Chords for The Pogues - The band played waltzing matilda

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[C#m] When I was a [D] young man [A] I carried my pack And I lived the [E] free life [A] of a rover
From _ the [E] Murray's [Em] green basin [D] to the dusty [A] outback I [C#m] waltzed my [E] Matilda [A] all over
Then _ [E] in _ 1915 _ [D] my country [A] said son [E] It's time to stop rambling [D] cause there's work to [A] be done
So they gave me a [D] tin hat [A] and they gave me a gun And they sent me [E] away [A] to the war _ _ _
And the band [D] played _ [C#m] Waltzing Matilda _ [A] as _ we sailed away from [E] the quay _ _
[D] And amidst all the tears [E] and the shouts and the [A] cheers We sailed [F#m] off [E] for _ [A] Gallipoli
How _ _ well I [D] remember _ [A] that terrible day When the blood [D] stained [E] the sand and [A] the water _ _ _
And how in that [E] hell [D] that they call [A] Suvla Bay We were butchered [E] like lambs [A] at the slaughter _ _ _
[E] Johnny Turkey was ready, [D] he primed [A] himself well [E] He shared us with bullets [D] and he rained us [A] with shells
And in five [D] minutes flat [A] he'd blown us all to hell And nearly blew us [E] right back to [A] Australia
And _ the band _ [D] played Waltzing [A] Matilda as _ we stopped to bury our [E] slain _ _ _
[D] And we buried ours and [A] the Turks buried theirs And it started [E] all over [A] again _ _ _ _
Now those who [D] were living [A] did their best to survive In that mad world [E] of death, blood [A] and fire
And _ for seven [E] long weeks [D] I kept myself [A] alive Though the corpses _ [E] around me [A] piled higher
Then _ [E] a big Turkish shell knocked [D] me arse [A] over text _ [E] And when I awoke in my [D] _ hospital [A] bed
And saw what it had [D]
done, Christ [A] I wished I was dead _ Never knew there [E] were worse things [A] than dying _ _
_ And no more on [D] go _ [A] Waltzing Matilda _ To the green bushes so far [E] and near _
_ [D] For to hang tens and pegs [A] a man needs two legs No more Waltzing [E]
Matilda _ [A] for me _
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_ _ _ _ they collected the [D] cripples, [A] the wounded and maimed And they shipped us [E] back home to [A] Australia
The _ _ legless, [E] the armless, [D] the blind and [A] insane _ Those proud [E] wounded heroes [A] of Svla _ _ _
[E] And as our ship pulled into [D] circular [A] quay _ [E]
I looked at the place where me [D] legs used to [A] be
And thank Christ there [D] was nobody [A] waiting for me To grieve [E] and to mourn and [A] to pity
And _ the band [D] played Waltzing [A] Matilda As _ they carried us down the [E] gangway
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[D] _ nobody cheered, [A] they just stood and stared And they turned [E] their faces _
[A] away
And _ now _ [D] every April [A] I sit on my porch And I watch the [E] parade pass [A] before me _ _ _
I see my [E] old comrades, [D] how proudly [A] they march _ Reliving [E] their dreams of [A] past glory _ _ _
[E] I see the old men, [D] all twisted [A] and torn [E] The forgotten _ heroes of [D] a forgotten [A] war
And the young people [D] ask me [A] what are they marching for And I ask [E] myself the [A] same question _ _ _
And the band [D] plays _ [A] Waltzing Matilda _ And the old men still answer [E] the call
_ But [D] year after year their [A] numbers get fewer Someday no one [E] will march there [A] at all _ _ _ _
_ Waltzing Matilda, _
[D] _ Waltzing _ Matilda [A] _ Go on [D] _ [A] Waltzing Matilda [E] with me _ _
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