Since the Beginning of Time

{title: Since the Beginning of Time}
{subtitle: Mike Cox}
{key: D}
{comment: Written September 17 2019}

{ci: Verse 1}
[D]In the outback with a [G]banjo in his pack
He was [D]learning the way of the [A]wild
[D]He heard a song as he [G]camped by a Billabong
And [D]he played [A]along and he [D]smiled

[D]Waltzing Matilda, [G]Waltzing Matilda
[D]You'll come waltzing Matilda with [A]me
He [D]learned the [Bm]song so [G]others could sing along
And we [D]still [A]sing it to[D]day

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[G]It was history written in [D]three four time
With [G]poignant prose and a [D]clever rhyme
[G]Cultures did still [A]thrive and grow
[D]Long before records and the [G]radio
[Bm]Since the beginning of [A]time

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Always [D]mired in strife seemed a [G]Scotsman's life
[D]Back in the days of [A]old
But he [D]did all he could and the [G]music was good
And [D]this one was [A]solid [D]gold

Should [D]old acquaintance [A7]be forgot
And [D]never [D7]brought to [G]mind
Should [D]old acquaintance [A7]be forgot
And [G]days of [A7]auld lang [D]syne

You may not [D]know the [Bm]words but by [G]billions it's
Heard on [D]every [A]new year's [D]eve

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{ci: Verse 3}
Post [D]medieval times with [G]words that rhyme
[D]Came a story of great [A]toil
A [D]folk song was penned of a [G]life that did end
By a [D]sea [A]of family turm[D]oil

[D]While these two sisters were [G]walking the [D]shore
[D]Bow and [Bm]balance [G]me
[D]While these two sisters were [G]walking the [Bm]shore
The [A]oldest pushed the [Bm]youngest [D]o'er
I'll be true to my [G]love if my [A]love will be true to [D]me

We've been [D]singing it [Bm]now for [G]five hundred years
And they'll [D]sing it [A]after we're [D]gone

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{ci: Verse 4}
[D]Henry the eighth he [G]wasn't so great
He chopped the [D]heads off most of his [A]wives
[D]Many give him song credit [G]but you can forget it
[D]History shows that he [A]wasn't [D]alive
{comment: The history books just don't abide}

[Em]Alas, [G]my love, you [D]do me [Bm]wrong
To [Em]cast me off dis[B]courteously
[Em]For I have [G]loved you [D]well and [Bm]long
[Em]Delighting [B7]in your [Em]company

[G]Greensleeves was [D]all my [Bm]joy
[Em]Greensleeves was [B]my delight
[G]Greensleeves was [D]my heart of [Bm]gold
And [Em]who but my [B7]lady Green[Em]sleeves

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