And The Band Played Waltzing Matlida - Eric Bogle Chords
Chords: G, D7, C, Em, Am, D
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In the key of G capo V to play along at
From https://youtu.be/ajPSmnZ2PRY
[Intro]
G D7 G
[Verse]
G C G Em
When I was a young man, I carried me pack,
G D7 G
And I lived the free life of the rover.
C
From the Murray's green basin,
G Em
to the dusty out-back,
G D7 G
Well I waltzed my ma-tilda all over.
[Verse]
D7 C G
Then in 1915 my country said "Son,
D7
It's time you stopped ramblin',
C G
there's work to be done,"
G C G Em
And they gave me a tin hat, and gave me a gun,
G D7 G
And they marched me a-way to the war.
[Chorus]
G C G
And the band played Waltzing Ma-tilda,
G C Am D7
As the ship pulled a-way from the quay .....
C
And a-midst all the cheers,
G Em
the flag-wavin' and tears,
G D7 G
We sailed off for Gallipoli.
[Verse]
G C G Em
And how well I remember that terrible day,
G D7 G
How our blood stained the sand and the water.
C G Em
And how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay,
D7 G
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter.
D7
Johnny Turk he was ready,
C G
he'd primed himself well.
D
He shower'd us with bullets,
C G
and he rained us with shell.
C
And in five minutes flat
G Em
he'd blown us all to hell:
D G
Nearly blew us right back to Australia.
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