How to Play And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda on Ukulele?

The Pogues - And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda can be played in the key of E using the A, D, E chords. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, leave E, A open. For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open. For E, To play E, press fret 4 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 4 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave E open. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda with the ↓-↓-↓-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Pogues - And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda Ukulele Chords

Chord reference A, D, E

Rhythm tips ↓-↓-↓-↓↑

[A] [A] [A] When I was a [D]young man, I [A]carried my pack, and I lived the free [E]life, of a [A]rover. From the Murray’s green [E]basin, to the [D]dusty [A]outback, I waltzed my [E]Matilda all [A]over, then in [E]1915, my [D]country said [A]”son” “It’s [E]time to stop rambling, ’cause there’s [D]work to be [A]done.” So they gave me a [D]tin hat, and they [A]gave me a gun, and they sent me [E]away to the [A]war.

And the band played [D]Waltzing [A]Matilda, as we sailed [D]away from the [E]quay. And [D]amidst all the tears, and the [A]shouts and the cheers, We sailed off for [E]Gallipoli [E]

How well I [D]remember that [A]terrible day, when the blood stained the [E]sand and the [A]water. And how in that [E]hell that they [D]called Souvla [A]Bay, we were butchered like [E]lambs at the [A]slaughter. Johnny [E]Turk, he was ready, He’d [D]primed himself [A]well, he [E]showered us with bullets, And he [D]rained us with [A]shells, and in five minutes [D]flat, he’d blown [A]us all to hell. Nearly blew us right [E]back to [A]Australia.

And the band played [D]Waltzing [A]Matilda, as we stopped to bury our [E]slain. And [D]we buried ours, and the [A]Turks buried theirs, and it started all [E]over [A]again.

Now those who were [D]living, Did their [A]best to survive, in that mad world of [E]guts, blood, and [A]fire. And for seven long [E]weeks, I [D]kept myself [A]alive, as the corpses [E]around me piled [A]higher. Then a [E]big Turkish shell, knocked me [D]arse over [A]tit. And [E]when I awoke, in my [D]hospital [A]bed, and saw what it had [D]done, Christ I [A]wished I was dead, never knew there were [E]worse things than [A]dying.

And no more I’ll go [D]Waltzing [A]Matilda, to the green bushes so far and [E]near. For to [D]hang tent and pegs, a [A]man needs two legs, no more Waltzing [E]Matilda for [A]me.

So they collected the [D]crippled, the [A]wounded and maimed, And they shipped us back [E]home to [A]Australia. The legless, the [E]armless, the [D]blind and [A]insane. Those proud wounded [E]heroes of [A]Souvla, and [E]as our ship pulled into [D]Circular [A]Quay I [E]looked at the place, where my [D]legs used to [A]be. And thank Christ, there was [D]nobody, [A]waiting for me, to grieve and to [E]mourn and to [A]pity.

And the band played [D]Waltzing [A]Matilda, as they carried us down the [E]gangway. But [D]nobody cheered, they [A]just stood and stared, And they turned their [E]faces [A]away.

And now every [D]April, I [A]sit on my porch, and I watch the [E]parades pass [A]before me. I see my old [E]comrades, how [D]proudly they [A]march, reliving the [E]dreams of past [A]glory. I [E]see the old men, all [D]twisted and [A]torn, the [E]forgotten heroes of a [D]forgotten [A]war. And the young people [D]ask me, what are [A]they marching for? And I ask my [E]self the same [A]question.

And the band plays [D]Waltzing [A]Matilda, and the old men still answer the [E]call. But [D]year after year, their [A]numbers get fewer, someday no-one will [E]march there at [A]all. [A]Waltzing Matilda, [D]Waltzing Matilda, [A]who’ll come a Waltzing Matilda with [E]me?

[A] [A] [E] [A]

Artist The Pogues

Album Red Roses for Me

Genres Pop

Year 1984

Key E

The Pogues - And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda can be played in the key of E using the A, D, E chords.

For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, leave E, A open.
For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open.
For E, To play E, press fret 4 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 4 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave E open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda with the ↓-↓-↓-↓↑ strumming pattern.