Chords for And the band played Waltzing Matilda-Liam Butler & Dónal Clancy

[Bb] From the Murray's green [Eb] basin to [Bb] the dusty _ [Gm] outback
[Bb] I watched my [Eb] Matilda [Bb] all over _ _
_ _ [F] then in _ _ 1915
[Eb] My country said [Bb] son
It's [F] time to stop rambling.
[Eb] There's a work to be [Bb] done
So they gave me [Eb] a tin hat
_ [Bb] Gave me [Gm] a gun
_ They [Bb] sent me away
To the [Eb] war _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] and the band [Eb] played
Waltzing Matilda _
[Bb] _ _ as the ship pulled [Eb] away from
[Bb] [F] and _ _ _ _
[Eb] amid all the [Cm] tears
[Gm] flag waving [Eb] and
_ _ We _ _ [Bb] sailed off for [F] _ _ [Bb]
Galilee
_ _ _ _ It's well I
[Eb] remember [Bb] that terrible
[Gm] _
_ _ [Bb] When I've lost [Fm] stainless and the [Bb] water [Eb] [Bb] and _ _ _ how
_ [Eb] _ We [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ were butchered [F] like lambs at [Bb] the slaughter
_ Johnny _ _ [F] Turk he was ready.
[Eb] Oh, he grind [Bbm] himself.
Well
He [F] rained us with bullets [Eb] and he showered us [Bb] with shell and in five minutes [Eb] flat
We [Gm] were all blown to hell _ _ _
_ [Bb] Nearly blew us [F] back home [Bb] to Australia
[Eb] _ [Bb] And _ the band [Eb] played Waltzing [Bb] Matilda
[Eb] _
[Bb] As we stopped to [Eb]
bury our [F] slain _ _ _ _
[Bb] [Eb] We [Cm] buried us [Gm] and the Turks buried [Eb] there
_ _ And [Bb] it started all [F] over [Bb]
again
_ _ _ _ [Gm] Now those who [Eb] are living [Gm] just try to survive
in [Bb] that mad world of [F] blood [Bb] death and
[Eb] And [Bb] _ _ _
for ten weary [Eb] weeks I [Gm] kept myself alive
[Bb] When around me the corpses piled higher _ _ _
then [F] a big turkey shall
[Eb] not me our [Bb] sober head _ and
When I awoke in [Eb] me
Hospital [Gm] bed and saw what he had done _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] Never knew there [F] were worse things [Bb] done
_ _ _ [Gm] For no more I'll [Eb] go Waltzing [Bb] Matilda
[Eb] _
[Bb] All _ _ around the green [Eb]
bush far [F] and near
_ _ _ [Bbm]
for [Cm] to hump and tent and pegs [Gm] and
man eats both [Eb] _ _ legs _
[Bb] Or was it Matilda _
They _ _ _ _ collected [Eb] the wounded [Bb] the cripple [Gm] the main
_ [Bb] They shipped us back [F] home to [Bb] Australia
_ the _ _ _ armless [Eb] the legless the [Gm] blind the insane
[Bb] the proud wounded heroes of
silver _ _ _ and [F] when the ship pulled [Eb] into
Circular [Bb] key [F] and I looked at the place [Eb] where me legs used [Bb] to be and I thanked Christ
[Eb] There was no one there [Bb]
waiting
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] to _ grieve
[F] of the moral
[Bb] of the pity
[Eb] _ [Bb] And _ the band [Eb] played Waltzing [Bb] Matilda _
As _ they carried us [Eb] down the _ [F] gangway
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ Nobody [Cm] cheered
_ [Gm] They just stood there [Eb] and stared _ _ _
[Bb] They turned all their [F] faces [Bb] away
So _ _ _ now [Eb] every April I [Bb] sit on my porch
And I watch the parade pass before [Eb] me.
[Bb] _ _ _ I
See my [Eb] old comrades [Gm] how proudly they march
_ _ Renewing their [F]
dreams [Bb] of past glory.
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] I
See the old men [Eb] all tired [Bb] and sore
[F] Those weary old heroes [Bb] [Eb] of a forgotten [Bb] war and _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _
what are they marching for? _ _ _
_ _ I
Asked [F] myself [Bb] the same [Eb] question
[Bb] And _ the band [Eb] plays Waltzing [Gm] Matilda
[Bb] _
And _ the old men [Eb] still answer [Bb] the [F] call
But _
[Bb] _ [Eb] year after [Cm] year _ _ [Gm]
the [Cm] numbers [Bb] get [Eb] fewer _ _
Some _ [Bb] days no one will match their _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Waltzing Matilda _ _
[Eb] _ _ Waltzing [Cm] Matilda _ _ [Bb] Will come [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Waltzing
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ Maybe _ _ _
[F] her _ _ as [Gm] they march by [Eb] _ _ _ Come _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ Waltzing _
[F] Matilda _ with _ [Bb] _ _
_ me _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _