C        F        G7           C       G7        C       G7  C 
Hey! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 
 
Once again now! 
C        F        G7           C       G7        C       G7 C   
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 
 
             C 
Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost: 
G7         F 
Woman even sell me cat and horse! 
      G7           C       G7        C       G7 C 
Heya! Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 
 
Everybody! 
 C 
(Matilda,) Sing out the chorus, 
 F 
(Matilda,) Sing a little louder, 
G7           C       G7        C       G7 C 
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 
 
Once again now! 
 C 
(Matilda,) Going 'round the corner, 
 F 
(Matilda,) Sing out the chorus, 
G7           C       G7        C       G7 C 
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 
 
                       C 
Well, the money was to buy me house an' lan' 
         F 
Then she got a serious plan, 
 
A-hey, ah! 
G7           C       G7        C       GY C 
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 
 
Everybody! 
C 
(Matilda, 
F 
Matilda, 
G7           C       G7        C       G7 C 
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.) 
 
Once again now! 
 C 
 Matilda,  Going 'round the corner, 
 F 
 Matilda, 
G7           C       G7        C       G7 C 
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.) 
 
                    C 
Well, the money was just inside me bed, 
              F  
Stuck up in a pillow beneath me head. 
 
Don't you know, 
G7           C        G7         
Matilda, she found me money and... 
 
Everybody... 
 C 
 Matilda, 
F 
Matilda, 
G7           C       G7        C       G7 C 
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.) 
 
Once again now! 
 C 
(Matilda,) Hooma locka chimba, 
 F 
(Matilda,) Bring me little water, 
G7           C       G7        C       G7 C 
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 
 
Women over forty? 
 C 
 Matilda, 
F 
Matilda, 
G7           C       G7        C       G7 C 
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.) 
 
Everybody! 
 C 
(Matilda,) Goin' round the corner, 
 F 
(Matilda,) Bring me little water, 
G7           C       G7        C       G7 C 
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 
 
                  C 
Well, me friends, never to love again, 
       F 
All me money gone in vain! 
 
Uh, heya... 
G7           C       G7        C       G7 C 
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 
 
Everybody! 
 C 
 Matilda, 
F 
Matilda,  Oom, ba-locka-chimba! 
 G7           C       G7        C       G7 C 
 Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.  
 
Sing a little softer! 
 C 
 Matilda, 
F 
Matilda, 
G7           C       G7        C       G7 C 
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.) 
 
EVERYBODY! 
 C 
 Matilda, 
F 
Matilda,    
G7           C       G7        C       G7 C 
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela!