The Band Played Waltzing Matilda chords by The Pogues
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Intro 1
(A major) (A major) (A major) (A major)
Verse 1
When (A major) I was a (D major) young man
I (A major) carried my pack
And I lived the free life (E major) of a ro (A major) ver
From the Murray's green (E major) basin
to the dus (D major) ty outback (A major)
I waltzed my Ma (E major) tilda all (A major) over
Then in (E major) nineteen fifteen
my (D major) country said "Son, (A major)
it's (E major) time to stop rambling,
'cause there's (D major) work to be done" (A major)
So they gave me a (D major) tin hat
and they (A major) gave me a gun
And they sent me away (E major) to the war (A major)
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Chorus 1
And the band (A major) played (D major) "Waltzing Ma (A major) tilda"
As we sailed away from the (E major) quay
And a (D major) midst all the tears
and the (A major) shouts and the cheers
We sailed off for (E major) Gallipoli (A major)
Verse 2
How (A major) well I remem (D major) ber that (A major) terrible day
When the blood stained the (E major) sand
and the (A major) water
And how in that hell (E major)
that they (D major) called Suvla Bay (A major)
We were butchered like lambs (E major)
at the (A major) slaughter
Johnny (E major) Turk he was ready,
he primed (D major) himself well (A major)
He (E major) showered us with bullets,
and he (D major) rained us with shells (A major)
And in five minutes flat (D major)
he'd blown (A major) us all to hell
Nearly blew us right (E major) back to Austra (A major) lia
Chorus 2
And the band (A major) played (D major) "Waltzing Matil (A major) da"
As we stopped to bury our (E major) slain
And (D major) we buried ours,
and the Turks (A major) buried theirs
And it started all (E major) over again (A major)
Verse 3
Now (A major) those who were (D major) living
did their best (A major) to survive
In that mad world of (E major) death, blood, and fire (A major)
And for seven long weeks (E major)
I kept (D major) myself alive (A major)
While the corpses around (E major) me
piled (A major) higher
Then a big (E major) Turkish shell
knocked me (D major) arse over tit (A major)
And (E major) when I awoke
in my (D major) hospital bed (A major)
And saw what it had done, (D major)
Christ I (A major) wished I was dead
Never knew there were worse (E major) things
worse than (A major) dy ing
Chorus 3
And no more (A major) I'll go (D major) waltzing Ma (A major) tilda
To the green bushes so far and (E major) near
For to (D major) hang tent and pegs,
a (A major) man needs two legs
No more waltzing Ma (E major) tilda for (A major) me
Interlude 1
(A major) (A major) (E minor) (D major)
(A major) (A major) (A major) (E major)
(A major) (E major) (A major) (D major)
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Verse 4
So they col (A major) lected the crip (D major) ples
the (A major) wounded and maimed
And they shipped us back home (E major)
to Aus (A major) tralia
The legless, the (E major) armless,
the (D major) blind and insane (A major)
Those proud wounded (E major) heroes of Suv (A major) la
And (E major) as our ship pulled into (D major) Circular Quay (A major)
I (E major) looked at the place
where me (D major) legs used to be (A major)
And thank Christ there was (D major) nobody
(A major) waiting for me
To grieve and to (E major) mourn and to (A major) pity
Chorus 4
And the band (A major) played (D major) Waltzing Matil (A major) da
As they carried us down the gang (E major) way
But (D major) nobody cheered,
they (A major) just stood and stared
And they turned their (E major) faces a (A major) way
Verse 5
And (A major) now every (D major) April
I (A major) sit on my porch
And I watch the parade (E major) pass be (A major) fore me
I see my old (E major) comrades,
how proud (D major) ly they march (A major)
Reliving their dreams (E major) of past (A major) glory
I (E major) see the old men,
all (D major) twisted and torn (A major)
The (E major) forgotten heroes
of a for (D major) gotten war (A major)
And the young people ask (D major) me,
"What are they (A major) marching for?"
And I ask myself (E major) the same (A major) question
Chorus 5
And the band (A major) plays (D major) Waltzing Ma (A major) tilda
And the old men still answer the (E major) call
But (D major) year after year
their (A major) numbers get fewer
Some day no one will (E major) march there at (A major) all
Outro 1
(A major) Waltzing Matilda, (D major) Waltzing Ma (C sharp minor) tilda, (B minor)
(A major) Who'll go a- Waltzing Matilda with (E major) me?
(A major) (E major) (A major) (D major)
(A major) (A major) (E major) (A major)
The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
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