Matilda No More

E B E Once Jolly swagmen went humpin their swags B F# And stuffed jolly jumbucks in their tuckerbags B F# B E These days jolly junkies go on bag snatchin jags B C#m And steal to buy the poison they need F# B The old swaggie just wanted a feed E B And wholl come a waltzing Matilda with me F# B Oh Banjo this countrys not what it used to be E B G#m We've changed all your words and rewritten your score E F# B Now it's waltzing Matilda no more E F# B E Once Henry and Mary on a warm afternoon B F# Rode down a reedy river to the broad bright lagoon B F# B E The song of the river is a long vanished tune B C#m Since they built the uranium mine F# B What's just left now is just toxic slime E B And wholl come a waltzing Matilda with me F# B Oh Henry this countrys not what it used to be E B G#m Days pass with a whimper and not with the roar E F#m B And it's waltzing Matilda no more E B E We cut down the trees and the land we reclaimed B F# We ploughed and we planted then we ploughed once again B F# B E And again and again and again and again B C#m So now on a hot windy day F# B We can watch our topsoil blown away E B And wholl come a waltzing Matilda with me F# B The desert is marching down to the sea E B G#m On the day that it stretches from shore to far shore E F# B Well go waltzing Matilda no more E Saturday night outside a Kings Cross hotel B F# Kids with hard drugs and soft bodies to sell B F#m B E Australia these children are halfway to hell B C#m Oh is this the best deal you can give? F#m B Well I find that hard to believe E B And wholl come a waltzing Matilda with me F#m B Hey ANZAC is this what you fought to keep free? E B G#m A land fit for heroes or homeless and poor E F#m B And it's waltzing Matilda no more E B And wholl come a waltzing Matilda with me F#m B This country could still be what we want it to be E B G#m With care and compassion the dream well restore E F#m B And well go waltzing Matilda once more, yeah E F#m B Well go waltzing Matilda once more