The Band Played Waltzing Matilda Chords by The Pogues

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_ _ _ _ When [C#m] I [D] was a young man [C#m] I carried my [A] pack _ And I lived the [E] free life [A] of a rover
From [C#m] _ the Murray's [E] Green Basin to [D] the dusty [A] outback I _
[C#m] waltzed my [E] Matilda [A] all over
Then [C#m] _ [E] in _ 1915 my [D]
country said [A] son _ [E] It's time to stop rambling [D] cause there's work to [A] be done
[C#m] So they gave me [D] a tin hat [A] and they gave me a gun _ And they [C#m] sent me [E] away to [A] the war
_ _ _ And the band [D] played _ [C#m] Waltzing Matilda _ [A] as we sailed away [E] from the quay
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amidst all the tears and [E] the shouts and the [A] cheers We sailed [F#m] off [E] for _ [A] Gallipoli
_ How _ well I [D] remember that [A] _
terrible day When the blood stained [E] the sand and [A] the water
_ _ _ And how in that [E] hell that [D] they call Suvla [A] Bay We were butchered [E] like lambs [A] at the slaughter
_ _ _ [E] Johnny Turkey was ready, [D] he primed [A] himself well [E] He shared us with bullets [D] and he rained us [A] with shells
And in five [D] minutes flat [A] he'd blown us all to hell And nearly blew us [E] right back to [A]
Australia
And _ the band _ [D] played [A] Waltzing Matilda _ as _ we stopped to bury our [E] slain
_ _ And [A] we [D] buried ours [A] and the Turks buried theirs And it started [E] _ [E] all over [A] again _ _ _ _
Now those who [D] were living did [A] their best to survive _ In that mad world [E] of death, blood [A] and fire
And _ for seven [E] long weeks [D] I kept myself [A] alive Though the corpses _ [E] around me [A] piled higher _ _ _
[E] Then a big Turkish shell knocked [D] me arse [A] over tick [E] And when I awoke in my [D] _ hospital [A] bed
And saw what it had [D] done, Christ [A] I wished I was dead Never knew there were [E] worse things [A] than dying _ _ _
And no more on [D] gold _ [A] Waltzing Matilda So _ they'd grazed my shin so far [E] and near _ _
[D] For they hanged hands and _ [A] pegs on my knees, two legs No more Waltzing [E] Matilda for [A] me _ _
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_ _ _ they collected the [D] cripples, [A] the wounded and mine And they shipped us [E] back home to [A] Australia
_ The _ _ legless, [E] the armless, [D] the blind and [A] insane _ Those [E] proud wounded _ heroes [A] of silver
_ _ _ [E] And as our ship pulled [A] into [D]
circular [A] quay _ [E] I looked at the place where me [D] legs used to [A] be
And thank Christ there [D] was nobody [A] _
waiting for me To grieve [E] and to mourn and [A] to pity
And _ the band _ [D] played Waltzing [A]
Matilda _ As they carried us down the [E]
gangway
_ _ _ [A] But [D] nobody cheered, [A] they just stood and stared And they turned [E] their faces _ [A]
away
And _ now _ [D] every April [A] I sit on my porch And I watch the [E] parade pass [A] before me
_ _ _ I see my [E] old comrades, [D] how proudly [A] they march _ Reliving [E] their dreams of [A] past glory
_ _ _ [E] I see the old men, [D] all twisted [A] and torn [E] The forgotten heroes [D] of a forgotten [A] war
And the young people [D] ask me, [A] what are they marching for?
_ And I ask [E] myself the [A] same question
_ _ _ And the band [D] plays _ [A] Waltzing Matilda _ And the old men still answer [E] the call
_ _ But [D] year after year _ [A] their numbers get fewer Someday no one will [E] march there [A] at all _ _ _ _ _
Waltzing _ Matilda, [D] _
Waltzing [A] _ [Bm] Matilda [A]
Oh, go [D] on [A] Waltzing Matilda [E] with me
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