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number = left hand finger  X = string not played  O = play open string   thin string chord grid right

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A X_O_ _ _ _O |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_1_2_3_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

D X_X_O_ _ _ |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_1_|_2 |_|_|_|_3_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

E O_ _ _ _O_O |_|_|_1_|_| |_2_3_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|

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[ A ] Once a jolly [ E ] swagman [ D ] camped by a billabong
[ A ] Under the shade of a [ E ] coolibah tree
And he [ A ] sang as he [ E ] watched and [ D ] waited 'til his billy boiled
[ A ] "You'll come a-waltzing [ E ] Matilda with [ A ] me"

Chorus: [ A ] Waltzing Matilda [ D ] Waltzing Matilda
[ A ] You'll come a-waltzing [ E ] Matilda with me
And he [ A ] sang as he [ E ] watched and [ D ] waited 'til his billy boiled
[ A ] "You'll come a-waltzing, Ma [ E ] tilda with [ A ] me"

Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong, Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee. And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag, "You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda with me" Chorus:

Up rode the squatter mounted on his thorougbred, Down came the troopers one, two, three. Who's that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag? "You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda with me" Chorus:

Up jumped the swagman, sprang into the billabong, You'll never catch me alive said he. And his ghost may be heard as you pass beside that billabong, "You'll come a-waltzing, Matilda with me" Chorus: