And The Band Played Waltzin Matilda - The Dubliners G C G Em Now when I was a young man I carried me pack G D G And I lived the free life on the rover C G Em From the Murray's green basin to the dusty outback G D G Well, I waltzed my Matilda all over D C G Then in 1915 me country said, Son D C G It's time you stopped rambling, there's work to be done C G Em So they gave me a tin hat, and they gave me a gun G D G And they marched me away to the war G C G And the band played Waltzing Matilda C D Dsus4 D As the ship pulled away from the quay C Am G Em And amidst all the cheers, the flag-waving and tears G D G Gsus4 G We sailed off for Gallipoli G C G Em And how well I remember that terrible day G D G How our blood stained the sand and the water C G Em And of how in that hell that they call Suvla Bay G D G We were butchered like lambs at the slaughter D C G Johnny Turk he was waiting, he'd primed himself well D C G He showered us with bullets, and he rained us with shell C G Em And in five minutes flat he'd blown us all to hell G D G Nearly blew us right back to Australia G C G But the band played Waltzing Matilda C D Dsus4 D When we stopped to bury our slain C Am G Em We buried ours, and the Turks buried theirs G D G Gsus4 G Then we started all over again G C G Em And those that were left, well, we tried to survive G D G In that mad world of blood, death and fire C G Em And for ten weary weeks I kept myself alive G D G While around me the corpses piled higher D C G Then a big Turkish shell knocked me arse over head D C G And when I woke up in me hospital bed C G Em And saw what it had done, well, I wished I was dead G D G Never knew there was worse things than dying G C G For I'll go no more Waltzing Matilda C D Dsus4 D All around the green bush far and free C Am G Em To hump tent and pegs a man needs both legs G D G Gsus4 G No more Waltzing Matilda for me [Outro] G C Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda G Em Am D Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me? G D Em C And their ghosts may be heard as they march by that billabong G D7 G Who'll come a-Waltzing Matilda with me?