Chords for Matty Groves

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Maddy Groves. _ _ _ _ _
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_ [C] _ _ Maddy Groves.
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Maddy Groves. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Dm] Maddy _ Groves.
Maddy [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Groves.
Maddy Groves.
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Maddy Groves.
_ [Dm] Maddy Groves.
Maddy Groves.
_ _ _ Maddy Groves.
Maddy [C] Groves. _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] Maddy _ [Dm]
Groves.
Maddy Groves. _ _ _ _
Maddy Groves.
_ [C] _ Maddy [G] Groves.
[Dm]
Lord Arnold ain't at _ home.
For he is [B] off [C] in the far [G] country, _
[Am] bringing the [Dm] yearlings home. _ _
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He looked at [C] her and she looked at him,
_ [Dm]
like he had never been _ gone.
Lord Arnold's foot [C] page swore to [G] tell,
before [C] the rising [Dm] sun. _ _
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_ _ He sprung till he [C] come to the broad river stream,
[Dm] he bowed his breast and he swam,
he swum till he [C] got to the other side,
[Dm] then he buckled [Am] on his shoes [Dm] and he run. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ He run till he [C] come to Lord Arnold's gate,
[Dm] he pulled at the bell and it rung.
He said, Maddy [B] Groves [C] is with your wife,
[A] and their hearts both beat as [Dm] one. _ _ _ _ _ _
Lord Arnold [C] gathered up fifty good men,
[Dm] and he done it with a free good will.
_ Then he placed his [Bm] bugle [C] to his lips,
[G] and he blowed it out,
and he [A] blowed it loud and [Dm] shrill. _ _
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_ _ I'd better get up,
[C] says Maddy Groves,
[Dm] I'd better get up and go.
_ I know your [C] husband's coming home,
[G] for I heard [C] his bugle [Dm] blow.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Go back to sleep,
[C] my precious one,
[Dm] lay back and go to sleep.
_ That's only my [C] father's shepherd's horn,
[Dm] a [Am]-calling [Dm] for his sheep. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ So they lay back [C] together again,
[G] and [Dm] they soon were fast asleep.
_ When they awoke,
[C] it was broad daylight,
[G] _
[C] Lord Arnold [G] at [Dm] their feet, _ _ _
_ _ saying,
How do you like [C] my feather bed?
[Dm] How do you like my sheets?
How do [Bm] you [C] like my fair young [G] bride,
which [Am] lies in your [Dm] arms asleep? _ _ _ _ _ _
How well do I like [C] your feather bed,
[Dm]
much better do I like your sheets,
_ and well do I [C] like the fair [G] young one,
who [C] lies in my [Dm] arms asleep. _
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Rise up, [A] rise [C] up, now Maddy Groves,
[Dm] put on your clothes as fast as you can.
Never let it be [C] said,
in the North Country,
[A] I slew a naked [Dm] man.
_ _ _ _ I can't get up, [C] says Maddy Groves,
[Dm] I dare not for my life,
for you have two [C] long-beaten [Dm] swords,
and [Am] I but a pocket [Dm] knife. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Well, it's true I [C] have two beaten swords,
[Dm] they cost me deep in the purse,
but you shall [C] have the better of them,
[A] and I shall have the [Dm] worse, _ _ _ _ _
and you shall strike [C] the very first blow,
[Dm] _ strike it like a _ man,
and I will [B] strike [C] the very next blow,
[A] and I'll kill you if I [Dm] can. _
_ _ _ _ So Maddy Groves struck [C] the very first blow,
[Dm] and he hurt Lord Arnold's sore,
_ Lord Arnold [C] struck the very next [G] blow,
and [Am]
Maddy struck [Dm] no more. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Then he took his [C] wife by her lily-white hand,
[Dm] and placed her upon his knee,
_ saying, who do you [Bm] like [C] now the better [G] of us, _
[A] Maddy [Dm] Groves or me? _ _
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_ _ _ That [C] outspoke is a long, dear wife,
[G] [Dm] never heard to speak so free,
_ I'd rather have a [C] kiss from dead Maddy's [G] lips,
than you and [C] your [Dm] finery.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ So he took her by [C] her lily-white [Em] hand,
[Dm]
and led her out in the hall,
and with his sword [C] chopped off her head,
[B] and kicked it against the [Dm] wall. _
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