John Williamson – Waltzing Matilda (Guitar)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
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Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,

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Under the shade of a Coolibah tree,

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And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,

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You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
[Chorus]
C                 F             
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,

C             G          C          F
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, and he

C          G           C               F
sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled

C                        G          C
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
[Verse 2]
C           G          C               F
Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong

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Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee, and he

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sang as he stuffed that jumbuck in is tucker bag

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You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
[Chorus]
C                 F             
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,

C             G          C          F
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, and he

C            G         C               F
sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled

C                        G          C
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
  [Verse 3]
C           G        C              F
Up rode the squatter mounted on his thorough-bred 

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Down came the troopers One Two Three

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Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag? 

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You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
[Chorus]
C                 F             
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,

C             G          C          F
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, and he

C            G         C               F
sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled

C                        G          C
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
[Verse 4]
C             G       C                F
Up jumped the swagman sprang in to the billabong

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You'll never catch me alive said he,

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And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong 

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You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
[Chorus]
C                 F             
Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,

C             G          C          F
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, and he

C            G         C               F
sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled

C                        G          C
You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.