Prairie Hotel Parachilna chords by John Williamson

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
C 
I'm talking about  (A minor)  (C major) Parachilna
D 
Em 
Prairie  (D major) Hotel  (E minor) Parachilna
C 
Where you won't grow no  (C major) roses
D 
Em 
But  (D major) all the women  (E minor) try it
Am 
C 
West of the  (A minor) Flinders Rangers  (C major) She's

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Verse 2

watching all the strangers

Building rubbled shelters

But making no impression

And the land's so old and fragile Its

Verse 3

bones are poking through

And its flesh is blowing

All the way to Sydney

Verse 4
Em 
Yes  (E minor) I'm talking about Parachilna
C 
D 
Em 
Prairie  (C major)  (D major) Hotel  (E minor) Parachilna
C 
Where dust like talcum  (C major) powder
D 
Em 
 (D major) Finds its way in (E minor) side you
C 
And settles on your  (C major) mantle
D 
Em 
Makes  (D major) muddy tears from  (E minor) crying
C 
Looking at faded  (C major) hoses
D 
Em 
Like  (D major) snakes out in the  (E minor) garden
C 
The  (C major) beds are blowing
D 
Em 
 (D major) All the way to  (E minor) Sydney

Verse 5
G 
D 
They're  (G major) dancing and they're  (D major) singing
Em 
 (E minor) All around the bar
C 
D 
There's  (C major) nothing like a  (D major) beer
Em 
To wash it  (E minor) down
C 
D 
 (C major) Batten down the  (D major) hatches
Em 
The  (E minor) wind is getting stronger
C 
 (C major) Looks as though we're
D 
Em 
 (D major) staying in to (E minor) night
C 
Yes I'm talking about  (C major) Parachilna Prairie

Verse 6
D 
 (D major) 
Em 
Hotel  (E minor) Parachilna
C 
Where you won't grow no  (C major) roses
D 
Em 
But  (D major) all the women try  (E minor) it
C 
I left with faded  (C major) hoses
D 
Em 
Like  (D major) snakes out in the  (E minor) garden
C 
In the company of the  (C major) King Brown
D 
Em 
 (D major) Keep your shotgun  (E minor) loaded
C 
Near the back door of the  (C major) kitchen
D 
Em 
It'll  (D major) come back for the  (E minor) wa  ter
C 
Gonna  (C major) blow that reptile
D 
Em 
 (D major) All the way to  (E minor) Sydney
G 
D 
They're  (G major) dancing and they're  (D major) singing

Verse 7
Em 
 (E minor) 
All around the bar
C 
D 
There's  (C major) nothing like a  (D major) beer
Em 
To wash it  (E minor) down
C 
D 
 (C major) Batten down the  (D major) hatches
Em 
The  (E minor) wind is getting stronger
C 
D 
Em 
C 
D 
Em 
 (C major) Looks as though we're  (D major) staying in to (E minor) night  (C major)  (D major)  (E minor) 
C 
D 
Em 
C 
D 
 (C major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major) 
Em 
C 
D 
Em 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (D major)  (E minor) 

Verse 8
(Instrumental)
C 
Yes I'm talking about  (C major) Parachilna
D 
Em 
Prairie  (D major) Hotel  (E minor) Parachilna
C 
Where the crows fly  (C major) backwards
D 
Em 
I'm  (D major) talking about the  (E minor) backwards

Verse 9

West of the Flinders Ranges

She's watching all the strangers

Building rubbled shelters

But making no impression

Verse 10
Em 
C 
And  (E minor) the land's so old and  (C major) fragile
D 
Em 
Its  (D major) bones are poking  (E minor) through
C 
And its  (C major) flesh is blowing
D 
Em 
 (D major) All the way to  (E minor) Sydney
G 
They're  (G major) dancing and they're

Verse 11
D 
 (D major) singing
Em 
 (E minor) All around the bar
C 
D 
There's  (C major) nothing like a  (D major) beer
Em 
To wash it  (E minor) down
C 
D 
 (C major) Batten down the  (D major) hatches
Em 
The  (E minor) wind is getting stronger
C 
 (C major) Looks as though we're
D 
Em 
 (D major) staying in to (E minor) night