The Waltzing Matilda Waltz Acordes

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well, once jolly swagmen went humping their swags
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And stuffed jolly jumbucks down in their tucker bags
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These days, jolly junkies go on house-breakin' jags
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And steal to buy the poison they need
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While the swaggie, he just wanted a feed
 
[Chorus 1]
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And who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me?
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Hey Banjo, this country's not what it used to be
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We've changed all your words, and re-written your score
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And it's "Waltzing Matilda" no more
 
[Verse 2]
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Once Henry and Mary, on a warm afternoon
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Rowed down Reedy River to the broad bright lagoon
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The song of the river is a long vanished tune
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Since they built the uranium mine
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And what's left is just toxic slime
 
[Chorus 2]
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And who'll come a-walting Matilda with me?
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Oh, Henry, this country's not what it used to be
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Days pass with a whimper, and not with a roar
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And it's "Waltzing Matilda" no more
 
[Verse 3]
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Well, we cut down the trees, and the land we reclaimed
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We ploughed and we planted, then we ploughed it again
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And again and again, and again and again
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So that now on a hot windy day
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We can watch our topsoil blow away
 
[Chorus 3]
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And who'll come a-walting Matilda with me?
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The desert is marching down to the sea
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On the day that it stretches
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From shore to shining shore
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We'll go waltzing Matilda no more
 
[Piano Solo]
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[Verse 4]
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Saturday night outside a King's Cross hotel
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There stands our future, and it's halfway to hell
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Kids with hard drugs and young bodies to sell
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Hey Australia, what progress we've made!
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We've come a long way, since Diamond day
 
[Chorus 4]
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And who'll come a-walting Matilda with me?
    D                       G
Hey Anzac, is this what you fought to keep free?
  C                       G           Em
A land fit for heroes, or junkies and whores?
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And it's "Waltzing Matilda" no more
 
[Chorus 5]
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And who'll come a-walting Matilda with me?
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This country could still be what we want it to be
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Perhaps one day soon, the dream will be restored
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And we'll go Waltzing Matilda once more
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We'll go Waltzing Matilda once more
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