Chords for The Band Played Waltzing Matilda

Now when I [D] was a young man I carried [F#] a pack _ [A] And I lived [E] the free life [A] of a rover
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From the Murray's [D] green basin to [A] the dusty [F#] outback _ I waltzed [E] me Matilda [A] all over
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And in _ 1915 [D] me country [A] said son [E] Your roving days are over, [D] there's a job [A] to be done
And they gave me [D] a tin hat [A] and they gave me [F#] a gun _ _ [A] And they sent me [E] away to the war
[A] _ And the band [D] played Waltzing [A] Matilda As our ship pulled away [E] from the quay _ _
_ [D] Amidst all the tears, [A] flood wavin' [F#] and cheers We [A] sailed off [E] to [A] Gallipoli
_ Oh _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ well I [D] remember [A] that [F#] terrible day [A] The bloodstain, [E] the sand [A] and the water _
But there in [D] that hell that [A] they call [F#] Suvla Bay We [A] were butchered [E] like lambs [A] to the slaughter
Johnny [E] Turk he was waiting, [D] he'd primed [A] himself well [E] He rained us with bullets [Bm] and showered [A] us with shell
And in ten minutes [D] flat [A] he'd blown us all to [F#] hell _ _ [A]
Nearly blew us [E] right back to [A] Australia
And the band played [D] Waltzing [A] Matilda _ As we stopped to bury our [E]
slain
_ _ [D] We buried ours and the [G#] Turks [F#] buried theirs And we [A] started [E] all over [A] again
And _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
those that were [D] left, well [A] we tried to [F#m]
survive [A] In that mad world [E] of death, [A] blood and fire
And for ten weary [D] weeks I [A] kept [F#m] myself alive [A] Around me the corpses piled [A] higher
_ _ [E] Then a big Turkish shell [D] knocked me [A] all to hell [E] And when I woke up in [D] me [A] hospital bed
I saw what it [D] had done [A] and I wished I [F#m] was dead _ Never knew [E] there were worse [A] things than dying
_ For I'll go no [D] more [A] Waltzing Matilda _ All around the wild bush far [E] and free
Foot [D] of hump tent and _ [A] pegs, a lad needs both [F#] legs _ _ [A] No more Waltzing [E] Matilda [A] for me _
So _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ they gathered [D] the wounded, [A] the crippled [F#m] and lame _ _ _ [A] Sent us [E] back home to [A] Australia
The _ armless, [D] the legless, the [A] blind [F#m] and insane [A] Brave [E] wounded heroes [A] of Suvla
And [E] as our ship pulled [D] into [A] circular quay [E] I looked at the place [D] where me legs [A] used to be
_ And thank Christ there was [D] nobody [A] waiting for [F#m] me _ To _ grieve, [E] to mourn or [A] to pity
_ For the band played Waltzing Matilda _ As they carried us down the [E] gangway
_ _ [D] Nobody cheered, they just stood [F#m] there and stared _ And [A] they turned [E] their faces [A] away
So _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ now [D] every [A] April I sit on [F#m] me porch [A] And see the [E] parade pass [A] before me
_ And I see my old [D] comrades [A] how proudly [F#m] they march _ [A]
Reviving [E] old dreams of [A] past glories
The [E] old men march slowly, [D] old bones [A] stiff and sore _ [E] Tired old men [D] from a [A] forgotten war
And the young [D] people ask _ [A] what are they marching [F#m] for And [A] I ask [E] myself [A] the same question
_ For the band [D] plays Waltzing _ Matilda [A] The _ old men, they still answer [E]
the call
But _ [D] as year follows year, more old men _ [F#]
disappear _ _ Someday no one [E] will march there at all
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