Mathilde
(Brel/Jouannest/Shuman)

	
	
	Intro: Em... Bm... Am. Bm. Em....
	
	
	Verse 1
	
	Em           Em(maj7)
	Mama, do you see what I see?
	
	Em7               Em6
	On your knees and pray for me
	
	C          D            G  B7
	Mathilde's come back to me
	
	Em                   Em(maj7)
	Charlie, don't wan' another beer
	
	  Em7                Em6 
	Tonight I'm going to drink my tears
	
	C          D            G  B7
	Mathilde's come back to me
	
	   E
	Go ask the maid if she heard what I said
	
	C#m
	Tell her to change the sheets on the bed
	
	A                       G#  B
	Mathilde's come back to me
	
	E
	Fellas - don't leave me tonight
	  
	  C#m
	Tonight I'm goin' back to fight
	
	A           B          Em... Bm... Am. Bm. Em...
	Wretched Mathilde's in sight
	
	
	Verse 2
	                        Em(maj7)
	My heart, my heart stop beating so
	
	     Em7            Em6
	Just make as if you didn't know
	
	C               D       G  B7
	Mathilde's come back to me
	
	   Em                 Em(maj7)
	My heart I don't want you to say
	
	           Em7                    Em6
	That she's lovelier than when she went away
	
	C         D             G  B7
	Mathilde's come back to me
	
	   E                        
	My heart stop being overjoyed
	
	C#m
	Remember you were once destroyed
	
	A                              G#  B
	By Mathilde who's come back to me
	
	E
	Fellas please don't go away
	
	C#m
	Tell me that I mustn't stay
	
	A          B             Em... Bm... Am. Bm. Em...
	Mathilde's coming back today
	
	
	Verse 3
	                      
	                      Em(maj7)
	My hands you start to shake again
	
	     Em7          Em6  
	When you remember all the pain
	
	C         D             G  B7
	Mathilde's come back to me
	
	    Em             Em(maj7)
	You wanna beat her black and blue
	
	    Em7               Em6
	But don't you do it I beg of you
	
	C         D             G  B7
	Mathilde's come back to me
	
	   E
	My hands remember all the years
	
	C#m
	Remember when you caught my tears
	
	A                       G# B
	Mathilde's come back to me
	
	   E             
	My hands you wanna touch her now
	
	C#m
	But please try and be strong somehow
	
	A          B                  Em
	Mathilde's here, she's coming now
	
	C
	Now...
	
	
	Verse 4
	
	Fm
	Mama, can you hear me yell?
	
	Your baby boy's gone back to hell
	
	Db        Eb            Ab C
	Mathilde's come back to me
	
	Fm
	Charlie, champagne right away
	
	I know you've been saving it for a holiday
	
	Db            Eb            Ab C
	But Mathilde's come back to me
	
	F
	Go ask the maid if she heard what I said
	
	Dm
	Tell her to change the sheets on the bed
	
	Bb                      A  C
	Mathilde's come back to me
	
	   F
	My friends, don't count on me no more
	
	     Dm
	I've gone and crashed through heaven's door
	
	Bb                       F
	My sweet Mathilde's here once more
	
	Dm            Bb... C... F...
	Once more...
	
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