The Waltzing Matilda Waltz - Eric Bogle Chords
Chords: G, D, C, Am, Em
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Genre: folk, ballad, australiana
[Intro]
|G |G |D |G |
|C |G |G |D |
|G |D |D |C |
|G |G |Am |Am|
|D |D |G |G |
[Verse 1]
G D G
Well, once jolly swagmen went humping their swags
C G D
And stuffed jolly jumbucks down in their tucker bags
G D C
These days, jolly junkies go on house-breakin' jags
G Am
And steal to buy the poison they need
D G
While the swaggie, he just wanted a feed
[Chorus 1]
C G
And who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me?
D G
Hey Banjo, this country's not what it used to be
C G Em
We've changed all your words, and re-written your score
C D G
And it's "Waltzing Matilda" no more
[Verse 2]
G D G
Once Henry and Mary, on a warm afternoon
C G D
Rowed down Reedy River to the broad bright lagoon
G D C
The song of the river is a long vanished tune
G Am
Since they built the uranium mine
D G
And what's left is just toxic slime
[Chorus 2]
C G
And who'll come a-walting Matilda with me?
D G
Oh, Henry, this country's not what it used to be
C G Em
Days pass with a whimper, and not with a roar
C D G
And it's "Waltzing Matilda" no more
[Verse 3]
G D G
Well, we cut down the trees, and the land we reclaimed
C G D
We ploughed and we planted, then we ploughed it again
G D C
And again and again, and again and again
G Am
So that now on a hot windy day
D G
We can watch our topsoil blow away
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