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MATILDA
Traditional West Indian Calypso Song
Harry Belafonte version words and music by Norman Span - 1953
Chorus:
C - F -
G7 C          G7 C          G7      C -   (NC)
C - F -
G7 C          G7 C          G7      C -   (NC)
Verse:
C C7 F -
G7 C          G7 C          G7      C -   (NC)
C - F -
G7 C          G7 C          G7      C -     (NC repeat all)
8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
"NC" means No Chords.
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Chorus:
Matilda,  Matilda,
Matilda,  She take my mony and run Venezuelah.  (Ev'rybody!)
Matilda,  Matilda,
Matilda,  She take my mony and run Venezuelah.
 
Verse:
Five hundred dollars friends I lost, What made me sell my cat and horse.
Heya Matilda,  She take my mony and run Venezuelah.  (Ev'rybody!)
Matilda,  Matilda,
Matilda,  She take my mony and run Venezuelah.
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com