And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda Chords by Joan Baez

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_ I was a [C] young lad, [G] I carried [Em] me pack _
[G] I lived [D] the free life [G] all over
From _ the Murray's [C] green banks [G] to the dusty [Em] _ outback
[G] While I watched [D] my Matilda [G] all over _ _
[D] Then in _ 1915, [C] my country [G] said son
[D] Time to start ramblin', [C] there's a work to be [D] done
[G] They gave me a [C] tin hat, _
[G] they gave me a [Em] gun _
And they [G] marched [D] me away to [G] the war _ _
And the band [C] played a waltzing [G] Matilda _ _ _
There's a ship sailed away [D] from the _ _ quay
[C] Amidst the songs and the cheers, [G] flag waving [Em] and tears
[G] We sailed off [D] for _ _
[G] Gallipoli _ _ _ _
_ _ _ It's _ _ well [C] I remember [G] that terrible [Em] day
Our [G] blood [D] stained the sand [G] and the water _ _ _
And _ _ _ of [Am] [Em] how in [C] that hell [G] that we call Sula [Em] Bay
We [G] were butchered like [D] _
[G] lambs at the slaughter _ _ _
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The [D] big Turkish shell [C] cut me ass [G] overhead _ _
[D] And when I woke up [C] in my hospital [D] bed
And [G] saw what it had [C] done, I [G] wished [D] I [Em] was dead
[G] Never knew [D] there was worse things [G] than dying _ _
I'll go no [C] more waltzing [G] Matilda
_ All _ _ along the _ Greenland running [D] hurry _ _
[C] For to hunt and to bless, _
[G] man needs [Em] both legs
[G] No more waltzing [D] _ Matilda [G] for _ _ me _
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They _ _ _ _ _ gathered [C] the injured, [G] _
wounded [Em] the maimed
[G] And they shipped us back [D] home [G] to Australia _ _ _ _
_ _ _ The _ armless, [C] the [G] legless, the blind, the [Em] insane
[G] Those proud, [D] wounded heroes [G] of Sula
_ _ And [D] as the ship _ sailed [C] into circular [G] view
[D] I looked at the place [C] where my legs used to be
[D] And [G] thank Christ [C] there was nobody [Em] waiting for me
To [G] mourn, [D] to grieve [G] and to pity _ _ _ _
And _ _ _ the band [C] played a waltzing [G] Matilda _ _ _
As they wheeled us down the [D] _ gangway _ _
[C] And nobody cheered, _ [G] they just stood on [Em] still
And they all turned [D] their [G] faces away _ _ _
And the band still [C] plays a [G] waltzing Matilda
_ And the young men still answer [D] the call _ _
But [C] as year follows year, [G] more young men [Em] disappear _
_ _ _ [G] Someday no one [D] will march [G] here at all _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Waltzing Matilda, _ [C] _ waltzing Matilda
[G] _ Who'll [Bm] come a [A] waltzing Matilda [D] with _ me?
[G] And their ghosts [D] may be heard [Em] as they march [C] by the _ billabong
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_ Who'll come a waltzing [D] _ Matilda _ [G] with me? _ _ _ _ _
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