Tuning: E A D G B E

100 Years On (John Schumann - Redgum) On Brown Rice and Kerosene (1981) The Essential Redgum (2011) and released as a single (1981) John advises it is in D and the progression is D A G with a Bm and an F#m somewhere in there - need to work that out Words and video is here http://redgumlyrics.weebly.com/100-years-on1.html

^DHe came in from Melbourne on a ^APioneer ^GAdelaide morning, warm and ^Aclear ^DAnd a past that wasn't ^Aquite within the ^Glaw

^DAnd he opened yet another ten dollar ^Aroom ^GTo a broken blind and a rising ^Agloom ^DAnd a threadbare cotton ^Acarpet on the ^Gfloor

^DAnd the muzak piping through the ^Acorridor ^GPlayed that song he heard ^Abefore ^DIt went, who'll come a-^Gwaltzing Matilda with ^Ame?

^DA suitcase held with rope and ^Atwine ^GCleaner's shirt and an open ^Amind ^DA trail of debts to ^Gmark where he had ^Abeen

^DA million miles of race^Atracks ^GAnd torn tickets on the ^Aground ^DAnd his only son cut ^Gdown in Phnom Penh ^Agreen

^DA police car crawled down Gouger ^Astreet ^GAs he looked for some place cheap ^Ato eat ^DIt was just another ^Gcurbside ^Ainterview

^DWith a warrant out in ^AAdelaide ^GFor a bad decision that he once ^Amade ^DAn instinct took his ^Gtongue and pulled him ^Athrough

^DSo he left his hotel room that ^Anight ^GIn time to make a midnight ^Aflight ^DWith an overloaded ^Gtruckie going ^Aeast

^DAnd the line ran round inside his ^Ahead ^GWas it something that his best friend ^Asaid ^F#m"Who'll come a-^Gwaltzing ^AMatilda with ^Dme?"

^BmA billabong's just a grubby pond that's ^Dbusy washing ^Aore ^GThe squatter drives a ^Athoroughbred of ^Dsteel ^DAnd if he runs forever, ^Awill his life be all in ^Gvain? ^DAt least that's ^Ahow it makes him ^Gfeel

^DAnd the truckie pushed a cassette ^Ain ^GAs they rumbled through the ^AGrampians ^DIt played ^AWho'll come a-^Gwaltzing ^AMatilda with ^Dme?

^F#mWaltzing Matilda ^F#mWaltzing Matilda Who'll come a-^Gwaltzing ^AMatilda with ^Dme?

^DAnd the truckie pushed a ^Acassette in As they ^Grumbled through the Grampians It ^Dplayed Who'll come a-^Gwaltzing Matilda with ^Ame?

Redgum - 100 years on