{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1930187,"song":"Matty Groves","artist":"Doc Watson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11431738-matty-groves-chords-by-doc-watson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1930187?type=chord","rating":4.88473,"votes":67,"content":"From the album 'Home Again'\r\n\r\n[Introduction]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\ntwas on the high high holy day, the very best day in the year.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLittle Matty Groves had gone to church, Holy words for to hear,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHoly words for to hear.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]    \r\nThe first to come down was dressed in red, and the second one dressed in green.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe third to come down was Lord Daniel's wife as fair as any queen,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust as fair as any queen.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen Matty Groves says to one of his men \"See the fair one dressed in white?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAlthough she is Lord Daniel's wife, I'll be with her tonight, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll be with her tonight.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell the little foot page was a'standing by and heard every word that was said.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe says \"Lord Daniel shall know tonight before I go to bed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBefore I go to bed.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[guitar break]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe had fifteen miles for to go that night and ten of them he run.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe run till he come to the broke down bridge, then he bent to his breast and he swum,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe bent to his breast and he swum.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe swum til he come to where the grass was green, he took to his feet and he run.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe run till he come to Lord Daniel's gate, then he rattled at the bells and they rung,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe rattled at the bells and they rung.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"What news? What news?\" Lord Daniel says, \"What news to me have you brung?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n\"Little Matty Groves is in the bed with your wife and their hearts both beat as one,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd their hearts both beat as one.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Now if the truth you've told to me, a rich man you shall be.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nBut if a lie you've told to me, I'll hang you to a tree,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll hang you to a tree.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe gathered him up about fifty good men. He done it with a free good will.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen he popped his bugle unto his lips, and he blowed it loud and shrill,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe blowed it loud and shrill.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"I'd better get up,\" said little Matty Groves,\"I'd better get up and go.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI know your husband is a'coming home, for I heared his bugle blow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI heared his bugle blow.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Lay down, lay down, my precious one lay down and go to sleep.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's only my father's shepherd's horn, and he's a calling for his sheep,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's a calling for his sheep.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 12]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo they laid down together again, and they soon were fast asleep,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd when they awoke it was broad daylight, Lord Daniel at their feet,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLord Daniel at their feet.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 13]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Get up from there you naked man and put you on some clothes.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI never intend for to have it said that a naked man I slew [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat a naked man I slew.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 14]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Oh give me a chance,\" said little Matty Groves, \"A chance to fight for my life.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor there you have two very fine swords, and me not as much as a knife,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd me not as much as a knife.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 15]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Oh yes I have two very fine swords, and they cost me deep in the purse.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nYou may have the finest one, and I will take the worst,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes I will take the worst.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 16]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen Matty Groves struck the very first lick and he wounded Lord Daniel sore.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLord Daniel struck the very next lick, and he drove Matty Groves to the floor,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe drove Matty Groves to the floor.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 17]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen he taken his lady by the hand and he sat her on his knee.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he says, \"Now which do you love the best? Little Matty Groves or me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLittle Matty Groves or me?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 18]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Very well I like your rosy cheeks, very well I like your chin.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut better I love little Matty Groves than you and all of your kin,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThan you and all of your kin.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 19]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"You can dig my grave on a pretty green hill, dig it wide and deep.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd put little Matty Groves in my arms Lord Daniel at my feet,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLord Daniel at my feet.\"[/tab]","plain_text":"From the album 'Home Again'\n\n[Introduction]\nC   Am  F   C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n[guitar break]\nC   Am  F   C\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC   Am  F   C\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC   Am  F   C\n\n[Verse 12]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 13]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC   Am  F   C\n\n[Verse 14]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 15]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 16]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 17]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 18]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 19]","chords":["C","Am","F","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}