The song has the same basic chord structure through the whole song.
THere are 3 chords - E, A, and D.
It goes like this.
Intro LA LA LA RE LA
When I was a young man, I carried my pack.
MI LAAnd I lived the free life, of a rover.
From the Murray's green basin,
LATo the dusty outback,
MI LAI waltzed my matilda all over.
Then in 1915, my country said "son"
MI RE"It's time to stop rambling,"
LA"Cos there's work to be done."
So they gave me a tin hat,
LAAnd they gave me a gun,
MI LAAnd they sent me away to the war.
RE LA
And the band played Waltzing Matilda,
As we sailed away from the quay.
REAnd amidst all the cheers,
LAAnd the shouts and the tears,
We sailed off for Galipoli
How well I remember that terrible day,
MI LAwhen the blood stained the sand and the water.
MI REAnd how in that hell
that they called Souvla Bay
MI LAWe were butchered like lambs at the slaughter.
MI RE LAJohnny Turkey was ready, He'd primed himself well.
He showered us with bullets,
LAAnd he rained us with shells.
REAnd in five minutes flat,
he'd blown us all to hell.
MI LANearly blew us right back to Australia.
RE LA
And the band played Waltzing Matilda,
RE MIAs we stopped to bury our slain.
And we buried ours
LAand the Turks buried theirs,
MI LAAnd it started all over again.
RE LA
Now those who were living, Did their best to survive,
In that mad world of guts, blood, and fire.
MI REAnd for seven long weeks,
LAI kept myself alive,
As the corpses around me piled higher.
MI RE LAThen a big Turkish shell, Knocked me arse over tit.
MI REAnd when I awoke
in my hospital bed,
REAnd saw what it had done,
LAChrist I wished I was dead.
Never knew there were worse things than dying.
And no more I'll go Waltzing Matilda,
RE MITo the green bushes so far and near.
REFor to hang tent and pegs
A man needs two legs.
MI LANo more Waltzing Matilda for me.
RE LA
So they collected the crippled, The wounded and maimed,
MI LAAnd they sent us back home to Australia.
The legless, the armless,
LAthe blind and insane.
MI LAThose proud wounded heroes of Souvla
And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay
MI REI looked at the place
LAwhere my legs used to be.
And thank Christ, there was nobody
LAwaiting for me,
MI LATo grieve and to mourn and to pity.
RE LA
And the band played Waltzing Matilda,
As they carried us down the gangway.
REBut nobody cheered,
LAThey just stood and stared,
And they turned their faces away.
And now every April, I sit on my porch,
MI LAAnd I watch the parades pass before me.
MI REI see my old comrades,
How proudly they march.
MI LAReliving the dreams of past glory.
MI RE LAI see the old men, all twisted and torn.
The forgotten heroes
LAof a forgotten war.
REAnd the young people ask me,
What are they marching for?
MI LAAnd I ask my self the same question.
RE LA
And the band plays Waltzing Matilda,
RE MIAnd the old men still answer the call.
But year after year,
LATheir numbers get fewer,
MI LASomeday no-one will march there at all.
LA RE
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
Who'll come a waltzing matilda with me?
Outro: A A E A
The song has the same basic chord
..structure through the whole
..song.
THere are 3 chords - E, A, and D.
It goes like this.
When I was a young man, I carried
..my pack.
MI LAAnd I lived the free life, of a
..rover.
MI REFrom the Murray's green basin,
To the dusty outback,
MI LAI waltzed my matilda all over.
MI RE LAThen in 1915, my country said
.."son"
MI RE"It's time to stop rambling,"
"Cos there's work to be done."
RESo they gave me a tin hat,
LAAnd they gave me a gun,
And they sent me away to the war.
And the band played Waltzing
..Matilda,
As we sailed away from the quay.
REAnd amidst all the cheers,
LAAnd the shouts and the tears,
We sailed off for Galipoli
How well I remember that terrible
..day,
when the blood stained the sand
LA..and the water.
MI REAnd how in that hell
that they called Souvla Bay
MIWe were butchered like lambs at
LA..the slaughter.
Johnny Turkey was ready, He'd
..primed himself well.
He showered us with bullets,
LAAnd he rained us with shells.
REAnd in five minutes flat,
he'd blown us all to hell.
MI LANearly blew us right back to
..Australia.
And the band played Waltzing
..Matilda,
As we stopped to bury our slain.
REAnd we buried ours
LAand the Turks buried theirs,
And it started all over again.
Now those who were living, Did
LA..their best to survive,
MIIn that mad world of guts, blood,
..and fire.
MI REAnd for seven long weeks,
LAI kept myself alive,
As the corpses around me piled
..higher.
Then a big Turkish shell, Knocked
LA..me arse over tit.
MI REAnd when I awoke
in my hospital bed,
REAnd saw what it had done,
LAChrist I wished I was dead.
Never knew there were worse things
LA..than dying.
RE LA
And no more I'll go Waltzing
..Matilda,
RE MITo the green bushes so far and
..near.
REFor to hang tent and pegs
LAA man needs two legs.
No more Waltzing Matilda for me.
So they collected the crippled,
LA..The wounded and maimed,
MI LAAnd they sent us back home to
..Australia.
MI REThe legless, the armless,
the blind and insane.
MI LAThose proud wounded heroes of
..Souvla
MI RE LAAnd as our ship pulled into
..Circular Quay
MI REI looked at the place
LAwhere my legs used to be.
And thank Christ, there was nobody
LAwaiting for me,
MI LATo grieve and to mourn and to
..pity.
RE LA
And the band played Waltzing
..Matilda,
RE MIAs they carried us down the
..gangway.
REBut nobody cheered,
LAThey just stood and stared,
And they turned their faces away.
And now every April, I sit on my
..porch,
And I watch the parades pass
..before me.
I see my old comrades,
LAHow proudly they march.
MI LAReliving the dreams of past glory.
I see the old men, all twisted and
..torn.
The forgotten heroes
LAof a forgotten war.
REAnd the young people ask me,
What are they marching for?
MI LAAnd I ask my self the same
..question.
And the band plays Waltzing
..Matilda,
And the old men still answer the
..call.
But year after year,
LATheir numbers get fewer,
MI LASomeday no-one will march there at
..all.
LA RE
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
LAWho'll come a waltzing matilda
..with me?
Outro: A A E A
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