And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda chords by Liam Clancy

Chords with lyrics

Written By Eric Bogle
Recorded by many, Liam Clancy's version in my opinion best captures the emotion of the song

tuning pending on your voice, i play this half step down, standard works fine too

3/4 time at 105 bpm
last section is 4/4 time

chords and picking patterns (last a chord to chorus 5 is a single A augmentedA note (open 5th string)
x02220 A augmentedA 543234
xx0232 D MajorD 432123
244222 F# minorF#m 543123
020100 E7E7 543234
022100 E MajorE 643234
xx4432 B minorBm 432123
xx0230 Dsus2Dsus2 not picked

Intro
A augmentedA A majorA

each verse & chorus
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m
A augmentedA E7E7 A augmentedA A majorA
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m
A augmentedA E7E7 A augmentedA A majorA

E MajorE E D MajorD A augmentedA
E MajorE E D MajorD A augmentedA
A majorA D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m
A augmentedA E7E7 A augmentedA A majorA

A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA A majorA
A augmentedA D MajorD E7E7 E7
D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD
A augmentedA E7E7 A augmentedA A majorA

ive deliberately broken it into 3 sections to make the patterns stand out
and make it easy to remember, its almost like a sonnet in its symmetry


Intro
A augmentedA  A augmentedA
    Now when
Verse 1
A augmentedA    D MajorD      A augmentedA     F# minorF#m
I was a young man I carried me pack
   A augmentedA       E7E7    A augmentedA    A augmentedA
And I lived the free life of a rover
     A augmentedA       D MajorD      A augmentedA     F# minorF#m
From the Murray's green basin to the dusty Out-back
 A augmentedA      E7E7    A augmentedA    A augmentedA
I waltzed my Matilda all over

    E MajorE      E MajorE    D MajorD       A augmentedA
Then in nineteen fif-teen me country said, Son
   E MajorE      E MajorE        D MajorD    A augmentedA
It's time to stop rambling there's work to be done
    A augmentedA     D MajorD         A augmentedA     F# minorF#m
So they gave me a tin hat, and they gave me a gun
     A augmentedA    E7E7     A augmentedA   A augmentedA
And they sent me away to the war

Chorus 1
    A augmentedA      D MajorD      A augmentedA   A augmentedA
And the band played Waltzing Ma-tilda
     A augmentedA      E7E7      A augmentedA  A augmentedA
When the ship pulled away from the quay
   D MajorD      B minorBm     A augmentedA     D MajorD
And a-mid all the tears, flag-waving and cheers
  A augmentedA       E7E7    A augmentedA  A augmentedA
We sailed off for Ga-llip-o-li

verse 2
  A augmentedA    D MajorD      A augmentedA    F# minorF#m
And how I re-member that terrible day
     A augmentedA         E7E7      A augmentedA    A augmentedA
When our blood stained the sand and the water
  A augmentedA      D MajorD       A augmentedA     F# minorF#m
And how in that hell that they call Suvla Bay
    A augmentedA       E7E7      A augmentedA     A augmentedA
We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter

    E MajorE      E MajorE      D MajorD       A augmentedA
Johnny Turk he was ready, he'd primed himself well
  E MajorE       E MajorE        D MajorD        A augmentedA
He rained us with bullets, and he showered us with shells
    A augmentedA      D MajorD      A augmentedA      F# minorF#m
And in five minutes flat we were all blown to hell
    A augmentedA      E7E7     A augmentedA    A augmentedA
Nearly blew us back home to Au-stralia

Chorus 2
    A augmentedA      D MajorD      A augmentedA   A augmentedA
And the band played Waltzing Ma-tilda
    A augmentedA     E7E7    A augmentedA  A augmentedA
When we stopped to bury our slain
D MajorD     B minorBm      A augmentedA      D MajorD
We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs
    A augmentedA      E7E7   A augmentedA  A augmentedA
Then we started all over a-gain

Verse 3
  A augmentedA        D MajorD     A augmentedA      F# minorF#m
And those that were left, just tried to sur-vive
    A augmentedA      E7E7        A augmentedA    A augmentedA
In that mad world of blood, death and fire
    A augmentedA     D MajorD      A augmentedA    F# minorF#m
And for ten weary weeks I kept myself a-live
    A augmentedA      E7E7      A augmentedA    A augmentedA
While a-round me the corpses piled higher

    E MajorE      E MajorE        D MajorD     A augmentedA
Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over head
  E MajorE    E MajorE     D MajorD    A augmentedA
And when I a-woke in me hospital bed
  A augmentedA        D MajorD       A augmentedA      F# minorF#m
And saw what it had done, well, I wished I was dead
   A augmentedA       E7E7        A augmentedA    A augmentedA
Never knew there was worse things than dying

Chorus 3
   A augmentedA      D MajorD      A augmentedA   A augmentedA
So no more I'll go Waltzing Ma-tilda
   A augmentedA        E7E7      A augmentedA  A augmentedA
All a-round the green bush far and near
    D MajorD       B minorBm   A augmentedA       D MajorD
For to hump tent and pegs a man needs both legs
    A augmentedA      E7E7    A augmentedA  A augmentedA
No more Waltzing Ma-tilda for me

Verse 4
    A augmentedA      D MajorD      A augmentedA       F# minorF#m
So they gathered the wounded, the crippled, the maimed
     A augmentedA        E7E7     A augmentedA    A augmentedA
And they shipped us back home to Au-stralia
  A augmentedA      D MajorD      A augmentedA       F# minorF#m
The armless, the legless, the blind, the in-sane
   A augmentedA       E7E7    A augmentedA    A augmentedA
Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla

  E MajorE       E MajorE      D MajorD    A augmentedA
And when the ship pulled into Circular Quay
 E MajorE       E MajorE       D MajorD      A augmentedA
I looked at the place where me legs used to be
      A augmentedA        D MajorD      A augmentedA      F# minorF#m
And thanked Christ there was no one there waiting for me
  A augmentedA       E7E7      A augmentedA    A augmentedA
To grieve and to mourn and to pity

Chorus 4
    A augmentedA      D MajorD      A augmentedA   A augmentedA
And the band played Waltzing Ma-tilda
     A augmentedA     E7E7    A augmentedA    A augmentedA
When they carried us down the gangway
  D MajorD   B minorBm         A augmentedA        D MajorD
But nobody cheered, they just stood there and stared
     A augmentedA        E7E7   A augmentedA  A augmentedA
Then they turned all their faces a-way

Verse 5
  A augmentedA     D MajorD    A augmentedA     F# minorF#m
So now every April I sit on my porch
   A augmentedA       E7E7     A augmentedA    A augmentedA
And I watch the par-ade pass be-fore me
 A augmentedA     D MajorD      A augmentedA      F# minorF#m
I see my old comrades how proudly they march
  A augmentedA     E7E7       A augmentedA    A augmentedA
Re-newing old dreams of past glory

 E MajorE      E MajorE    D MajorD        A augmentedA
I see the old men, all tired, stiff and sore
  E MajorE     E MajorE       D MajorD     A augmentedA
The weary old heroes from a forgotten war
    A augmentedA      D MajorD       A augmentedA       F# minorF#m
And the young people ask, "What are they marching for?"
  A augmentedA    E7E7      A augmentedA    A augmentedA
And I ask my-self the same question

Chorus 5
    A augmentedA     D MajorD      A augmentedA   A augmentedA
And the band plays Waltzing Ma-tilda
    A augmentedA       E7E7     A augmentedA  A augmentedA
And the old men still answer the call
  D MajorD     B minorBm     A augmentedA      D MajorD
But year after year their numbers get fewer
    A augmentedA      E7E7       A augmentedA  A augmentedA
Someday no one will march there at all


Verse 6 is strumming - 4/4 timing

A augmentedA         D MajorD
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda
A augmentedA       D MajorD      A augmentedA     E7E7
Who'll come a-Waltzing Ma-tilda with me?
E7E7    A augmentedA       E7E7    F# minorF#m        D MajorD
And their ghosts may be heard as they march by the Billabong
A augmentedA       Dsus2Dsus2    E7E7     A augmentedA
Who'll come a-Waltzing Ma-tilda with me?


i have no idea how to notate the strumming pattern for the last verse
i suspect there is an offbeat at the start of line 3 (1 bar of 1 beat) for the words "and their"

A augmentedA 4 beats D MajorD 4 beats
A augmentedA 2 beats D MajorD 2 beats A augmentedA 2 beats E7E7 2 beats
E7E7 1 beat A augmentedA 2 beats E7E7 2 beats F# minorF#m 2 beats D MajorD 2 beats