Chords for Matty Groves

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_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Was on the high, high [F] holy day, the very best day in the year _
Little Matty [Dm] Groves had gone to church, holy words for to [Bb] hear, 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 [Bb] queen, just as fair as [F] any queen _ _ _ _
Then [Dm] Matty Groves says to [F] one of his men, see the fair one dressed in white
_ _ Although she [Dm] is Lord Daniel's wife, I'll be with her [Bb] tonight, I'll be with [F] her tonight _ _ _
_ [Dm] Well the little foot page [F] was a-standing by and he heard every word that was said
_ He says Lord [Dm] Daniel shall know tonight before I go to [Bb] bed, before I [F] go to bed _
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_ [F] _ He had [Dm] fifteen miles far to [F] go 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 breast [F] and he swung
_ _ _ [Dm] He swung till he come to [F] where the 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, he rattled at the [F] bells and they rung
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[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 [F] hearts 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 you've [Dm] told to me, I'll hang you to a [Bb] tree, I'll hang you [F] to a tree _
He gathered him up, about fifty good men, he done it with a free good will _
_ Then he popped his [Dm] 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, [F] said little Matty Groves, I'd better get up and go
_ I know your husband is a-coming home for I hear his bugle blow, [Bb] I hear his [F] bugle blow
_ Lay down, [Dm] lay down, [F] my precious one, lay down and go to sleep _
It's only my father's [Dm] shepherd's horn and he's a-calling for his [Bb] sheep, he's a-calling [F] for his sheep _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [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 [F] Daniel at their feet
_ [Dm] Get up from there, you [F] naked man, and put you on some clothes _
I never intend for to [Dm] have it said that a naked man I slow, [Bb] that a naked [F] man I slow
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[Dm] Oh give me a chance, [F] said little Matty Groves, a chance to fight for my life
For there you have two very fine swords and me not as much as a knife, and me not as much as a knife
[Dm] Oh yes I have [F] two very fine swords and they cost me deep in the purse _
You may have the [Dm] finest one and I will take the worst, yes I will [F] take the worst
Then Matty Groves struck the very [F] 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, he drove Matty [F] Groves to the floor
_ [Dm] Then he'd taken his lady by the hand and he set her on his knee
_ And he says now which do you love the best, little Matty Groves or me, little Matty [F] Groves or me
Very [Dm] well I like your [F] rosy cheeks, very well I like your chin
_ But better I loved [Dm] little Matty Groves than you and all of your kin, [Bb] than you [F] and all of your kin
_ You can [Dm] 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, Lord Daniel [F] at my feet _ _ _ _ _
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