Matilda

C F

Matilda, Matilda,

G C G C G-C

Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. Everybody

C F

Matilda, Matilda,

G C G C G-C

Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

C

1. Five hundred dollars, friend, I lost,

F

what made me sell my cart and horse. Hey-a,

G C G C G-C

Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Everybody + CHORUS

C

2. Well, de money was just inside me bed,

F

stuck up in de pillow, beneath my head, don`t you know,

G C G C G-C

Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Everybody + CHORUS

C

3. Well, my friends, nevah to love again,

F

all de money gone in vain. Hey-a,

G C G C G-C

Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Everybody + CHORUS

(Harry Belafonte)