Chords for Waltzing Matilda Lyrics

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