Verse 1: C G Am F C Once a jolly swagman camp'd by a billabong C G7 C/E G7 C under the shade of a cool-i-bah tree and he C G Am F sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled C G7 C You'll come a waltzing Ma-til-da with me Chorus: C/E F C Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, C F C C/E G/B you'll come a waltzing Ma-til-da with me and he C G7 Am F sang as watched and waited till his billy boiled C G7 C you'll come a waltzing Matilda with me
Verse 2: C G Am F C Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water-hole C G7 C/E Up Jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee C And he sang as he stowed that jumpbuck in his tucker bag C You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Verse 3: C G Am Down came the Squatter, mounted on his thoroughbred C G7 Down came the troopers, one , two and three C Whose is that jumbuck you've got in ya tucker-bag? C You'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me Verse 4: C But the swagman he up and jumped in the water-hole C Drowning himself by the Coolibah tree C And his ghost may be heard as you pass by the billabong C G7 C