The Waltzing Matilda Waltz chords by Eric Bogle

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: A#b

🎸 Intro:

F  |F  |C  |F  :
A# |F  |F  |C  :
F  |C  |C  |A# :
F  |F  |Gm  |Am:
C  |C  |F  |F  :

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

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

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

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

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

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

Piano 🎸 Solo:
A# |A# |F  |F  :
C  |C  |F  |F  :
A# |A# |F  |Dm  :
A# |C  |F  |F  :

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

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

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