Waltzing Matilda
Traditional:
courtesy of www.SailorSongs.com - words by Banjo Paterson late 1800’s
D A Bm G
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
D D/f# A A7
under the shade of a coolibah tree
D A/c#
And he sang as he watched and he
Bm G
waited ‘till his billy boiled
D A D
Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me
D G
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
D A
You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me
D A/c#
And he sang as he watched and he
Bm G
waited ‘till his billy boiled
D A D
You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me
D A
Down come a Jumbuck to
Bm G
Drink at the Billabong
D D/f#
Up jumped a swagman and
A A7
grabbed him with glee
D A/c#
And he sang as he stowed him
Bm G
away in his tucker bag
D
You’ll come a waltzing
A D
Matilda with me….CHORUS
D A Bm G
Up rode the squatter a riding his thoroughbred
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Up rode the troopers one, two, three
D A/c#
Where is that jumbuck you’ve
Bm G
got in your tucker bag
D A D
You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me…. CHORUS
D A
But the swagman he up and
Bm G
jumped in the billabong
D D/f# A A7
Drowning him - self by the coolibah tree
D A/c#
And his ghost may be heard as it
Bm G
sings in the billabong
D A D
Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me… CHORUS
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