Chords for And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - The Pogues, 1985

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When I was a young man I carried my pack _
_ _ [E] The free [B]
life of [A] a robber _ _
From the [E] Murray's basin [Bm] to the dusty [A] outback
[D] I was [E] my Mackelda
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When in _ 1915 _ [G]
my country [A] said so
[E] It's time to stop rambling cos there's [D] war
[A] So _ [E]
they gave me a [D] tin hat and [A] they gave me a gun
And they [E] sent me away [A] to the _ war
_ And I then [Dm] played one sing my [A] tune
As _ _ [D]
we [E] sailed [D] away from [E] the cave
_ _ _ [D] And I missed all the tears [A] and the shouts and the cheers _
I'd all [G#] forgotten
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_ _ _ _ And those who [D] were living did [A] their best to survive
And that mad world [E] of death, blood and [A] fire
_ And _ for seven [E] long weeks [D] I kept myself [A] alive
All the corpses [E] around me [A] piled high
Then _ [E] a big Turkish shell [D] knocked me so [A] hard to sleep
[E] And when I awoke [Em] in [D] my hospital [A] bed
I saw what it [D] had done, [A] Christ I wish I would have died
Never knew there [E] was such [A] a thing
_ _ _ And no more [D] I'll go on [A] singing my tune
_ To the green bushes so far [E] and near
_ _ _ [D] For I am ten feet tall [A] and my knees both like
And I will sing [E] my tune [A] for you _ _ _ _
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_ _ And now [D] every April [A] I sit on my porch
And I watch [E] the parade [A] pass the front _ _
_ I see my [E] old comrades [D] how proudly [A] they march
_ Reliving [E] the dreams of [A] past glory _
I _ [E] see the old men, [Bm] the hearts of [A] many coming
[E] The forgotten _ _ heroes [D] of a forgotten [A]
war
And the young people [D] ask me what [A] is a man's chief of war
And I ask [E] myself the same [A] question
_ And _ the band _ [D] plays Waltz of St.
[A] Matilda
And _ _ the old men still [Em] answer [E] the call _ _
_ [D] Year after year their [A] numbers get fewer
_ Like the one [E] who will march their [A] last home _
_ _ _ Waltz of St.
Matilda
[C#] _ [D] _ Waltz of St. _
[G] Matilda
[A] _ Go on, sing Matilda
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