Chords for The Band Played Waltzing Matilda-Makem & Clancy

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called the band played waltzing Matilda
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_ _ when I [D] was a young [A] man I carried [F#m] me pack [A] and I live the [E] free life
[A] From _ the Murray's [D] green basin [A] to the [F#m] dusty outback [A] I waltz [E] my Matilda [A] and _ [E] in
1915 [D] my [A] country said son
[E] It's time to stop rambling [D] there's [A] work to be done
So they gave [D] me a tin hat [A] and they gave [F#m] me a gun _ [A] and they sent me [E] away
to [A] the wall _ and
the band [D] played waltzing [A] Matilda
As the ship pulled [Bm] away [E] from the key
And [D] amid all the tears
[A] flag-waving [D] and cheer
_ [A] We sailed off [E] for [A] Galilee
_ Well, I [D] remember [A] that [F#m] terrible day [A] when our blood [E] stained the sand [A] and the water
_ And how [D] in that hell [A] that they called [F#m] Suvla Bay
We were butchered [E] like lambs [A] at the slaughter _
_ [E] Johnny Turk he was ready.
[D] Oh, he'd primed [A] himself
[E] He rained us with bullets [D] and he [A] showered us with shell and in five [D] minutes flat
[F#m] We were all blown to hell
_ [A] Nearly blew [E] us back [A] home to Australia _ and the band [D] played waltzing [A] Matilda
When we stopped [D] to bury [E] our slave and [D] we [Bm] buried ours [A] and the Turks [D] buried there
_ [A] Then it started [B] [E] all [A] over again
_ Those [D] who are [A] living just try [F#m] to survive in that [A] mad [E] world of blood [A] death and fire
And for ten [D] weary [F#m] weeks I kept myself alive
[A] Though around [E] me the corpses [A] piled higher
Then [E] a big turkey [D] shell knocked me [A] arse overhead
[E] And when I awoke [D] in me [A] hospital bed
Saw what [D] it had [A] done
And I wished I [F#m] were dead
Never [A] knew [E] there were worse things [A] than dying
For no more [D] I'll go waltzing [A] Matilda
All around [D] the green bush [E] far and near
[D] For to hump tent [Bm] and [A] pegs a man [D] needs both _ legs
[A] No more waltzing [B] [E] Matilda [A] for me
They collected [D] the wounded [A] the crippled [F#m] the maimed and [A] they shipped [E] us back home [A] to Australia
The [D] armless the legless [A] the blind [F#m] the insane those [A] proud
[E] wounded [A] heroes of Suvla
_ [E] And when the ship pulled [D] into [A] circular key
[E] I looked at the place [D] where me legs used [A] to be and thank Christ
[D] There was no [A] one there waiting [F#m] for me
To _ grieve and [E] to [A] mourn and to pity
_ And the band [D] played [A] waltzing Matilda
_ _ As they carried [D] us down the [E] gangway
_ Nobody [D] _ [Bm] cheered [A] they just stood [D] there and stared
[A] Then they turned all [E] their faces [A] away
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[A] So now
[D] Every April [F#m] I sit on my porch [A] and I watch [E] the parade [A] pass for me
And I see [D] my old comrades [A] how [F#m] proudly they march
Renewing [E] their dreams [A] of past glory
I [Em] see [E] the old men [D] all tired [A] stiff and sore
[E] The weary old heroes [D] of a [A] forgotten war and the young [D] people ask
[A] What are they [F#m] marching for?
_ And I ask [Em] myself the [A] same question _ and the band [D] plays waltzing [A] Matilda
And the old men [D] still answer [E] the call
But [D] year after [Bm] year
[A] The numbers [D] get fewer
_ _ [A] Someday no one [E] will march [A] there at all
_ _ _ _ waltzing Matilda
_ [D] _ Waltzing [Bm] Matilda
[A] _ Who'll come [D] [A] waltzing Matilda [E] with me
[A] And their ghosts [E] may be heard [F#m] as they march [D] by the [A] billabong
Who'll come _ [Bm] [A] waltzing [E] Matilda _
_ _ _ [D#m] [A] with me _
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