Matilda chords by Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte


   C    F    G7      C    G7    C    G7 C
Hey! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Once again now!
C    F    G7      C    G7    C    G7 C
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

       C
Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost:
G7     F
Woman even sell me cat and horse!
   G7      C    G7    C    G7 C
Heya! Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Everybody!
 C
(Matilda,) Sing out the chorus,
 F
(Matilda,) Sing a little louder,
G7      C    G7    C    G7 C
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.


Once again now!
 C
(Matilda,) Going 'round the corner,
 F
(Matilda,) Sing out the chorus,
G7      C    G7    C    G7 C
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

            C
Well, the money was to buy me house an' lan'
     F
Then she got a serious plan,

A-hey, ah!
G7      C    G7    C    GY C
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.


Everybody!
C
(Matilda,
F
Matilda,
G7      C    G7    C    G7 C
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)


Once again now!
 C
(Matilda,) Going 'round the corner,
 F
(Matilda,
G7      C    G7    C    G7 C
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)

          C
Well, the money was just inside me bed,
       F
Stuck up in a pillow beneath me head.

Don't you know,
G7      C    G7
Matilda, she found me money and...

Everybody...
 C
(Matilda,
F
Matilda,
G7      C    G7    C    G7 C
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)


Once again now!
 C
(Matilda,) Hooma locka chimba,
 F
(Matilda,) Bring me little water,
G7      C    G7    C    G7 C
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.


Women over forty?
 C
(Matilda,
F
Matilda,
G7      C    G7    C    G7 C
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)


Everybody!
 C
(Matilda,) Goin' round the corner,
 F
(Matilda,) Bring me little water,
G7      C    G7    C    G7 C
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

         C
Well, me friends, never to love again,
    F
All me money gone in vain!

Uh, heya...
G7      C    G7    C    G7 C
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.


Everybody!
 C
(Matilda,
F
Matilda,) Oom, ba-locka-chimba!
 G7      C    G7    C    G7 C
(Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)


Sing a little softer!
 C
(Matilda,
F
Matilda,
G7      C    G7    C    G7 C
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)


EVERYBODY!
 C
(Matilda,
F
Matilda,) Sing out the chorus!
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