{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":988335,"song":"And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda","artist":"Eric Bogle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11623474-and-the-band-played-waltzing-matilda-chords-by-eric-bogle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/988335?type=chord","rating":4.69965,"votes":691,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n       >   >                       >   >                   (> = accent note)[/tab]\r\n[tab]e|-----3---3---|-------------|-----3---3---|-------------|\r\nB|-------------|-----3---3---|-------------|-----3---3---|\r\nG|---4---4---4-|-----4---4---|---4---4---4-|-----4---4---|\r\nD|-5-----------|---5---------|-5-----------|---5-------5-|\r\nA|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|-5-----------|\r\nE|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow when I was a young man I carried me pack[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I lived the free life on the rover[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFrom the Murray's green basin to the dusty outback[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, I waltzed my Matilda all over[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen in 1915 me country said, Son[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's time you stopped rambling, there's work to be done[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo they gave me a tin hat, and they gave me a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they marched me away to the war[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     And the band played Waltzing Matilda[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     As the ship pulled away from the quay[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n     And amidst all the cheers, the flag-waving and tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gsus4[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     We sailed off for Gallipoli[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd how well I remember that terrible day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow our blood stained the sand and the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd of how in that hell that they call Suvla Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were butchered like lambs at the slaughter[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJohnny Turk he was waiting, he'd primed himself well[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe showered us with bullets, and he rained us with shell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNearly blew us right back to Australia[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     But the band played Waltzing Matilda[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     When we stopped to bury our slain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n     We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gsus4[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Then we started all over again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd those that were left, well, we tried to survive[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn that mad world of blood, death and fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile around me the corpses piled higher[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when I woke up in me hospital bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd saw what it had done, well, I wished I was dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNever knew there was worse things than dying[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     For I'll go no more Waltzing Matilda[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     All around the green bush far and free[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n     To hump tent and pegs a man needs both legs[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gsus4[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     No more Waltzing Matilda for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo they gathered the crippled, the wounded, the maimed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they shipped us back home to Australia[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe legless, the armless, the blind, the insane[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThose proud wounded heroes of Suvla[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd as our ship pulled into Circular Quay[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI looked at the place where me legs used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd thanked Christ there was nobody waiting for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo grieve, to mourn, and to pity[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     But the band played Waltzing Matilda[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     As they carried us down the gangway[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n     But nobody cheered, they just stood and stared[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gsus4[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Then they turned all their faces away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd so now every April I sit on my porch[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I watch the parade pass before me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I see my old comrades how proudly they march[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nReviving old dreams of past glory[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the old men march slowly, all bones stiff and sore[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey're tired old heroes from a forgotten war[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the young people ask, \"What are they marching for?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I ask meself the same question[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     But the band plays Waltzing Matilda[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     And the old men still answer the call[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n     But as year follows year, more old men disappear[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gsus4[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     Someday no one will march there at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWaltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd their ghosts may be heard as they march by that billabong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me?[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["G","B","D","A","E","C","Em","Dsus4","Am","Gsus4","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}