G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) When I was a young man I carried me pack G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)I lived the free life of a rover C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) From the Murray's green basin to the dusty Outback G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GI (320003@1)waltzed my Matilda all over D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GThen (320003@1)in 1915 me country said, Son D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GIt's (320003@1)time you stopped rambling there's work to be done C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) EmSo (022000@1)they gave me a tin hat, and they gave me a gun G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)they marched me away to the war G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) And the band played Waltzing Matilda C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)D (xx0232@1) When the ship pulled away from the quay C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) And amidst all the tears, flag-waving and cheers G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)Gsus4 (3x0013@1)G (320003@1) We sailed off for Gallipoli G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) EmAnd (022000@1)how well I remember that terrible day G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GWhen (320003@1)our blood stained the sand and the water C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) EmAnd (022000@1)how in that hell that they call Suvla Bay G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GWe (320003@1)were butchered like lambs at the slaughter D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GJohnny (320003@1)Turk he was ready, he'd primed himself well D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GHe (320003@1)rained us with bullets, and he showered us with shells C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) EmAnd (022000@1)in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GNearly (320003@1)blew us back home to Australia G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) And the band played Waltzing Matilda C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)D (xx0232@1) When we stopped to bury our slain C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)Gsus4 (3x0013@1)G (320003@1) Then we started all over again G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) And those that were left, well, we tried to survive G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GIn (320003@1)that mad world of blood, death and fire C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GWhile (320003@1)around me the corpses piled higher D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GThen (320003@1)a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over head D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)when I awoke in me hospital bed C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) EmAnd (022000@1)saw what it had done, well, I wished I was dead G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GNever (320003@1)knew there was worse things than dying G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) So no more I'll go Waltzing Matilda C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)D (xx0232@1) All around the green bush far and near C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) To hump tent and pegs a man needs both legs G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)Gsus4 (3x0013@1)G (320003@1) No more Waltzing Matilda for me G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) So they gathered the wounded, the crippled, the maimed G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)they shipped us back home to Australia C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) The armless, the legless, the blind, the insane G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GThose (320003@1)proud wounded heroes of Suvla D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)when the ship pulled into Circular Quay D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)looked at the place where me legs used to be C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) EmAnd (022000@1)thanked Christ there was no one there waiting for me G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GTo (320003@1)grieve and to mourn and to pity G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) And the band played Waltzing Matilda C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)D (xx0232@1) When they carried us down the gangway C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) But nobody cheered, they just stood there and stared G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)Gsus4 (3x0013@1)G (320003@1) Then they turned all their faces away G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) So now every April I sit on my porch G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)I watch the parade pass before me C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) I see my old comrades how proudly they march G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GRenewing (320003@1)old dreams of past glory D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)the old men march slowly, all bones stiff and sore D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GThey're (320003@1)tired old heroes from a forgotten war C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) EmAnd (022000@1)the young people ask, "What are they marching for?" G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)I ask myself the same question G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) And the band plays Waltzing Matilda C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)D (xx0232@1) And the old men still answer the call C (x32010@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) But year after year their numbers are fewer G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)Gsus4 (3x0013@1)G (320003@1) Someday no one will march there at all G (320003@1) CWaltzing (x32010@1)Matilda, Waltzing Matilda G (320003@1) DWho'll (xx0232@1)come a-Waltzing Matilda with me? G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) CAnd (x32010@1)their ghosts may be heard as they march by the Billabong C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GWho'll (320003@1)come a-Waltzing Matilda with me?