Chords for Liam Clancy - And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda (Live) [WW1 Anti-War Song]

The band played Walsing Matilda. _
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_ _ _ _ Now when I _
[D] was a young man I [A] carried me [F#m] pack _ _ [A] and I lived the [E] free life [A] of the rover. _
_ _ _ _ From the Murray's [D] green basin [A] _ to the dusty [F#m] outback _ I [A] waltzed my [E] _ Matilda _ [A] all over.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] Then in _ _ _ 1915 _ [D] my country said [A] son _ _ [E] it's time to stop rambling [D] there's work to be done.
[A] _ _ So they gave me [D] a tin hat _ [A] and they gave [F#m] me a gun _ _ _ and _ [D] they [A] sent me [E] away to [A] the war. _
_ _ _ _ And the band _ [D] played _ Walsing _ [A]
Matilda _ _ _ _ as the ship pulled [D] away from [E] the quay.
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And amid [F#m] all the tears [Bm] _ _ flag [A] waving _ [D] and cheers _
_ _ [A] _ _ we sail off [E] for _ _ [A] Gallipoli. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well I _ [D] _ remember [A] that terrible [F#m] day _ _ [A] when our blood stained [E] the sand and the water.
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And how [D] in that hell that they [A] called Suvla [F#] Bay [F#m] _
we [A] were butchered like [E] _ _
lambs at the [A] slaughter. _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] Johnny Turk he was ready [D] oh he _ primed [A] himself well.
_ [E] He rained us with bullets [D] and he showered us [A] with shell.
And in five minutes [D] flat _ we [A] were all blown to [F#m] hell. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] Nearly blew us [E] back home to _ [A] Australia. _ _ _ _
_ And the band _ [D] played Walsing _ [A] Matilda _ _ _ when _ we stopped _ [D] to bury _ [E] our slain. _
_ _ _ _ [D] And we buried ours [Bm] _ and [A] the Turks buried [D] _ theirs. _ _ _
[A] _ Then it started _ [E] all _ over _ [A] again. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Those who [D] were living _ [A] just try to survive [F#m] _ _ _ [A] in that mad world [E] of blood death and [A]
fire.
_ _ _ _ _ And for 10 weary [D] _ weeks _ _
[A] I kept myself [F#m] alive _ [D]
though [A] around me [E] the corpses _ piled [A] higher. _ _ _ _
_ [E] Then a big Turkish _ shell _ [D] knocked me arse _ [A]
overhead.
_ _ [E] And when _ I awoke _ [Bm] in [D] my hospital [A] bed _ and saw what _ it had [D] done.
_ [A] That I wished I [F#m] were dead. _ _ _
_ _ [A] I never knew [E] there were worse [A] things than dying. _ _
_ _ For no _ more I'll [D] go walsing _ [A] _ Matilda _ _ all _ _ _ around the [D] green bush [E] far and near.
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Put a hump tent [A] in [Bm] place _ _ [A] a man needs [D] both _ lives.
_ _ _ [A] No more walsing _ [E] Matilda _ _ [A] for me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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They collected _ [D] the wounded the [A] _ _ crippled the [F#m] maimed.
_ [A] And they shipped us [E] back home _ [A] to Australia. _ _ _
_ _ The _ armless [D]
the legless the [A] blind the [F#m] insane.
_ [A] Those _ proud [E] wounded _ heroes [A] of Souvlard.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] And when the ship _ _ pulled [D] into circular _ [A] key. _ _
[E] I looked at the place [D] where my legs used to [A] be.
_ And thank Christ there [D] was no one [A]
there waiting [F#m] for me. _
_ _ _ _ [A] To grieve _ [E] and to _ mourn [A] to pay.
_ _ _ _ And the band _ [D] played [A] walsing _ _ Matilda _ _ as _ they carried us [Bm] _ down the [E] gangway. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] But nobody cheered _ _ they [A] just stood there [D] and stared.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Then they turned all their [E] _ faces [A] away.
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So _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ now _ every April _ [A] _ I sit on [F#m] my porch. _
_ [A] _ _ And I watch [E] the parade pass [A] before me. _ _ _
_ _ And I see my [D] old comrades _ [A] how proudly [F#m] they march.
_ _ _ [A] _ Renewing [E] their dreams [A] of past glory.
_ _ _ _ I [E] see the old men _ [D] all tired [A] stiff and sore.
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The weary _ old heroes _
[D] of a forgotten _ [A] war. _
_ And the young _ [D] people ask _ [A] what are they [F#m] marching for?
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[A] _ _ And I ask [E] myself the [A] same question. _ _ _ _
And the band _ [D] plays _ [A] walsing Matilda. _ _ _ _
_ _ And the old men _
[D] still answer _ [E] the call. _
_ _ _ _ [D] But as year follows year _ _ _ [A] more old men _ _ [D] disappear. _ _ _
_ [A] _ Some may know one [E] will march there [A] at all.
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Walsing _ _ Matilda, _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ walsing _ _ Matilda.
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Who'll come [D] a _ _ walsing _ [A] _ Matilda _ _ [E] with me?
_ _ [A] And their ghosts _ may [E] be heard _ as [F#m] they march by [D] the Pile of Arm.
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_ Who'll come a _ _ walsing _ [E] Matilda.
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] With _ _ [A] me? _ _ _ _
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