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Waltzing Matilda by The Squalls

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Waltzing Matilda - The Squalls
The Squalls? take on this classic is a nice lively jig.
The solos can be replaced with some noodling on a Chord diagramG+G harmonica.

Intro piano riff:
  Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----12-12-------------8-8---------------|
Chord diagramG+G|*----12-12----11-11----9-9---9------11--*|
Chord diagramD MajorD|*----12-12----12-12----9-9---10-----12--*|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--10----------12-12--7-------10-----12---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------10--------------8-----10------|

(INTRO)
[Organ plays classic chorus chords slowly (and out of concert pitch)]
then [Intro piano riff]

(intro solo) Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC x4

(VERSE)
|Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD   |Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramD MajorD
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
|Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD     |Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramC majorC
Under the shade of a coolibah tree,
   |Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD   |Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramD MajorD
And he sang as he sat and waited while his billy boiled:
|Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD    |Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramC majorC
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me?"
|Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD  |Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramE minorEm
  Waltzing matilda with me.

(mandolin solo) Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC x4

(VERSE)
[Same chords for all verses]
Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong.
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee.
And he sang as he stole that jumbuck in his tucker bag:
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."
Waltzing matilda with me.

(fiddle solo) Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC x4

(VERSE)
Down came the squatter, and mounted on his thoroughbred.
Down came the troopers, one, two, and three.
"Where?s that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me."
Waltzing matilda with me.

(fiddle/mando solo) Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramC majorC x4

(VERSE)
Up jumped the swagman he dove into the billabong.
"You'll never catch me alive!" said he
And his ghost can be heard all along the billabong:
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me?"
Waltzing matilda with me.

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