---
title: matilda
key: G
tempo: 120
capo: 0
tuning: standard
track: roughs/matilda.mp3
tags: [acoustic, original]
---

{comment: Verse 1}
[G] Matilda from [Am] Missoula I [C] want you to [G] know
I made it to [Am] brooklyn about [C] three hours [G] ago
And the [Am] roads they did wind, the [C] winds they did [G] blow
From the [Am] wastes of ol' spearfish to the [C] lights of [G] Chicago

And I [Am] write you this letter, whiskey [C] soaking my [G] bones
Because I [Am] know that I miss you, and I [C] wanna come [D] home

{comment: Interlude}
[G]  [C]  [G]
[G]  [C]  [G]
[Am] [C]  [G]
[Am] [C]  [D]

{comment: Verse 2}
[G] See I [Am] got me a job and it [C] just pays the [G] rent
And [Am] saves me from hours I'd [C] otherwise [G] spend
Re[Am]membering sunsets coming [C] down in the [G] west
And [Am] new friends and old won't you [C] give them my [G] best

And I [Am] write you this letter, from my [C] one-bedroom [G] hole
Ya know I [Am] made a space for us, for [C] us to call [G] home

{comment: Verse 3}
[G] How is that [Am] 6 string I [C] left in your [G] care?
You know I [Am] found me another and [C] I cut my [G] hair.
And it's [Am] not quite my style but fits [C] right around [G] here,
And I [Am] get good attention but you've [C] no need to [G] fear

Because I [Am] write you this letter, after [C] nights out [G] alone,
Do you [Am] know when it is dear, that [C] you can come [D] home?

{comment: Interlude}
[G]  [C]  [G]
[G]  [C]  [G]
[G]  [C]  [G]
[G]  [C]  [G]
[Am] [C]  [G]
[Am] [C]  [D]

{comment: Verse 4}
[G] Matilda from [Am] Missoula I [C] want you to [G] know
You got a hold [Am] on my heart and you [C] never let [G] go
But that [Am] space that I made for you [C] so long [G] ago 
Is now [Am] covered in longings and [C] hopes of my [G] own 

And I [Am] write you this letter, whiskey [C] soaking my [G] bones
Because I [Am] know that I miss you, and I [C] but your not coming [G] home