John Williamson – Waltzing Matilda (Guitar Live)

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Waltzing Matilda - John Williamson - live (Queenslander version) [Intro] C Am F G C Am F G C [Verse]
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There once was a jolly swagman camped by a billabong

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Under the shade of a coolibah tree

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He sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled

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You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

[Chorus]
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A-Waltzing Matilda, Matilda my darling

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You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

   Am         Em          F               G
He sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled

C             Am         F  G       C
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
[Verse]
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Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong

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Up got the swaggie and grabbed him with glee

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And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tuckerbag

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You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

[Chorus]
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A-Waltzing Matilda, Matilda my darling

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You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

       Am         Em          F              G
And he sang as he stowed that jumbuck in his tuckerbag

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You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
[Verse]
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Down came the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred

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Up came the troopers, one, two, three

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Where's the jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker-bag?

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You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

[Chorus]
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A-Waltzing Matilda, Matilda my darling

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You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

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A-Where's the jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker-bag?

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You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
[Verse]
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Up got the Swaggie and jumped in the billabong

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You'll never catch me alive said he

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His ghost may be heard as ya pass by that billabong

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You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

[Chorus]
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A-Waltzing Matilda, Matilda my darling

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You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

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And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
(Good night, thanks a lot, once again for coming along)
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You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda …..wiiiith me
[Outro]
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Eeee eeeee eeee  oh

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Oh   ooo.  ooo.  woo

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Oo oo oo
(Glory to Australia)