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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	-   (No Chords)
C	-	F	-
G7	C          G7	C          G7      C	-   (No Chords)
Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C	C7	F	-
G7	C          G7	C          G7      C	-   (No Chords)
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.

Note: "NC" means No Chords, do not play.

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Chorus:

Ma - til - da,  Ma - til - da,

Ma - til - da,  She take my mon - y and run Ve - ne - zue - lah.  (Ev - 'ry - bod - y!)

Ma - til - da,  Ma - til - da,

Ma - til - da,  She take my mon - y and run Ve - ne - zue - lah.

 

Verse:

Five hun-dred dol - lars friends I lost, What made me sell my cat and horse.

Hey - a Ma - til - da,  She take my mon - y and run Ve - ne - zue - lah.  (Ev - 'ry - bod - y!)

Ma - til - da,  Ma - til - da,

Ma - til - da,  She take my mon - y and run Ve - ne - zue - lah.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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