Waltzing Matilda tab by Traditional

Waltzing Matilda - Traditional Australian


Marie Cowan (popular) Version

words by Banjo Patterson

melody
  D      A    Bm     G   D
E -----------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------
D -4----4-4--4--2---2---0--2---4--0-------0------
A ----------------------------------2---4--------
E -----------------------------------------------
  f#  f#f# f# e  e  d e  f# d b  c# d
  Once a Jolly swagman camp'd ...

 D     A7/E    D/f#  A7/E D      D     A
E -------------------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------------------
G ----------2-----2--2-2---2--2-----2--------------------------------
D --0---4--------------------------------0---2--4----4--4--2-------2-
A 0------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------
 a d  f# a   a a a  a a   a  d  e f#  f# f# e    e
 Under the shade of a coo-li...


 Bm       G       D/A           A7     D
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------
G -------------------------------------------2----0--------------------
D 0---2--4----0---------0--------------0---4----------4--2--2--2----0--
A ----------------2--4----------0--------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 d  e f#  d  b c# d    a   d  f# a  g  f# e e e  d
 waited till his billy boiled, ...


 D/F#       G     D   D      G  D   D/F#    A/C#
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------
B -----------------3---3----2-0------------------0------------------------
G 2---2----2-2-------------------2--2-----2----2------2---2-2--0----------
D --------------4-------------------------------------------------4----2--
A ------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 a  a  a a f# d  d  c# b a a   a  a b  a  a a g f#  e
 Waltzing Matilda waltzing Matilda You'l ...

	 D     A7     Bm       G
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------
G ---------------------------------------------------------------
D 0---2--4----4--4--2-------2---0--2---4---0---------0-----------
A ---------------------------------------------2--4--------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
 d  e f#  f# f# e    e  d e  f# d  b c# d
 And he sang as he watched and ...


 D/A           A7     D
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------
G --------------2---0--------------------------------------------
D -------0----4----------4-2--2--2----0--------------------------
A 0--------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
 a   d  f# a g  f# e e e  d
 You'll come a ...


4/4

D      A    Bm      G  D
Once a jolly swagman ...
D     A7/E    D/F#  A7/E  D
under the shade of a cool-i-...
D     A      Bm       G
sang as he watched and ...
D/A            A7      D
You'll come a waltzing Ma-...


chorus:
	D/F#       G     D
	Waltzing Matilda, ...
	D       G    D D/F#     A/C#
	you'll come a waltzing Ma-...
	D    A7     Bm       G
	sang as watched and waited ...
	D/A           A7      D
	you'll come a waltzing ...

A7/E 002020
D/F# 004232
A/C# 042220

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Waltzing Matilda - "old" or "queensland" version

melody

	  C     Am   F      C     C
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------1---1--------------------------------------
G ----------------------------2------2--0-2--0-------------------
D 2--0-----------------------------------------2-----------------
A ---------3----3---3--------------------------------3-3---3-----
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
 e d   c  c  c c  c  a   a g a g e   c c  c
 oh there once was a swagman ...


 Am     Dm     G7      Am     Em
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
B 1-----1--1-----------------------0--1----3--1--0---------------
G -----------2----2--2---0-----2------------------------0--0-----
D ---------------------------------------------------------------
A ---------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
 c   c c a  a a  g   a  b c  d c b   g g
 shade of a cool-li-bah tree. ...


 F     C     C       Am     D     G
E --------------------------------------------------------------
B -------0---------------------------1---1----1-----------------
G 2---2-----2-0-------------------------------------------------
D --------------2-------------------------------0--0--0---------
A ---------------------3------3----3-----------------------3----
E --------------------------------------------------------------
 a  a b a g e   c   c  c c  c  c d d d  c
 old billy boiling. "Who'll ...


chorus:
 C       Am     F    C     C
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------1---1----1---------------------------------------
G -------------------------2--2--0--2-0--------------------------
D --------------------------------------2------------------------
A 3------3----3-------------------------------3------3-----------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
 c   c  c c  c  c a a g a g e   c   c
 Who'll come a waltzing Matilda ...


  Am     D     G  Am     Em    F
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
B --1---1----1----------------1---3----1-0------------------0----
G -------------2--2--2----0-----------------0--0---2-0-2---------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------
A 3--------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
 c c  c  c a a a  g  c  d  c b g g  a g a  b
 a waltzing Matilda with me. ...


 C     C       F     G     C
E ------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------1---1----1-------------------
G 2-0---------------------------------------------------
D ------2-----------------------------0--0--0-----------
A -----------3------3----3-----------------------3------
E ------------------------------------------------------
 a g  e  c   c  c c  c  c d d d  c
 water bag, who'll come a ...



	 C     Am   F      C
Oh, there once was a swagman ...
C     Am     Dm    G7
Under the shade of a ...
    Am     Em      F     C
And he sang as he looked at ...
C       F     G7     C
Who'll come a-waltzing ..

chrous:
	C       Am     F     C
	Who'll come a-..
	C       Am     D     G
	Who'll come a-....
	Am     Em    F     C
	Waltzing Matilda ...
	C       F     G     C
	Who'll come a-waltzing ...

-transcribed and submitted by Mike Hiltonwood

Alternate Tabs of Waltzing Matilda


   Waltzing Matilda  Alternate VERSION Australian Traditional folk Song

words by Banjo Patterson

Transcribed by K Woodgate

Easy melody Version

The song can be found on records by the Bushwackers, Cobbers, William Clauson
and many other Australian Folk records.


e|--------------|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------
B|--------------|--------------|------------|--------------|---------------
G|--------------|--------------|------------|--------------|-0-----0--0-0--
D|-2---2-2---2--|-0--0-------0-|-2----------|------------2-|---------------
A|--------------|--------3-----|----3-0---2-|-3------3-----|---------------
E|--------------|--------------|------------|-----3--------|---------------
 Once a jol-ly swag-man camp-ed by a ...


e|--------------|--------------|--------------------|---------------|
B|--------------|--------------|--------------------|---------------|
G|-0-0--0-------|--------------|--------------------|---------------|
D|--------------|-0-2----2--2--|-0-------0--------0-|-2-------------|
A|-----------3--|--------------|-------------3------|-----3---0---2-|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------------|---------------|
 I-bah tree And he sang as he  watched ...


e|---------------------|----------------|--------------|
B|---------------------|----------------|--------------|
G|---------------------|-0--------------|--------------|
D|-------------------2-|-------3---2--0-|-0--0---------|
A|-3------------3------|----------------|---------3----|
E|-------3-------------|----------------|--------------|
 boiled Who'll come a - ...




e|--------------|-------------|----------------|------------|----------------
B|--------------|--1----1---1-|-0--------------|------------|----------------
G|-0--0---0--0--|-------------|----2--0----0---|-0-2--0---0-|-0--------------
D|--------------|-2-----------|----------------|------------|-----3-2----0---
A|--------------|-------------|----------------|------------|----------------
E|--------------|-------------|----------------|------------|----------------
 Walt-zing Ma-til-da Walt-zing Ma-...
with me


e|--------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------------
B|--------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------------
G|--------------|------------------|---------------|--------------------------
D|----0--2----2-|-2-0-------0------|-0--2----------|--------------------------
A|-3------------|---------------3--|---------3---0-|-2--3-------------3-------
E|--------------|------------------|---------------|-----------3--------------
 And he sang as he watched ....

e|---------------|--------------|
B|---------------|--------------|
G|---0-----------|--------------|
D|-2-------3---2-|-0--0---0-----|
A|---------------|------------3-|
E|---------------|--------------|
  a waltz-ing Ma-til-da ...








  Waltzing Matilda (Original)  Australian Traditional folk Song

  C       Am   Dm     G7      C     Am     Dm
e|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------
---
B|--------------|-1--1------------|-0------------|------------1----|-1--0---
---
G|--------------|--------2------2-|--2---0-------|-----------------|------2-
-2-
D|--------------|-----------------|---------2----|-----------------|--------
---
A|-3---3--3--3--|-----------------|--------------|-3--3---3--------|--------
---
E|--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------
---
 Once a jol-ly swag-man camped by a ...
cool-I-

   G      C     Em   F         G7    C
e|--------------|--------------|--------------------|-----------------------
B|------------0-|-1----3--1--0-|--------------------|-0---------------------
G|-2--0----2----|--------------|-0---2-------0---2--|---2-------------------
D|--------------|--------------|--------------------|--------2--------------
A|--------------|--------------|--------------------|------------3----------
E|--------------|--------------|--------------------|-----------------------
 bah tree And he sang as he sat and ...

     Am       G7     C
e|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
B|--------1----1---|-1------------|--------------|
G|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|----0---2--0--|--------------|
A|--3---3----------|--------------|-3------------|
E|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
  Come a-walt-zing Ma...