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Matilda  Harry Belafonte

Hey! [C]Matilda, [F]Matilda, [G7]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zuel[C]a.
Once again now!
[C]Matilda, [F]Matilda, [G7]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zue[C]la.
Five hundred [C]dollars, friends, I lost:
[G7]Woman even [F]sell me cat and horse!
Heya! [G7]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zue[C]la.
Everybody!
([C]Matilda,) Sing out the chorus,
([F]Matilda,) Sing a little louder,
[G7]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zue[C]la.
Once again now!
([C]Matilda,) Going 'round the corner,
([F]Matilda,) Sing out the chorus,
[G7]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zue[C]la.
Well, the money was to [C]buy me house an' lan'
Then she [F]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]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zue[C]la.)
Once again now!
([C]Matilda,) Going 'round the corner,
([F]Matilda,
[G7]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zue[C]la.)
Well, the money was [C]just inside me bed,
Stuck up in a [F]pillow beneath me head.
Don't you know,
[G7]Matilda, she [C]found me [G7]money and...
Everybody...
([C]Matilda,
[F]Matilda,
[G7]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zue[C]la.)
Once again now!
([C]Matilda,) Hooma locka chimba,
([F]Matilda,) Bring me little water,
[G7]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zue[C]la.
Women over forty?
([C]Matilda,
[F]Matilda,
[G7]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zue[C]la.)
Everybody!
([C]Matilda,) Goin' round the corner,
([F]Matilda,) Bring me little water,
[G7]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zue[C]la.
Well, me friends, [C]never to love again,
All me [F]money gone in vain!
Uh, heya...
[G7]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zue[C]la.
Everybody!
([C]Matilda,
[F]Matilda,) Oom, ba-locka-chimba!
([G7]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zue[C]la.)
Sing a little softer!
([C]Matilda,
[F]Matilda,
[G7]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zue[C]la.)
EVERYBODY!
([C]Matilda,
[F]Matilda,) Sing out the chorus!
[G7]Matilda, she [C]take me [G7]money and [C]run Vene[G7]zue[C]la!

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