N-The Band Played Waltzing Mathilda
C-Eric Bogle
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M-6F-0 G-0 S-6 a-4 a-0 a-0 d-8 d-8 b-8 a-8 a-9 b-0 F-4 F-0 G-0 a-9 F-0 F-8 G-8 F-8 E-8 E-8 D-4 R-4 F-0 G-0 a-8 a-8 a-8 d-8 d-8 c-0 b-0
L-    Now when I was a  young man I car-ried a pack, and I  lived the free life of a ro-ver.        From the Mur-ray's green ba-sin to the
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M-5a-8 a-8 b-8 F-4 F-0 G-0 a-8 F-8 F-8 G-8 F-8 E-8 E-8 D-4_D-8 R-8 d-0 d-0 c-8 c-8 b-8 a-8_b-8 c-8 d-8 d-8 e-8 d-4 d-8
L-     dus-ty out- back,  well I waltzed my Ma- tild-a all o-  ver.      Then in nine-teen fif-teen the coun-try said, "son, It's
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M-5c-8 b-8 a-8 a-8 b-8 c-8 d-8 d-8 b-8 a-4 F-0 G-0 a-8 a-8 a-8 d-8 d-8 c-0 b-0 a-8 a-8 b-8 F-5 R-4 R-4 R-8 F-0_G-0
L-time you stopped rov- ing there's work to be  done." So they gave me a tin hat and they gave me a gun,                      And
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L-     sent me  a- way  to  the    war.           And the band  played "Walt-zing Ma-til-da"      As the  ship pulled a-way from the
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M-6a-5 R-4 a-8 b-8 b-8 b-8 b-4 b-0 b-0 a-8 a-8 a-8 b-4 b-8 a-8 a-8 F-8 G-4 F-0 E-0 W-2 D-3 R-5 R-4 S-6 S-6
L-     quay,               And  'midst all the tears, the flag wav-ing and cheers, we sailed off to Gal-li-po-li.