C [Verse] C They called me Margaretha the day that I was born Dm C G The day I died the soldiers called me H21 Am F In the circuses and palaces, a hundred names I've borne C G From the Belle of the Epoque to the eye of the storm Am G C But if anybody asks, I named myself after the sun C I was a teacher when I was young G C But I ran away from home F G F To the East Indies and warm, warm sun G C To wed a man I did not know G C He called me Lady MacLeod G C But the times did not allow F C G Em F My complaints as drinking dragged him down G C So in dancing peace I found [Verse 2] C They called me a tourist when I began to dance Am C G An amateur and courtesan when I came to France Am F On the stages, in the salons, I held my tongue C G I was never owned by any man nor known by anyone Am G C And if anybody asks, I named myself after the sun Am G C I never cared much for their war G C I had seen men fight before G Em F Seen the sickness in their esprit de corps G C I would dance for them no more G C They came to take me away G C From the Hotel Champs ElyseÌe F C G Em F Told the soldiers I've nothing to say D7 They wouldn't have listened anyway E7 Am A F Too many men had died, and somebody had to pay G C They set a date for my dying day [Bridge] Dm C But as I stood in that killing field, refusing a blindfold F Am D Staring down the soldiers and the hatred of the world Dm Am C I felt the warmth of the Malay sun and I smiled for them all Am They all thought they had the best of me D G G7 But not one of them could say what I was called [Verse 3] Just before the darkness came I whispered my real name F I am Mata Hari, eye of the day G C In the cells my body lay unclaimed C G Am F C G7 Am G F If anybody asks, I named myself after the sun Am G C If anybody asks, I named myself after the sun