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Waltzing matilda   Misc. Traditional






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Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 14:27:22 +1100 (EST)



Waltzing Matilda  - Traditional Australian


Marie Cowan (popular) Version

words by Banjo Patterson

melody
   D            A       Bm          G     D
E -----------------------------------------------
B -----------------------------------------------
G -----------------------------------------------
D -4----4-4--4--2---2---0--2---4--0-------0------
A ----------------------------------2---4--------
E -----------------------------------------------
   f#   f#f# f# e   e   d  e   f# d b   c# d
   Once a Jolly swagman camp'd by a billa-bong


  D         A7/E       D/f#   A7/E  D           D          A
E -------------------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------------------
G ----------2-----2--2-2---2--2-----2--------------------------------
D --0---4--------------------------------0---2--4----4--4--2-------2-
A 0------------------------------------------------------------------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------
  a d   f#  a     a  a a   a  a     a    d   e  f#   f# f# e       e
  Under the shade of a coo-li-bah   tree And he sang as he watch'd and

  
  Bm              G             D/A                      A7         D
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------------
G -------------------------------------------2----0--------------------
D 0---2--4----0---------0--------------0---4----------4--2--2--2----0--
A ----------------2--4----------0--------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  d   e  f#   d   b  c# d       a      d   f# a   g   f# e  e  e    d
  waited till his billy boiled, You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me


  D/F#             G          D     D            G    D     D/F#       A/C#
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------
B -----------------3---3----2-0------------------0------------------------
G 2---2----2-2-------------------2--2-----2----2------2---2-2--0----------
D --------------4-------------------------------------------------4----2--
A ------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  a   a    a a  f# d   d    c# b a  a     a    a b    a   a a  g  f#   e 
  Waltzing Matilda waltzing Matilda You'l come a waltzing Matilda with me

	 D          A7          Bm             G
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------
G ---------------------------------------------------------------
D 0---2--4----4--4--2-------2---0--2---4---0---------0-----------
A ---------------------------------------------2--4--------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
  d   e  f#   f# f# e       e   d  e   f#  d   b  c# d
  And he sang as he watched and waited til his billy boiled


  D/A                      A7         D
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------------
G --------------2---0--------------------------------------------
D -------0----4----------4-2--2--2----0--------------------------
A 0--------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
  a      d    f# a  g    f# e e  e    d 
  You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me.


4/4

D            A       Bm           G    D 
Once a jolly swagman camp'd by a billabong
D         A7/E       D/F#   A7/E    D  
under the shade of a cool-i-bah     tree and he
D          A           Bm              G        
sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled
D/A                       A7           D  
You'll come a waltzing Ma-til-da with me


chorus:
	D/F#              G          D       
	Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, 
	D             G        D  D/F#         A/C#
	you'll come a waltzing Ma-til-da with me and he
	D        A7         Bm              G
	sang as watched and waited till his billy boiled
	D/A                      A7           D 
	you'll come a waltzing Matilda with me


Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong
Up Jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
And he sang as he stowed that jumpbuck in his tucker bag
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

Up rode the Squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred
Down came the troopers, one , two, three
Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in ya tucker-bag?
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

Up jumped the Swagman and sprang into the billabong 
You'll never catch me alive said he,
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me

 Chorus 3rd line variations

- And he sang as he watched and waited til his billy boild
- And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker-bag
- Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag
- And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong

A7/E  002020
D/F#  004232
A/C#  042220

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Waltzing Matilda - "old" or "queensland" version

melody

	   C          Am      F           C          C
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------------1---1--------------------------------------
G ----------------------------2------2--0-2--0-------------------
D 2--0-----------------------------------------2-----------------
A ---------3----3---3--------------------------------3-3---3-----
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
  e  d     c    c   c c   c   a      a  g a  g e     c c   c
  oh there once was a swagman camped in a billabong, Under the


  Am         Dm          G7           Am         Em
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
B 1-----1--1-----------------------0--1----3--1--0---------------
G -----------2----2--2---0-----2------------------------0--0-----
D ---------------------------------------------------------------
A ---------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
  c     c  c a    a  a   g     a   b  c    d  c  b      g  g
  shade of a cool-li-bah tree. And he sang as he looked at his


  F         C          C             Am         D          G
E --------------------------------------------------------------
B -------0---------------------------1---1----1-----------------
G 2---2-----2-0-------------------------------------------------
D --------------2-------------------------------0--0--0---------
A ---------------------3------3----3-----------------------3----
E --------------------------------------------------------------
  a   a  b  a g e      c      c    c c   c    c d  d  d    c
  old billy boiling.  "Who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me ?"


chorus:
  C             Am         F        C         C
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
B --------------1---1----1---------------------------------------
G -------------------------2--2--0--2-0--------------------------
D --------------------------------------2------------------------
A 3------3----3-------------------------------3------3-----------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
  c      c    c c   c    c a  a  g  a g e     c      c
  Who'll come a waltzing Matilda my dar-ling, Who'll come 


    Am         D          G   Am         Em        F
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
B --1---1----1----------------1---3----1-0------------------0----
G -------------2--2--2----0-----------------0--0---2-0-2---------
D ---------------------------------------------------------------
A 3--------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------
  c c   c    c a  a  a    g   c   d    c b  g  g   a g a    b  
  a waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda and lea-ding a


  C          C             F          G          C
E ------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------1---1----1-------------------
G 2-0---------------------------------------------------
D ------2-----------------------------0--0--0-----------
A -----------3------3----3-----------------------3------
E ------------------------------------------------------
  a g   e    c      c    c c   c    c d  d  d    c
  water bag, who'll come a waltzing Matilda with me.



	  C          Am      F           C
Oh, there once was a swagman camped in a billabong,
C         Am         Dm       G7
Under the shade of a coolibah tree
       Am         Em            F         C
And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling
C             F          G7         C
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me ?

chrous:
	C             Am         F         C
	Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda, my darling?
	C             Am         D          G
	Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
	Am         Em        F          C
	Waltzing Matilda and leading a water bag
	C             F          G          C
	Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water-hole
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
And he sang as stwoed him away in his tucker bag
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me

Down came the squatter a-riding his thoroughbred
Down came policeman - one, two, and three
Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker bag
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me.

But the swagman he up and he jumped in the water-hole
Drowning himself by the coolibah tree
And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the billabong
Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me


-transcribed and submitted by Mike Hiltonwood



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