Fadda Madda Alex
The intro and the verses follow this pattern throughout: E A E E B7 E
Play the A barred
on 5th, b barred on 7th fret, leaving the b and e strings
open(put index finger on 6th string only)
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I
was feeling it was about right time for me to get married
So
I went to my Fadda - I said:
To
join in the holy bond of matrimony
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My fadda look to the sky then he look
me to the eye
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A E
And
he said Yolanda Wilson is that what you say
B7
A E
Ras
my son there can be no way
E A E
Please
now I don’t want to vex you so but
E B
7 E
She’s
your sister but your madda don’t know.
E A E
She’s
your sister but your madda don’t know.
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I
was feeling disturbed but not so So I went back to my Fadda
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I said Fadda
fadda I found
a girl to live with me until I leave this world
Matilda
Fredricks yes that she name
Oh
how she set me heart aflame
Oh
how she set me heart in flame
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My father look to the ground then he look right round, he said:
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Ratticks man what do I fear, Matilda Fredricks just
what I fear
You
need to find a next one so off you go
She’s
your sister but your madda don’t know.
She’s
your sister but your madda don’t know.
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Frustration
had set in buay but I try one more time
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Fadda fadda I make up I mind I found a companion
till the end of time
Rosy
yearwood gwan be me woman
Her
Hand in marriage make a happy man
Her
hand in marriage make a happy man
My fadda turn red and cuff me upside the head and said
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Rosy
Yearwood Rass can’t you see
Through
that window you I gween throw
She’s
your sister but your madda don’t know.
She’s
your sister but your madda don’t know.
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So
I was vex so I went to my Madda I said madda
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Madda madda I try hard to find a pretty young
woman to make her mine
But
when I ask permission my fadda said no
He say she my sista but you didn’t
know
He say she my sista but you didn’t
know
My madda she tilt back her head and
laugh
Listen
child go and settle free,
Marry any woman that you feel please
Your
fadda a lot of hot wind he blow but your fadda’s not your fadda but your fadda don’t know.
He’s
not your fadda but he don’t
know.