Matty Groves Chords by Doc Watson

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_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] Was on the high, [F] high holy day, the very best day in the year _ _
Little Matty Groves [Dm] had gone to church, holy words for to hear, [Bb] holy [F] 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 as [F] any queen _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Then Matty Groves says [F] to 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 her [F] tonight
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well [Dm] the little foot page was [F] a-standing by and he heard every word that was said
_ _ He says Lord Daniel shall [Dm] know tonight before I go to bed, [Bb] before I [F] go to bed _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F] _ He 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 swum
[Bb] He bent to his [F] breast and he swum _ _
_ _ _ He [Dm] swum till he come to where the [F] grass was green, he took to his feet and he run _ _
He run till he come to Lord [Dm] Daniel's gate, he rattled at the bells and they rung
[Bb] He rattled at [F] the bells and they rung _
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[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ What [Dm] news, what news, Lord [F] Daniel says, what news to me have you brung
_ _ _ Little Matty Groves [Dm] is in the bed with your wife and their hearts both beat as one, [Bb] and their hearts both [F] beat as one
_ [Dm] Now if the truth you've [F] 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 to [F] a tree _ _
He [Dm] gathered him up, about fifty good men, he done it with a free good will
_ _ _ Then he popped his bugle unto 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 Matty Groves, I'd better get up and go
_ I know your husband is a-coming home for I heard his bugle blow, [Bb] I heard his [F] bugle blow
_ Lay [Dm] down, lay down, my precious 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 [F] for 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 at their feet _
Get up [Dm] from there, you [F] naked man, and put you on some clothes
_ I never intend for to have [Dm] it said that a naked man I slow, that a naked [F] man I slow _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ Oh [Dm] give me a chance, said [F] little 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 not as [F] much as a _ knife
Oh [Dm] yes I have two [F] very 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 will take [F] the worst _ _
Then Matty [Dm] Groves struck the [F] very first lick and he wounded Lord Daniel's sword
_ Lord Daniel struck the very next lick and he drove Matty Groves to the floor, [Bb] he drove Matty Groves [F] to the floor
_ _ [Dm] Then he'd taken his lady [F] by the hand and he set her on his knee
_ And he says now which do you [Dm] love the best, little Matty Groves or me, little Matty Groves or me _
_ Very well I like your rosy cheeks, very well I like your chin
_ _ But better I loved little Matty Groves than you and all of your kin, [Bb] than you and all [F] of your kin
_ _ [Dm] You can dig my grave on a pretty [F] 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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