Waltzing Matilda chords by Slim Dusty

SLIM DUSTY ? WALTZING MATILDA 1983

 INTRO  D   A   D   A

   D     A    D     G
1. Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
   D          G
  Under the shade of a cool bah tree
   D     A       D         G
  And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
    D     A       D
  You'll come a-waltzing Mathilda with me

      D         G
 CHORUS  Waltzing Mathilda, waltzing Mathilda,
       D    Bm    Em    D
     You'll come a-waltzing Mathilda with me.
         D     A      D         G
     And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
       D     A          D      A  D  A  D
     You'll come a-waltzing Mathilda with me.

   D    A      D       G
2. Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong,
   D                   G
   Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee.
   D     A       D          G
  And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag,
  D        A      D
  You'll come a-waltzing Mathilda with me.    + CHORUS  RPT

   D    A      D          G
3. Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred,
   D           G
  Up rode the troopers, one-two-three.
    D     A        D         G
  "Where's that jolly jumbuck, you've got in your tucker bag
   D      A        D
  You'll come a-waltzing Mathilda with me.    + CHORUS  RPT

   D      A     D           G
4. Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong,
   D                G
  You'll never catch me alive, said he
    D        A    D        G
  And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
   D      A         D
  You'll come a-waltzing Mathilda with me    + CHORUS RPT X 2


by Australian country singer Slim Dusty 1927 - 2003