Artist: | The Seekers (English) |
User: | Cyclops Cowboy |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Strumming edit
All 125 bpm
1 2 3 4
This is the Queensland version of the "unofficial" Australian anthem. For those who don't know this different
take on the tune, you can check out the audio here: https://youtu.be/B-tXGgzXT-o
Enjoy whistling the intro and outro!
[Intro]
D Bm G A
D Bm G A
Bm F#m G A
D Bm G A D
[Verse]
D Bm G A
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
D Bm G A
Under the shade of a coolibah tree
Bm F#m G A
He sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled
D Bm G A D
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
[Chorus]
D Bm G A
Waltzing Matilda, Matilda my darling
D Bm G A
You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Bm F#m G A
He sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled
D Bm G A D
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
[Verse]
D Bm G A
Well down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong
D Bm G A
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
Bm F#m G A
He laughed as he stowed that jumbuck in his tuckerbag
D Bm G A D
You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
[Chorus]
D Bm G A
Waltzing Matilda, Matilda my darling
D Bm G A
You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Bm F#m G A
He laughed as he stowed that jumbuck in his tuckerbag
D Bm G A D
You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
[Verse]
D Bm G A
Well up rode the squatter mounted on his thoroughbred
D Bm G A
Up rode the troopers – one, two, three
Bm F#m G A
Where's that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker-bag?
D Bm G A D
You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
[Chorus]
D Bm G A
Waltzing Matilda, Matilda my darling
D Bm G A
You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Bm F#m G A
Where's that jolly jumbuck you’ve got in your tucker-bag?
D Bm G A D
You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
[Verse]
D Bm G A
Well up jumped the swagman and jumped in the billabong
D Bm G A
You'll never take me alive said he
Bm F#m G A
His ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
D Bm G A D
You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
[Chorus]
D Bm G A
Waltzing Matilda, Matilda my darling
D Bm G A
You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
Bm F#m G A
His ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
D Bm G A D
You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
[Outro]
D Bm G A
D Bm G A
Bm F#m G A
D Bm G A D
(Repeat and fade)