Biography:
Scotland's greatest living Australian. Or the other way around, depending on how you look at it.
Born in Peebles, Scotland, and emigrating to Australia in 1969, he currently resides near Adelaide, South Australia. Written in 1972, And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda is perhaps his best-known song, being a haunting evocation of the ANZAC experience fighting in the Battle of Gallipoli. It has also been interpreted as a reaction to the Vietnam War.
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Other songs:
- And The Band Played "waltzing Matilda"
- Across The Hills Of Home
- And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
- And The Band Played Waltzing Matlida
- Ballad Of Henry Holloway
- Bloody Rotten Audience
- Dedication Day
- Front Row Cowboy
- Green Fields Of France
- Leaving Nancy
- No Mans Land
- Now Im Easy
- Safe In The Harbour
- Scraps Of Paper
- The Blessing
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DEDICATION DAY
ERIC BOGLE
NOTE:
CAPO 1ST FRET , all chord positions are relative to capo.
Eg. G= G# D=Eb C=C#
Key of G#
I think? Eric plays it in 4/4 timing, but 3./4 timing works well also. Before you come into the first
try creating a little run on the C chord I tend to do something like pick the B string then the G , D pulloff
a hammer-on , G ,D pulloff. Just anything that will lead you into the first verse.
G D C
G D C
Verse 1
G D C
August in Mildura, and winters on the run,
G D C D
there?s an early taste of springtime, in the warm mid-morning sun.
G D C
As the men marched past from first to last, the crowds cheer everyone,
Am D Am D G
and war seems somehow very far away, on this sunny dedication day.
G D C
They marched to a memorial, built by and for their own,
G D C D
a simple wall of remembrance of brick and steel and stone.
G D C
With the names inscribed of those that died and to those that had made it home,
Am D Am D
G
with a debt of love and honor to repay, had all gathered there on dedication day.
Chorus
G D C
It?s dedication day,
G D C
It?s dedication day.
Verse 2
G D C
There was a concert held that evening me and others sang our songs,
G D C
D
while the boys drank beer and reminisced, laughed and clapped and sang along.
G D C
As I was standing there with my guitar, just waiting to go on,
Am D Am
D G
a man grabbed my arm and said please would you play a, song for my mate Hans this dedication day.
Verse 3
G D C
He asked me to sing welcome home, and I saw tears in his eyes,
G D C D
I knew there was a story there, but I did not want to pry.
G D C
And then he said to me, I want that song you see, for this morning my mate died,
Am D Am
D G
faced with his grief there was nothing I could say, so I sang for Hans on dedication day.
Chorus
G D C
It?s dedication day
G D C
It?s dedication day
(Piano solo)
Verse 4
G D C
They say that Hans took his own life, but I don?t know if that?s true,
G D C D
but if it is that?s no surprise, too many Vietnam vetrans do.
G D C
Only those who were there, can know the despair and the pain that he went through,
Am D Am
G
for who can understand it more than they, those who knew the cost of dedication day
Verse 5
G D C
Though that Asian wars long over, there still burying their dead
G D C D
yet somehow the bond grows stronger, with each broken thread
G D C
What poison stole and two hands sold to taint the years ahead
Am D Am D
G
In that war so long ago and far away until they died of wounds on dedication day.
G D C
G D C
Chorus
G D C
It's dedication day
G D C
It's dedication day
(Repeat until fade out)
Any corrections or comments would be much appreciated, [email protected]
ERIC BOGLE
NOTE:
CAPO 1ST FRET , all chord positions are relative to capo.
Eg. G= G# D=Eb C=C#
Key of G#
I think? Eric plays it in 4/4 timing, but 3./4 timing works well also. Before you come into the first
try creating a little run on the C chord I tend to do something like pick the B string then the G , D pulloff
a hammer-on , G ,D pulloff. Just anything that will lead you into the first verse.
G D C
G D C
Verse 1
G D C
August in Mildura, and winters on the run,
G D C D
there?s an early taste of springtime, in the warm mid-morning sun.
G D C
As the men marched past from first to last, the crowds cheer everyone,
Am D Am D G
and war seems somehow very far away, on this sunny dedication day.
G D C
They marched to a memorial, built by and for their own,
G D C D
a simple wall of remembrance of brick and steel and stone.
G D C
With the names inscribed of those that died and to those that had made it home,
Am D Am D
G
with a debt of love and honor to repay, had all gathered there on dedication day.
Chorus
G D C
It?s dedication day,
G D C
It?s dedication day.
Verse 2
G D C
There was a concert held that evening me and others sang our songs,
G D C
D
while the boys drank beer and reminisced, laughed and clapped and sang along.
G D C
As I was standing there with my guitar, just waiting to go on,
Am D Am
D G
a man grabbed my arm and said please would you play a, song for my mate Hans this dedication day.
Verse 3
G D C
He asked me to sing welcome home, and I saw tears in his eyes,
G D C D
I knew there was a story there, but I did not want to pry.
G D C
And then he said to me, I want that song you see, for this morning my mate died,
Am D Am
D G
faced with his grief there was nothing I could say, so I sang for Hans on dedication day.
Chorus
G D C
It?s dedication day
G D C
It?s dedication day
(Piano solo)
Verse 4
G D C
They say that Hans took his own life, but I don?t know if that?s true,
G D C D
but if it is that?s no surprise, too many Vietnam vetrans do.
G D C
Only those who were there, can know the despair and the pain that he went through,
Am D Am
G
for who can understand it more than they, those who knew the cost of dedication day
Verse 5
G D C
Though that Asian wars long over, there still burying their dead
G D C D
yet somehow the bond grows stronger, with each broken thread
G D C
What poison stole and two hands sold to taint the years ahead
Am D Am D
G
In that war so long ago and far away until they died of wounds on dedication day.
G D C
G D C
Chorus
G D C
It's dedication day
G D C
It's dedication day
(Repeat until fade out)
Any corrections or comments would be much appreciated, [email protected]
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