Song Name: | The Band Played Waltzing Matilda (hi-lo) | By: | Eric Bogle |
Posted By: | waltp | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | D | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2015-04-19 10:18:10 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | THE BAND PLAYED WALTZING MATILDA hi-lo
Eric Bogle Key: D Time: 6/8 2 -2� 3 3 3 4 4 -3� 3 3 -3� 2 5 -5 6 6 6 7 7 -6 6 6 -6 5 Now when I was a young man I car-ried a pack 2 -2� 3 2 2 -2� 2 -1 -1 1 5 -5 6 5 5 -5 5 -4 -4 4 And I lived the free life of a rov-er 2 -2� 3 3 3 4 4 5 -5 6 6 6 7 7 From the Mur-ray�s green ba-sin -3 -3� 3 3 -3� 2 -7 -6 6 6 -6 5 To the dust-y out-back, 2 -2� 3 2 2 -2� 2 -1 -1 1 5 -5 6 5 5 -5 5 -4 -4 4 Well I waltzed my Ma-til-da all o-ver 4 4 -3 -3 -3� 3 -3� 7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 -6 Then in nine-teen fif-teen -3 4 4 -4 4 -7 7 7 -8 7 The coun-try said son 4 -3 -3� 3 3 -3� 7 -7 -6 6 6 -6 It�s time you stopped rov-ing -3 4 4 -3� 3 -7 7 7 -6 6 There�s work to be done 2 -2� 3 3 3 4 4 5 -5 6 6 6 7 7 So they gave me a tin hat -3 -3� 3 3 -3� 2 -7 -6 6 6 -6 5 And they gave me a gun 2-2� 3 3 2 -2� 2 -1 1 5-5 6 6 5 -5 5 -4 4 And sent me a-way to the war 2 -2� 3 3 4 4 -3�-3� 3 5 -5 6 6 7 7 -6 -6 6 And the band played Waltz-ing Ma-til-da 2 -2� 3 3 4 4 4 -3� 3 5 -5 6 6 7 7 7 -6 6 As the ship pulled a-way from the quay 3 -3� -3� -3� -3� -3� -3� 3 3 6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 6 6 And �midst all the tears, the flag wav-ing 3 -3� -3� 3 3 2 -2� 2 -1 1 6 -6 -6 6 6 5 -5 5 -4 4 And cheers: we sailed off to Gal-li-po-li |