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Prairie Hotel Parachilna by John Williamson
Prairie Hotel Parachilna
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:1st fret
[Intro]
Em C/G D/F# Em x 4
[Verse]
Em C/G
I'm talking about Parachilna
D/F# Em
Prairie Hotel Parachilna
Em C/G
Where you won't grow no roses
D/F# Em
But all the women try it
Em C/G
West of the Flinders Rangers
D/F# Em
She's watching all the strangers
Em C/G
Building rubbled shelters
D/F# Em
But making no impression
Em C/G
On a the land's so old and fragile
D/F# Em
Its bones are poking through
C/G
And its flesh is blowing
D/F# Em
All the way to Sydney
Em C/G
I'm talking about Parachilna
D/F# Em
Prairie Hotel Parachilna
Em C/G
Where dust like talcum powder
D/F# Em
Finds its way inside you
Em C/G
And settles on your mantle
D/F# Em
Makes muddy tears from crying
Em C/G
Looking at faded hoses
D/F# Em Em
Like snakes out in the garden
C/G
The beds are blowing
D/F# Em
All the way to Sydney
[Chorus]
G D/F#
They're dancing and they're singing
Em
All around the bar
C/G D
There's nothing like a beer
Em
To wash it down
G D/F#
Batten down the hatches
Em
The wind is getting stronger
C/G D/F# Em
Looks as though we're staying in tonight
[Verse]
Em C/G
I'm talking about Parachilna
D/F# Em
Prairie Hotel Parachilna
Em C/G
Where you won't grow no roses
D/F# Em
But all the women try it
Em C/G
I left with faded hoses
D/F# Em
Like snakes out in the garden
Em C/G
In the company of the King Brown
D/F# Em Em
Keep your shotgun loaded
Em C/G
Near the back door of the kitchen
D/F# Em
It'll come back for the water
C/G
Gonna blow that reptile
D/F# Em
All the way to Sydney
[Chorus]
G D/F#
They're dancing and they're singing
Em
All around the bar
C/G D/F#
There's nothing like a beer
Em
To wash it down
G D/F#
Batten down the hatches
Em
The wind is getting stronger
C/G D/F# Em
Looks as though we're staying in tonight
[Instrumental]
Em C/G D/F# Em x 4
[Verse]
Em C/G
I'm talking about Parachilna
D/F# Em
Prairie Hotel Parachilna
Em C/G
Where the crows fly backwards
D/F# Em
I'm talking about the backwoods
Em C/G
West of the Flinders Ranges
D/F# Em
She's watching all the strangers
Em C/G
Building rubbled shelters
D/F# Em
But making no impression
Em C/G
On a the land's so old and fragile
D/F# Em
Its bones are poking through
C/G
And its flesh is blowing
D/F# Em
All the way to Sydney
[Chorus]
G D/F#
They're dancing and they're singing
Em
All around the bar
C/G D/F#
There's nothing like a beer
Em
To wash it down
G D/F#
Batten down the hatches
Em
The wind is getting stronger
C/G D/F# Em
Looks as though we're staying in tonight
C/G D/F# Em
Yes it looks as though we're staying in tonight
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