Waltzing my Matilda Eric Bogle G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GWhen (320003@1)I was a young man I carried my pack G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)I lived the free life of a rover G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GFrom (320003@1)the Murrays green basin to the dusty outback G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GI (320003@1)waltzed my Matilda all over G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GThen (320003@1)in nineteen fifteen my country said Son G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GIt's (320003@1)time to stop rambling 'cause there's work to be done G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GSo (320003@1)they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)they sent me away to the war G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)the band played Waltzing Matilda G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DAs (xx0232@1)we sailed away from the quay C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)amidst all the tears and the shouts and the cheers G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GWe (320003@1)sailed off for Gallipoli G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GHow (320003@1)well I remember that terrible day G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GWhen (320003@1)the blood stained the sand and the water G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)how in that hell that they called Suvla Bay G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GWe (320003@1)were butchered like lambs at the slaughter G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GJohnny (320003@1)Turk he was ready, he primed himself well D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GHe (320003@1)shot us with bullets, he rained us with shells G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GNearly (320003@1)blew us right back to Australia G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)the band played Waltzing Matilda G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DAs (xx0232@1)we stopped to bury our slain C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)We buried ours and the Turks buried theirs C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)it started all over again G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GNow (320003@1)those who were living did their best to survive G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GIn (320003@1)that mad world of death, blood and fire G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)for seven long weeks I kept myself alive G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GWhile (320003@1)the corpses around me piled higher G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GThen (320003@1)a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over tit D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)when I woke up in my hospital bed G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)saw what it had done, Christ I wished I was dead G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GNever (320003@1)knew there were worse things than dying G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GFor (320003@1)no more I'll go waltzing Matilda G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DTo (xx0232@1)the green bushes so far and near D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CFor (x32010@1)to hang tent and pegs, a man needs two legs C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GNo (320003@1)more waltzing Matilda for me G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GSo (320003@1)they collected the cripples, the wounded, the maimed G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)they shipped us back home to Australia G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GThe (320003@1)legless, the armless, the blind, the insane G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GThose (320003@1)proud wounded heroes of Suvla G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)as our ship pulled into Circular Quay D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)looked at the place where my legs used to be G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GTo (320003@1)grieve and to mourn and to pity G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)the band played Waltzing Matilda G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DAs (xx0232@1)they carried us down the gangway C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CBut (x32010@1)nobody cheered, they just stood and stared G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GThen (320003@1)turned all their faces away G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)now every April I sit on my porch G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)I watch the parade pass before me G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GI (320003@1)see my old comrades, how proudly they march G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GReliving (320003@1)the dreams of past glory D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)see the old men, all twisted and torn D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GThe (320003@1)forgotten heroes of a forgotten war G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)the young people ask me, "What are they marching for?" G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)I ask myself the same question G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)the band plays Waltzing Matilda G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)the old men still answer the call C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) CBut (x32010@1)year after year their numbers get fewer G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GSome (320003@1)day no one will march there at all G (320003@1) CWaltzing (x32010@1)Matilda, Waltzing Matilda G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DWho'll (xx0232@1)go a waltzing Matilda with me G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)their ghosts may be heard G (320003@1) CAs (x32010@1)they march beside the billabong G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GWho'll (320003@1)come a waltzing Matilda with me
