Waltzing Matilda

C            G       Am         
Once a jolly swagman camped 
     F
beside a billabong
(Hobo, travelling contractor)       
(a lakeshore)
C         Am        G          G7
Under the shade of coolibah tree
                   (a kind of tree 
they don’t have here)
       C          G           Am 
And he sang as he watched and 
             F
waited 'til his billy boiled
                    (billy=coffee. 
No Starbucks in the outback)
C                         G      
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda 
    C
with me
                       (his bedroll 
and dancing partner)

Chorus:
C               F
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
C             Am          F      
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with 
  G
me
       C          G           
*And he sang as he watched and 
Am              F
waited 'til his billy boiled
C           Am            G     
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda 
     C
with me


Verse 2
C            G       Am          
Down came a jumbuck to dri-ink at 
F
that billabong
            (sheep)
C              Am          G    
Up jumped the swagman and 
           G7
grabbed him with glee
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  (apparent free lunch)
          C          G       
And he sang as he stuffed that 
    Am              F
jumbuck in his tucker-bag
                                    
  (that’s a bag for your tucker)
C           Am            G     
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda 
     C
with me


[Chorus]


Verse 3
C            G       Am          
Up rode the squatter, mounted on his
F
 thoroughbred
    (man who owns the sheep)        
 (fancy name for horse)
 C              Am          G
Up rode the troopers, one, two, 
               G7
three (the cops, guns drawn)
 C                  G       Am   
"Who’s that jolly jumbuck you've 
              F
got in your tucker-bag?"
                         (oops no 
free lunch)
C           Am            G     
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda 
     C
with me


Chorus:
C               F
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
C             Am          F      
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with 
  G
me
       C          G           Am 
"Who’s that jolly jumbuck you've 
             F
got in your tucker-bag?"
C           Am            G     
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda 
     C
with me



Verse 4: Stealing sheep was a death 
sentence then, so he chose freedom.

C            G       Am          
Up jumped the swagman and sprang 
F
into that billabong (splash)
 C             Am          F     
"You'll never take me alive!", 
   G
said he  (he can’t swim)
        C          G           Am
And his ghost may be heard as you
                   F
 stroll beside that billabong
C           Am            G     
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda 
     C
with me


Chorus

Extra Chorus Ending
    C               G         Am 
And that’s why this song will 
                  F
never be Australia’s national anthem
  C           Am            G    
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda 
      C
with me