Chords for Rolf Harris :: Waltzing Matilda (with lyrics and explanation of them)

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] Waltzing Matilda is a song about an Australian [Gm] hobo, I guess you'd call him.
He wanders through the [F] bushland of Australia and he takes all his meagre [Cm] belongings
wrapped up in an old blanket, [Gm] [Eb] which is strung across his shoulders [Bb] with an old piece of [Eb] twine.
[Bb] And this is called his swag, hence the name [Eb] Swagman.
Now affectionately or otherwise, he refers to this swag as Matilda, like his only companion.
And as he wanders through [Bm] the bush tracks, he finds himself talking to [Eb] it as if it's a real person.
So the term Waltzing Matilda [Ab] has nothing [Abm] to do with dancing at all.
It means in fact [B] [Bb] carrying this thing on your back [Eb] through the long, lonely [Bb] stretches of the Australian bush.
A couple of [F] other terms quickly.
_ Pay [Ebm] attention because I will be asking questions afterwards about this.
_ _ A [Bb] couple of other terms. _
A billabong is a pool of [Eb] deep water.
[B] A billy is a little tin [F] can they [Gb] boil the tea in.
[C] A jumbuck is [Eb] a sheep. _
A tucker bag is a bag for carrying tucker.
A tucker bag is a_ _
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[Eb] A tuck_
a food bag is_
a tucker is food.
It's a [Bm] food bag.
Sorry, like a knapsack.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Abm] What else?
The squatter is the big land owner.
[Bb] _ [Eb] That's enough.
[Bb] Let's get on with the song.
_ Once a jolly [Eb] swagman camped by a billabong
Under the [Bb] shade of a koolabah tree
And [Eb] he sang as he [Bb] watched [Eb] and waited till his billy boiled
You'll come [Bb] a-Waltzing Matilda with me
[Eb] _ _ Waltzing Matilda, [Ab] _
Waltzing [Eb] Matilda
You'll come a-Waltzing [Bb] Matilda with [Eb] me
And he sang [Bb] as he watched and [Eb] waited [Ab] till his billy boiled
[Eb] You'll come a [Bb]-Waltzing Matilda with me
_ Then down came a [Eb] jumbuck to drink at that billabong
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
And he sang as [Bb] he shoved [Eb] that jumbuck in his tucker bag
You'll come a-Waltzing [Bb] Matilda with me
[Eb] _ _ Waltzing [Ab] Matilda, Waltzing [Eb] Matilda
You'll come a [Bb]-Waltzing Matilda with me
[Eb] And he sang [Bb] as he shoved [Eb] that jumbuck in [Ab] his tucker bag
[Eb] You'll come a-Waltzing [Bb] Matilda with me _
Then [Eb] down came the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred
Down came the [D] troopers, one, two, three!
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Righto, where's that jolly jumbuck that you've got in your tucker bag?
You'll come a [Bb]-Waltzing Matilda with me
[Eb] _ Waltzing Matilda, [Ab] _ Waltzing [Eb] Matilda
You'll come a [Bb]-Waltzing Matilda with me
[Eb] Righto, where's that [Bb] jolly jumbuck [Eb] that you've got [Ab] in your tucker bag?
[Eb] You'll come a [Bb]-Waltzing Matilda with me
_ So [Eb]
up jumped the [Bb] swagman and [Eb] he sprang into that [Ab] billabong
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ I've done [Eb] that bit
_ _ You'll never take me alive, said he _ _ _
And [Cm] his ghost _ may be [G] heard _
As _ [Abm] you pass by that billabong
_ _ [Eb] You'll come a [Abm] _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ -Waltzing Matilda, [Ab]
Waltzing Matilda
[Eb] You'll come a-Waltzing [Bb]
Matilda with me
[Eb] And his ghost may be [Bb] heard
As you [G] pass by [Ab] that [Eb] billabong
You'll come a-Waltzing [Bb] _ Matilda [Eb] with me
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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