Harry Belafonte


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

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