Waltzing MatildaCifra

verse 1 
C            G       Am              F       
Once a jolly swagman camped 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              F 
And he sang as he watched and waited 'til his billy boiled 
                    (billy=coffee. No Starbucks in the outback) 
C                         G          C 
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me 
                       (his bedroll and dancing partner) 

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



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

  
Chorus 


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


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




verse 4: 

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


Chorus 

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