Written By Eric Bogle Recorded by many, Liam Clancy's version in my opinion best captures the emotion of the song tuning pending on your voice, i play this half step down, standard works fine too 3/4 time at 105 bpm last section is 4/4 time chords and picking patterns (last a chord to chorus 5 is a single A note (open 5th string) x02220 A 543234 xx0232 D 432123 244222 F#m 543123 020100 E7 543234 022100 E 643234 xx4432 Bm 432123 xx0230 Dsus2 not picked Intro A A each verse & chorus A D A F#m A E7 A A A D A F#m A E7 A A E E D A E E D A A D A F#m A E7 A A A D A A A D E7 E7 D Bm A D A E7 A A ive deliberately broken it into 3 sections to make the patterns stand out and make it easy to remember, its almost like a sonnet in its symmetry Intro

^A ^A Now when Verse 1 ^AI was a ^Dyoung man I ^Acarried me ^F#mpack And I ^Alived the free ^E7life of a ^Arover ^A From the ^AMurray's green ^Dbasin to the ^Adusty Out-^F#mback I ^Awaltzed my Ma^E7tilda all ^Aover ^A

Then in ^Enineteen fif-^Eteen me ^Dcountry said, ^ASon It's ^Etime to stop ^Erambling there's ^Dwork to ^Abe done So they ^Agave me a ^Dtin hat, and they ^Agave me a ^F#mgun And they ^Asent me ^E7away to the ^Awar ^A

Chorus 1

And the ^Aband played ^DWaltzing Ma-^Atilda ^A When the ^Aship pulled ^E7away from the ^Aquay ^A And a-^Dmid all the ^Bmtears, flag-^Awaving and ^Dcheers We ^Asailed off for ^E7Ga-llip-o-^Ali ^A

verse 2

And ^Ahow I re-^Dmember that ^Aterrible ^F#mday When our ^Ablood stained the ^E7sand and the ^Awater ^A And ^Ahow in that ^Dhell that they ^Acall Suvla ^F#mBay We were ^Abutchered like ^E7lambs at the ^Aslaughter ^A

Johnny ^ETurk he was ^Eready, he'd ^Dprimed himself ^Awell He ^Erained us with ^Ebullets, and he ^Dshowered us with ^Ashells And in ^Afive minutes ^Dflat we were ^Aall blown to ^F#mhell Nearly ^Ablew us back ^E7home to Au-^Astralia ^A

Chorus 2

And the ^Aband played ^DWaltzing Ma-^Atilda ^A When we ^Astopped to ^E7bury our ^Aslain^A ^DWe buried ^Bmours, and the ^ATurks buried ^Dtheirs Then we ^Astarted all ^E7over a-^Again^A

Verse 3

And ^Athose that were ^Dleft, just ^Atried to sur-^F#mvive In that ^Amad world of ^E7blood, death and ^Afire ^A And for ^Aten weary ^Dweeks I kept ^Amyself a-^F#mlive While a-^Around me the ^E7corpses piled ^Ahigher ^A

Then a ^Ebig Turkish ^Eshell knocked me ^Darse over ^Ahead And ^Ewhen I a-^Ewoke in me ^Dhospital ^Abed And ^Asaw what it had ^Ddone, well, I ^Awished I was ^F#mdead Never ^Aknew there was ^E7worse things than ^Adying ^A

Chorus 3

So no ^Amore I'll go ^DWaltzing Ma-^Atilda ^A All a-^Around the green ^E7bush far and ^Anear ^A For to ^Dhump tent and ^Bmpegs a ^Aman needs both ^Dlegs No more ^AWaltzing Ma-^E7tilda for ^Ame ^A

Verse 4

So they ^Agathered the ^Dwounded, the ^Acrippled, the ^F#mmaimed And they ^Ashipped us back ^E7home to Au-^Astralia ^A The ^Aarmless, the ^Dlegless, the ^Ablind, the in-^F#msane Those ^Aproud wounded ^E7heroes of ^ASuvla ^A

And ^Ewhen the ship ^Epulled into ^DCircular ^AQuay I ^Elooked at the ^Eplace where me ^Dlegs used to ^Abe And thanked ^AChrist there was ^Dno one there ^Awaiting for ^F#mme To ^Agrieve and to ^E7mourn and to ^Apity ^A

Chorus 4

And the ^Aband played ^DWaltzing Ma-^Atilda ^A When they ^Acarried us ^E7down the ^Agangway ^A But ^Dnobody ^Bmcheered, they just ^Astood there and ^Dstared Then they ^Aturned all their ^E7faces a-^Away ^A

Verse 5

So ^Anow every ^DApril I ^Asit on my ^F#mporch And I ^Awatch the par-^E7ade pass be-^Afore me ^A I ^Asee my old ^Dcomrades how ^Aproudly they ^F#mmarch Re-^Anewing old ^E7dreams of past ^Aglory ^A

I ^Esee the old ^Emen, all ^Dtired, stiff and ^Asore The ^Eweary old ^Eheroes from a ^Dforgotten ^Awar And the ^Ayoung people ^Dask, "What^A are they marc^F#mhing for?" And ^AI ask my-^E7self the same ^Aquestion^A

Chorus 5

And the ^Aband plays ^DWaltzing Ma-^Atilda ^A And the ^Aold men still ^E7answer the ^Acall ^A But ^Dyear after ^Bmyear their ^Anumbers get ^Dfewer Someday ^Ano one will ^E7march there at ^Aall ^A

Verse 6 is strumming - 4/4 timing

^AWaltzing Matilda, ^DWaltzing Matilda ^AWho'll come a-^DWaltzing Ma-^Atilda with ^E7me? ^E7And their ^Aghosts may be ^E7heard as ^F#mthey march by the ^DBillabong ^AWho'll come a-^Dsus2Waltzing Ma-^E7tilda with ^Ame?

i have no idea how to notate the strumming pattern for the last verse i suspect there is an offbeat at the start of line 3 (1 bar of 1 beat) for the words "and their" A 4 beats D 4 beats A 2 beats D 2 beats A 2 beats E7 2 beats E7 1 beat A 2 beats E7 2 beats F#m 2 beats D 2 beats A 2 beats D5 2 beats E7 2 beats A 6 beats

Liam Clancy - And the band played waltzing matilda