Waltzing Matilda
Banjo Patterson -1895
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(C) Once a jolly (G) swagman (Am) camped beside the (F) billabong
(C) Beneath the shade of the (G) coolibah tree
And he (C) sang as he (G) watched and (Am) waited while his (F) billy boiled
(C)You’ll come a waltzing Matilda (G) with (C) me
Chorus:
(C) Waltzing Matilda, (F) waltzing Matilda
(C) You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with (G) me
And he (C) sang as he (G) sat and (Am) waited while his (F) billy boiled
(C)You’ll come a waltzing Matilda (G) with (C) me
(C) Along comes a (G) jumbuck to (Am) drink up at the (F) water hole
(C) Up jumps the swagman and (G) grabs him with glee
And he (C) says as he (G) put that ol’ (Am) jumbuck in his (F) tuckerbag
(C) You’ll come a waltzing (G) Matilda with (C) me
Chorus:
(C) Up rode the (G) squatter (Am) riding on his (F) thoroughbred
(C) Down comes the troopers (G) one, two, three and they (C) said
Who’s is that (G) jumbuck you’ve (Am) got inside that (F) tucker bag?
(C) You’ll come a waltzing (G) Matilda with (C) me
Chorus:
(C) Up jumped the (G) swagman and (Am) sprang into the (F) billabong
(C) You’ll never take me alive! (G) said he
And his (C) ghost may be (G) heard as you (Am) pass by that (F) billabong
“Who’ll come a-waltzing (G) Matilda, with (C) me?”
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