This is my first tab. This is not how the song was originally written, but it sounds better to my ears. The original only had the chords C, F and G, but I like to add an Am and an E every now and again. This is played best with a capo on the 3rd fret or the 8th fret, but it still sounds good enough with no capo at all. It also sounds really nice when you fingerpick it. C G Am F Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, C F G Under the shade of a Coolibah tree, Am E F C And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled, C F G You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. C F G Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, C F G You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, Am E F C And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled, C F G You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. (This chord sequence is the same the whole way through) Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee, And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. ..................... Up rode the squatter mounted on his thorough-bred Down came the troopers One Two Three Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. ...................... Up jumped the swagman sprang in to the billabong You'll never catch me alive said he, And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
