Waltzing Matilda Chords
by Slim Dusty
Waltzing Matilda by Slim Dusty is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G, A7, Bm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D A D A
verse 1
D A D G
Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
D A7
Under the shade of a coolibah tree
D A D G
He sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled:
D A7 D
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me"
D G
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
D Bm Em A
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
D A D G
He sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled:
D A7 D
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me"
verse 2
D A D G
Down came a jumbuck to drink at the billabong
D A7
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
D A D G
He sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker-bag:
D A7 D
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me"
D G
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
D Bm Em A
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
D A D G
He sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker-bag:
D A7 D
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me"
verse 3
D A D G
Up rode the squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred
D A7
Up rode the troopers: one, two, three
D A D G
"Where's that jolly jumbuck that you've got in your tucker bag?
D A7 D
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me"
D G
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
D Bm Em A
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
D A D G
"Where's that jolly jumbuck that you've got in your tucker bag?
D A7 D
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me"
verse 4
D A D G
Up jumped the swagman and sprang into the billabong
D A7
"You'll never take me alive!", said he
D A D G
And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong:
D A7 D
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me"
D G
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda
D Bm Em A
You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me
D A D G
His ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong
D A7 D
"You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me"