Chords for Eric Bogle - The Waltzing Matilda Waltz

[N] This [G] next song _ is a song [D#] called The Waltzing Matilda Waltz and it's [A#] what's commonly known as an [B] old fart [A] song.
_ _ _ This is a song sort of [C#] _ _ lamenting [A] the fact that Australia's changed [C] so much since I came here _ [G#] 40 years ago when I was about [B] 8 [G] years old.
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[F#] And I mean things have got to change, things have got to progress, things have got [C] to move on you know. _
But sometimes you wonder, a lot of times you wonder if [G] the changes are for the better.
_ And a lot of the stuff [G#] that's happened in Australia, there has been a lot of changes for the better.
[D] But some of the important [B] things, some of the important things have been changed for the worse.
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_ So [A#] I wrote this song all about that.
It's called The Waltzing Matilda Waltz.
_ And it was [A] a shameless attempt to try and cash in on the [F#] band played Waltz [N] Matilda.
_ _ _ Written [G] by a songwriting genius.
_ _ [B] It's me.
I love [A] it.
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[E] _ He just wanted [A] a fee.
_ _ [D] And who'll call the waltz [A] in Matilda with me?
[E] A banjo this country's not [A] what it used to be.
[D] We've changed all your words and [A] rewritten [F#m] your score.
[D] And it's Waltz [E] in Matilda [A] no more.
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_ _ _ Once Henry and Mary [E] on a warm _ [A] afternoon
[D] Rode down Reedy [A] River to the broad bright [E] lagoon.
[A] The song [E] of the river is a long [D] vanished tune
Since [A] they built the uranium _ [Bm] mine.
_ _ _ [E] And what's left is just toxic [A] slime.
_ _ _ [D] And who'll call the waltz in [A] Matilda with me?
_ [E] Hey Henry this country's [A] not what it used to be.
[D] Days pass with a whimper [A] and not with [F#m] a roar.
[D] And it's Waltz [E] in Matilda [A] no more.
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_ Well we cut down the trees and [E] the land [A] we reclaimed.
We [D] ploughed and we [A] planted then we ploughed it [E] again.
And [A] again and [E] again and [A] again and [D] again.
So [A] that now on a hot windy [Bm] day _ _
_ [E] We can watch our topsoil [A] blown away. _
_ _ [D] And who'll call the [A] waltz in Matilda with me?
The [E] desert is marching _ [A] down to the sea.
On [D] the day that it stretches from [A] shore to [F#m] shining shore.
[D] We'll go waltzing [E] Matilda [A] no more.
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_ _ _ Saturday _ night [E] outside a King's Cross [A] hotel.
[D] There stands [A] our future and it's half way [E] to hell.
_ [A] Kids with [E] hard drugs and young bodies [D] to sell.
[A] Hey Australia what progress [Bm] we made. _
_ We've [E] come a long way since Dad [A] and Dave. _
_ _ [D] And who'll call the [A] waltz in Matilda with me?
[E] Hey Anzac is this [A] what you fought to keep free?
[D] A land fit for heroes [A] or junkies [F#m] and whores.
[D] And it's Waltz [E] in Matilda [A] no more.
_ _ [D] And who'll call the waltz in [A] Matilda with me?
_ [E] This country could still be what [A] we wanted to be.
_ [D] Perhaps one day soon the [A] dream will be [F#m] restored.
And [D] we'll go waltzing [E] Matilda _ [A] once more.
We'll [D] go waltzing _ [E] Matilda _ _
[A] _ once more. _
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_ _ _ _ Thank