The Band Played Waltzing Matilda original guitar chords by 
The Pogues 
Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When I was a young man
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And I lived the free life of a rover
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to the dusty outback
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I waltzed my Matilda all over
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my country said "Son,
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'cause there's work to be done"
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And they sent me away to the war
Chorus 1
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And the band played "Waltzing Matilda"
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We sailed off for Gallipoli
Verse 2
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How well I remember that terrible day
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that they called Suvla Bay
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he primed himself well
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and he rained us with shells
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Nearly blew us right back to Australia
Chorus 2
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And the band played "Waltzing Matilda"
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And it started all over again
Verse 3
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Now those who were living
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In that mad world of death, blood, and fire
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I kept myself alive
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knocked me arse over tit
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in my hospital bed
Chorus 3
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And no more I'll go waltzing Matilda
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No more waltzing Matilda for me
Interlude 1
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Dadd9
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E7
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Verse 4
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So they collected the cripples
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the blind and insane
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Those proud wounded heroes of Suvla
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And as our ship pulled into Circular Quay
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where me legs used to be
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To grieve and to mourn and to pity
Chorus 4
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And the band played Waltzing Matilda
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And they turned their faces away
Verse 5
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And now every April
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And I watch the parade pass before me
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how proudly they march
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Reliving their dreams of past glory
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all twisted and torn
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of a forgotten war
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And I ask myself the same question
Chorus 5
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And the band plays Waltzing Matilda
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Some day no one will march there at all
Outro 1
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Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
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Who'll go a- Waltzing Matilda with me?
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