And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda Chords by Nathan Lay

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Now when I [F] was a young [C] man, I carried me pack
And I lived [G] the free life [C] of a rover _ _
From the Murray's [F] green basin [C] to the dusty _ outback
Well, I waltzed [G] my Matilda [C] all over _ _
[G] Then in _ 1915, [C] my country said,
Son, [G] it's time you stopped rambling, [C] there's work to be done
So they gave [F] me a tin hat [C] and they gave me [Am] a gun _
_ _ [C] And they marched [G] me away to [C] the war
_ _ And the band [F] played _ [C] Waltzing Matilda
_ _ As the ship [F] pulled away [G] from the _ quay
_ [F] And amidst all the cheers, [C] the flag waving [Am] and tears _ _
[C] We sailed [G] off for _
[C] Gallipoli _ _ _ _
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And how well [F] I remember [C] that terrible [Am] day
[C] How our blood [G] stained the sand [C] and the water _ _ _
And of how in [F] that hell [C] that they called [Am] Suvla Bay
[C] We were butchered [G] like lambs [C] at the slaughter _ _
[G] Johnny Turkey was waiting, [C] he'd primed himself well
[G] He showed us with bullets [C] and he rained us with shell
And in five [F] minutes flat, he'd [C] blown us all [Am] to hell _
_ _ [C] Nearly blew us [G] right back [C] to Australia
_ _ But the band [F] played _ [C] Waltzing Matilda
_ _ When we stopped [F] to bury _ [G] our slave
_ We [F] _ _
buried ours [C] and the Turks [Am] buried _ theirs _
[C] Then we started [G] all _ [C] over again
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_ those [F] that were left, well, [C] we tried to [Am] survive
[C] In that mad [G] world of blood, death [C] and fire _ _
And for ten [F] weary weeks [C] I kept myself [Am] _ alive
[C] Though around [G] me the corpses [C] piled higher _ _
[G] Then a big Turkey shell [C] knocked me ass overhead _
[G] And when I woke up in [C] my hospital bed
And I saw what [F] it had done, [C] well, I wished I [Am] was dead _
_ _ [C] Never knew [G] there were worse [C] things than dying
_ _ For I'll go [F] no more Waltzing _ [C] Matilda
_ _ All around the [F] green bush, [G] far and free _
_ _ [F] To hump tents and pegs, [C] a man needs [Am] both _ _ legs
[C] No more [G] Waltzing Matilda [C] for me _ _ _ _
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So they gathered [F] the crippled, [C] the wounded, [Am] the men
[C] And they shipped us [G] back home to [C] Australia _ _ _
The legless, [F] the armless, [C] the blind, [Am] the insane
[C] Those proud [G] wounded heroes of Suvla _ _
[G] And as our ship pulled [C] into _ circular quay
[G] I looked at the place where [C] my legs used to be
And thank Christ there [F] was nobody _
[C] _ waiting [Am] for _ me
_ [C] To grieve, [G] to mourn [C] and to pity
_ _ But the band [F] played _ [C] Waltzing Matilda
_ _ As they carried [F] us down the [G] _ gangway
_ _ [F] But nobody cheered, [C] they just stood [Am] and stared _ _
[C] Then they turned [G] all their faces [C] away _ _ _ _
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And so now [F] every April [C] I sit on [Am] me porch
[C] And I watch the [G] parades pass [C] before me _ _
And I see my [F] old comrades, [C] how proudly [Am] they march
[C] _ Reviving [G] old dreams of [C] past glories _ _
[G] And the old men march slowly, [C] old bones stiff and sore
[G] They're tired old heroes [C] from a forgotten war
And the young [F] people [C] ask, what are they [Am] marching for?
_ And [C] I ask [G] myself the [C] same question
_ _ But the band [F] played _ [C] Waltzing Matilda
_ _ And the old men [F] still answer [G] the call
_ _ [F] But as year follows year, [C] more old men [Am] disappear _ _ _
[C] Someday no one [G] will march [C] there at all _ _
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_ _ Waltzing [G] _
Matilda, [Am] _ _ _ [F] Waltzing _ Matilda
[C] _ Who'll [Am] come a-Waltzing [F] _
Matilda [C] with _ [G] me?
And [C] their ghosts may [G] be heard as they march by that [F] villa _ _ _ _ _ bone
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_ _ Who'll come a _ _ -Waltzing _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Matilda _ _ _ _
[C] with [Em] me? _ _
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