Waltzing Matilda
words banjo paterson late 1800’s 
Lyrics and Chords courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com


D                  A             Bm               G
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong

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under the shade of a coolibah tree

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And he sang as he watched and he waited ‘till his billy boiled

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Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me

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Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda

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You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me

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And he sang as he watched and he waited ‘till his billy boiled

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You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me

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Down come a Jumbuck to drink at the Billabong

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Up jumped a swagman and grabbed him with glee

            D                A/c#             Bm           G 
And he sang as he stowed him away in his tucker bag

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You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me….CHORUS

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Up rode the squatter a riding his thoroughbred

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Up rode the troopers one, two, three

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Where is that jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker bag

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You’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me….CHORUS

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But the swagman he up and jumped in the billabong

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Drowning him - self  by the coolibah tree

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And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the billabong

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Who’ll come a waltzing Matilda with me…CHORUS    

Lyrics courtesy of www.sailorsongs.com