Matilda Chords by Harry Belafonte

Tempo:
182.75 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Ab

Bb

Cm

Db

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Matilda chords
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[N]
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Bb] [Eb]
Hey, Ma Tilda,
[Ab] Ma Tilda,
[Bb] Ma Tilda, she take me money [C] and run Venezuela.
Once [Eb] again now, Ma Tilda,
[Ab] Ma Tilda,
[Bb] Ma Tilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
[Eb]
Five hundred dollars, friends I lost, woman [Ab] even sell me cat and horse.
[Bb] Ma Tilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
[Db]
[Ebm]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Db]
[Eb] [Ab]
[Bb]
[Eb] Ma Tilda, she take me money and [Cm] run Venezuela.
[Bb] Well, the money [Eb] was to buy me house and land, [Ab] then she got a serious plan.
[Bb]
Ma [Eb] Tilda, she take me money [Cm] and run Venezuela.
Everybody, Ma Tilda, [Ab]
Ma Tilda,
[Bb] Ma Tilda, she take me money [C] and run Venezuela.
Once [Ebm]
again now, [Eb] Ma [Bb] Tilda,
[Ab] Ma Tilda,
[Bb] Ma Tilda, [Eb] she take me money [C] and run [Eb] Venezuela.
Well, the money was just inside me bed, stuck up in a [Ab] pillow beneath me head.
Don't [Cm] you know, [Eb] Ma Tilda she buy me [Cm] money and run Venezuela.
[Eb] Ma [Bbm]
Tilda, [Ab] [F] Ma [Ab] Tilda, [Bb] Ma [Eb] Tilda, she take [Cm] me money [F] and run Venezuela.
Once again now, Ma [C] Tilda, [Eb]
[Ab] Ma Tilda, [Bb] Ma Tilda, [Eb] she take me money [Db] and run Venezuela.
[Eb] Well, me friends [Bb] never do love [Eb] again, all me money [Ab] gone in vain.
[Bb] Ma Tilda, [Eb] she take me money [Cm] and run Venezuela.
[Eb]
Everybody, Ma Tilda, [Cm] [Ab] Ma Tilda, [Bb] Ma Tilda, [Eb] she take me money and run Venezuela.
Sing a little song.
Ma Tilda, [Bbm] [Db] [F] Ma [Ab] Tilda, [Bb] Ma Tilda, she take me money and [Db] run [Dbm] Venezuela.
Everybody, Ma [Bbm] Tilda, [Eb]
[Ab] Ma Tilda, sing a little [Bb] chorus.
Ma Tilda, she take me money and run [Eb] Venezuela.
[Ab]
Key:  
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Bb
12341111
Cm
13421113
Db
12341114
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Bb
12341111
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Let's start jamming Harry Belafonte - Matilda chords, Practice these chords sequence - Eb, Ab, Bb, Eb, Cm and Ab. A strategic approach would be to train at 91 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 183. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of E Major in mind.

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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hey, _ Ma Tilda, _ _ _
[Ab] _ Ma Tilda, _ _ _
_ [Bb] Ma Tilda, she take me money [C] and run Venezuela.
_ Once [Eb] again now, Ma Tilda, _ _
_ _ [Ab] Ma Tilda, _ _
_ _ [Bb] Ma Tilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
_ [Eb]
Five hundred dollars, friends I lost, _ woman [Ab] even sell me cat and horse.
_ [Bb] _ _ Ma Tilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
[Db] _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] Ma Tilda, she take me money and [Cm] run Venezuela.
_ _ [Bb] Well, the money [Eb] was to buy me house and land, [Ab] then she got a serious plan.
_ _ [Bb] _
Ma [Eb] Tilda, she take me money [Cm] and run Venezuela.
_ _ Everybody, _ Ma Tilda, _ _ _ [Ab] _
Ma _ Tilda, _ _ _
_ [Bb] Ma Tilda, she take me money [C] and run Venezuela.
Once _ _ [Ebm]
again now, [Eb] Ma _ [Bb] Tilda, _ _
_ _ [Ab] Ma _ Tilda, _
_ _ [Bb] Ma Tilda, [Eb] she take me money [C] and run [Eb] Venezuela. _
Well, the money was just inside me bed, stuck up in a [Ab] pillow beneath me head.
Don't [Cm] you know, _ [Eb] Ma Tilda she buy me [Cm] money and _ _ run Venezuela.
_ [Eb] Ma [Bbm] _
Tilda, _ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] Ma [Ab] Tilda, _ _ _ _ [Bb] Ma _ [Eb] Tilda, she take [Cm] me money [F] and run Venezuela.
_ _ Once again now, Ma [C] _ Tilda, [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] Ma Tilda, _ _ _ _ [Bb] Ma Tilda, [Eb] she take me money [Db] and run Venezuela.
[Eb] Well, me friends _ [Bb] never do love [Eb] again, _ all me money [Ab] gone in vain.
_ _ [Bb] _ Ma Tilda, [Eb] she take me money [Cm] and run Venezuela.
[Eb] _ _
_ Everybody, Ma _ Tilda, [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Ma Tilda, _ _ _ _ [Bb] Ma Tilda, [Eb] she take me money and run Venezuela.
Sing a little song. _ _
Ma Tilda, _ [Bbm] _ _ [Db] _ [F] Ma _ [Ab] Tilda, _ _ _ _ [Bb] Ma Tilda, she take me money and [Db] run [Dbm] Venezuela.
_ _ Everybody, _ Ma [Bbm] _ Tilda, [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] Ma Tilda, sing a little [Bb] chorus.
Ma _ Tilda, she take me money and run [Eb] Venezuela. _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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