[Pre-Chorus]
G                            Em
And she said, "Honey, what's wrong?"
                      A
I said, "Babe, what's right?"
      F#m                    G      Em
So we staggered off into the night, oh
A                         F#m                    G      Em
I'm lucky, I'm lucky, I'm lucky just to sleep at night, oh
      A                  F#m                    G
So we linked arms and we staggered off into the night
Em              A    F#m               G
Drunk, but overjoyed     just to be employed


[Chorus]
       G
By the boys
D            G
The boys are killin' me
D                       G
I'm just a sailor and a miner
D                   G
I'm comin' as I am, comin' as I am
            D             G
Even if you tell me I'm a liar
D              G
  The boys are killin' me
D                       G
I'm just a sailor and a miner
D          G
Mantajarra Walyakarra
            F#m
Take a deep breath and hold your fire


[Verse 2]
G                        Em
Gesticulating wildly and passionate at cars
A                                 F#m
Parked in the dark on the street, oh
G                           Em
I would've fallen in a hole
                      A
If you didn't have my shoulders tight
F#m
You're swaying like a see-saw
G                               Em
If that's what it is to trust another, then you got it all
A                         F#m
But I don't know if I can trust my country anymore


[Pre-Chorus]
G                            Em
And she said, "Honey, what's wrong?"
                      A
I said, "Babe, what's right?"
      F#m                    G      Em
So we staggered off into the night, oh
Em              A    F#m               G
Drunk, but overjoyed     just to be employed


[Chorus]
       G
By the boys
D            G
The boys are killin' me
D                       G
I'm just a sailor and a miner
D                   G
I'm comin' as I am, comin' as I am
            D             G
Even if you tell me I'm a liar
D              G
  The boys are killin' me
D                       G
I'm just a sailor and a miner
D          G
Mantajarra Walyakarra
            F#m
Take a deep breath and hold your fire