The Waltzing Matilda Waltz chords by Eric Bogle

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: A#b

🎸 Intro:

FF |FF |C majorC |FF :
A#A# |FF |FF |C majorC :
FF |C majorC |C majorC |A#A# :
FF |FF |G minorGm |Am:
C majorC |C majorC |FF |FF :

🎸 Verse 1:
FF              C majorC        FF
Well, once jolly swagmen went humping their swags
  A#A#       FF              C majorC
And stuffed jolly jumbucks down in their tucker bags
   FF       C majorC              A#A#
These days, jolly junkies go on house-breakin' jags
   FF              G minorGm
And steal to buy the poison they need
     C majorC             FF
While the swaggie, he just wanted a feed

🎸 Chorus 1:
  A#A#           FF
And who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me?
  C majorC               FF
Hey Banjo, this country's not what it used to be
    A#A#             FF       DmDm
We've changed all your words, and re-written your score
     A#A#    C majorC      FF
And it's "Waltzing Matilda" no more

🎸 Verse 2:
   FF           C majorC     FF
Once Henry and Mary, on a warm afternoon
   A#A#     FF              C majorC
Rowed down Reedy River to the broad bright lagoon
  FF      C majorC             A#A#
The song of the river is a long vanished tune
      FF         G minorGm
Since they built the uranium mine
  C majorC             FF
And what's left is just toxic slime

🎸 Chorus 2:
  A#A#           FF
And who'll come a-walting Matilda with me?
  C majorC               FF
Oh, Henry, this country's not what it used to be
   A#A#            FF      DmDm
Days pass with a whimper, and not with a roar
     A#A#    C majorC      FF
And it's "Waltzing Matilda" no more

🎸 Verse 3:
     FF              C majorC     FF
Well, we cut down the trees, and the land we reclaimed
  A#A#        FF               C majorC
We ploughed and we planted, then we ploughed it again
  FF     C majorC           A#A#
And again and again, and again and again
    FF          G minorGm
So that now on a hot windy day
    C majorC            FF
We can watch our topsoil blow away

🎸 Chorus 3:
  A#A#           FF
And who'll come a-walting Matilda with me?
  C majorC          FF
The desert is marching down to the sea
    A#A#
On the day that it stretches
   FF         DmDm
From shore to shining shore
     A#A#    C majorC      FF
We'll go waltzing Matilda no more

Piano 🎸 Solo:
A#A# |A#A# |FF |FF :
C majorC |C majorC |FF |FF :
A#A# |A#A# |FF |DmDm :
A#A# |C majorC |FF |FF :

🎸 Verse 4:
FF             C majorC       FF
Saturday night outside a King's Cross hotel
A#A#        FF              C majorC
There stands our future, and it's halfway to hell
FF        C majorC             A#A#
Kids with hard drugs and young bodies to sell
    FF              G minorGm
Hey Australia, what progress we've made!
       C majorC            FF
We've come a long way, since Diamond day

🎸 Chorus 4:
  A#A#           FF
And who'll come a-walting Matilda with me?
  C majorC            FF
Hey Anzac, is this what you fought to keep free?
 A#A#            FF      DmDm
G+G land fit for heroes, or junkies and whores?
     A#A#    C majorC      FF
And it's "Waltzing Matilda" no more

🎸 Chorus 5:
  A#A#           FF
And who'll come a-walting Matilda with me?
   C majorC                FF
This country could still be what we want it to be
  A#A#              FF     DmDm
Perhaps one day soon, the dream will be restored
       A#A#    C majorC       FF
And we'll go Waltzing Matilda once more
     A#A#    C majorC       FF
We'll go Waltzing Matilda once more