Walzting Matilda Chords

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Walzting Matilda by Banjo Paterson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			 A E A D  
  Once a jolly  swagman  camped a by a  billabong  
  A E  
  Under the shade of a  coolabah tree  
  A E A D  
And  he sang, and  he watched, and wa ited till his b illy boiled  
  A E A  
  you'll come a Waltzing Mat ilda with  me  

  A D  
  Waltzing Matilda,  Waltzing Matilda  
  A D A E  
  You'll come a  Waltzing Ma tilda with  me  
  A E A D  
  And he sang and he  watched  and he waited  till his billy boiled  
  A E A  
  You'll come a Waltzing  Matilda with  me  

  A E A D  
  Down came a j umpback to  drink at the  bllabong  
  A E  
  Up jumped the swagman and g rabbed him with glee  
  A E A D  
  And he sang as he  shoved the  jumpback in his  tuckerbag  
  A E A  
  You'll come a Walzting M atilda with  me  

  A D  
  Waltzing Matilda,  Waltzing Matilda  
  A D A E  
  You'll come a  Waltzing Ma tilda with  me  
  A E A D  
  And he sang as he  shoved the  jumpback in his  tuckerbag  
  A E A  
  You'll come a Walzting M atilda with  me  

  A E A D  
  Down came the s quatter  mounted on his  thoroughbred  
  A E  
  Up rode the troopers  One, Two, Three  
  A E A D  
  Whose' that jol ly jumpb ack you've got  in your tuckerbag  
  A E A  
  You'll come a Waltzing M atilda with  me  

  A D  
  Waltzing Matilda,  Waltzing Matilda  

  A D A E  
  You'll come a  Waltzing Ma tilda with  me  
  A E A D  
  Whose' that jol ly jumpb ack you've got  in your tuckerbag  
  A E A  
  You'll come a Waltzing M atilda with  me  

  A E A D  
  Up jumped the s wagman a nd he sprang in to the billabong  
  A E  
  You'll never catch me  alive said he  

  A E A D  
  And his ghost m ay be he ard as you pass  by that billabong  
  A E A  
  You'll come a Walzting M atilda with  me  

  A D  
  Waltzing Matilda,  Waltzing Matilda  
  A D A E  
  You'll come a  Waltzing Ma tilda with  me  
  A E A D  
  And his ghost m ay be he ard as you pass  by that billabong  
  A E A  
  You'll come a Walzting M atilda with  me 
    	

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