Chords for Doc Watson - Matty Groves

[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Was on the _ high, high [F] holy day, the very best day in the year
Little _ Matty Groves [Dm] had gone to church, holy words for to hear, _ [Bb] [F] holy words for to hear
_ _ The [Dm] first to come down was [F] dressed in red and the second one dressed in green
_ _ _ The third to come down [Dm] was Lord Daniel's wife, as fair as any queen, [Bb] just as fair [F] as any queen _ _
Then _ _ _ _ [Dm] Matty Groves says to [F] one of his men, see the fair one dressed in white
_ _ Although she is [Dm] Lord Daniel's wife, I'll be with her tonight, [Bb] I'll be with [F] her tonight _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] Well the little foot page was a [F]-standing by and he heard every word that was said
_ _ He _ says Lord _ [Dm] Daniel shall know tonight before I go to bed, [Bb] before [F] I go to bed
_ _ He _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Dm] had fifteen miles far to go [F] that night and ten of them he run _ _
He run till he come [Dm] to the broke down bridge, then he bent to his breast and he swung
[Bb] He bent to his [F] breast and he swung _
He _ _ _ [Dm] swung till he come to where the [F] grass was green, he took to his feet and he run
_ He _ run till he come [Dm] to Lord Daniel's gate, he rattled at the bells and they rung
[Bb] He rattled at the [F] bells and they _ _ rung _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Dm] What news, what news, Lord [F] Daniel says, what news to me have you brung _ _
_ Little Matty Groves is [Dm] in the bed with your wife and their hearts both beat as one
[Bb] And their hearts [F] both beat as _ one
_ [Dm] Now if the truth [F] you've told to me, a rich man you shall be _
_ But if a lie [Dm] you've told to me, I'll hang you to a tree, [Bb] I'll hang you [F] to a tree
_ _ He [Dm] gathered him up, [F] about fifty good men, he done it with a free good will _ _
Then he popped his bugle [Dm] into his lips and he blowed it loud and shrill, [Bb] he blowed it [F] loud and _ shrill _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] I'd better get up, said little [F] Matty Groves, I'd better get up and go
_ _ I know your husband [Dm] is a-coming home for I hear his bugle blow, [Bb] I hear his [F] bugle blow _ _
[Dm] Lay down, lay down, my precious [F] one, lay down and go to sleep
_ _ _ It's only my _ [Dm] father's shepherd's horn and he's a-calling for his sheep, [Bb] he's a-calling for [F] his sheep _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
So [Dm] they lay down together [F] again and they soon were fast asleep
_ _ And when they awoke [Dm] it was broad daylight, Lord Daniel at their feet, [Bb] Lord Daniel [F] at their feet _ _
[Dm] Get up from there, you [F] naked man, and put you on some clothes
_ _ _ I never intend for to have it [Dm] said that a naked man I slow, [Bb] that a naked [F] man I slow _ _
Oh _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] give me a chance, said little [F] Matty Groves, a chance to fight for my _ _ life
For there you have [Dm] two very fine swords and me not as much as a knife, [Bb] and me [F] not as much as a knife _
Oh [Dm] yes I have two very [F] fine swords and they cost me deep in the purse
_ _ You may have [Dm] the finest one and I will take the worst, [Bb] yes I [F] will take the worst _
Then [Dm] Matty Groves struck the [F] very first lick and he wounded Lord Daniel's sword _ _
Lord Daniel struck the [Dm] very next lick and he drove Matty Groves to the floor
[Bb] He drove [F] Matty Groves to the floor _ _
Then he'd [Dm] taken his _ lady [F] by the hand and he set her on his knee
_ And he says now which [Dm] do you love the best, little Matty Groves or me, [Bb] little Matty [F] Groves or _ _ me
[Dm] Very well I like your [F] rosy cheeks, very well I like your chin
_ _ _ But better I _ [Dm] loved little Matty Groves than you and all of your kin, [Bb] than you and all [F] of your kin
_ _ You [Dm] can dig my grave on a [F] pretty green hill, dig it wide and deep
_ And put little Matty [Dm] Groves in my arms, Lord Daniel at my feet, [Bb] Lord Daniel [F] at my feet _ _
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