Matty Groves chords by
The Kennedys
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Key: D minor

Intro 1

Holiday,

Verse 1
a holiday,
and the first one of the year
G G 
 
Lord Donald's wife came into the church,
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
the gospel for to hear
A A 
 
And when the meeting it was done,
Am Am 
 
she cast her eyes about
A A 
 
And there she's spied,
G G 
 
little Maddy Groves,
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
walking in the crowd
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
Come home with me,
little Maddy Groves,
come home with me tonight
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
Come home with me,
G G 
 
little Maddy Groves,
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
sleep with me till night
A A 
 
Well, I can't come home,
I won't come home
and sleep with you tonight
Am Am 
 
By the rings on your fingers
G G 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
I can tell you are Lord Donald's wife
Am Am 
 
What if I am Lord Donald's wife,
Lord Donald's not at home
G G 
 
He's out in the far cornfields
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
bringing the yearlings home
Am Am 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
A A 
 
And the servant who was standing by
and hearing what was said
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
He swore Lord Dom he would know
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
before the sun had set
And in his hurry to carry the noose
he bent his breast and ran
G G 
 
When he came to the broad mill stream
A A 
 
G G 
 
he took off his shoes and
Am Am 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
swam
G G 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
A A 
 
Eddie Groves,
Am Am 
 
A A 
 
he laid down to take a little sleep
Am Am 
 
A A 
 
When he  awoke,
G G 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Lord Donald was standing at his feet
A A 
 
Saying, how do you like my feather bed
and how do you like my sheets?
Am Am 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
How do you like my lady,
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
who lies in  your arms asleep?
Am Am 
 
Well, it's well I like your feather bed,
A A 
 
and well I like your sheets
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
But better I like your lady game,
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
who lies in my arms asleep
A A 
 
Well, get up, get up, Lord Dom will cry
Get up as quick as you can
G G 
 
It'll never be said in fair England,
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
that I slew a na ked man
Am Am 
 
I won't get up, I won't get up,
A A 
 
I can't get up from my life
G G 
 
For you have two long beaten swords,
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
and I have not a pocket knife
Am Am 
 
A A 
 
Well it's true I have two beaten swords,
Am Am 
 
and they cost me deep in the purse
G G 
 
But you'll have the better of them,
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
and I  will have the worse
And you'll strike the very first blow,
striking like a man
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
I'll strike the very next blow
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
A A 
 
and I'll kill you if I can
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
So Mattie struck the very first blow
When he heard Lord Donald soar
Am Am 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Lord Donald struck the very next blow
A A 
 
G G 
 
and Maddie struck no more
A A 
 
And then Lord Donald,
he took his wife
Am Am 
 
and sat her on his knee
G G 
 
He said, who do you like the best of us?
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
Mad die Groves or me?
And then up spoke his own dear wife,
never heard him speak so free
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
I'd rather a kiss from dead
Maddie's lips
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
than hear you fight me
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
Lord Donald, he jumped up,
Am Am 
 
A A 
 
and loudly he did bawl
G G 
 
He struck his wife right through the heart,
A A 
 
an d pinned her against the wall
Oh, brave, oh brave Lord, don't cry
To put these lovers in
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
But bury my lady at the top
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
For he was a noble man
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
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