John Denver

Matthew

John Denver

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Matthew

Written by John Denver

Key:  G More
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	  		VERSE 1: 
 
G                      Am        D                         G 
I had an uncle name of Matthew...he was his father's only boy 
                          Am       D                              G 
Born just south of Colby, Kansas...he was his mother's pride and joy 
 
CHORUS:   
                  G                C             Am 
   Yes, and joy was just the thing he was raised on 
          D                     G C G 
   Love was just a way to live and die 
                         C       Am 
   Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field 
          D                C      G 
   Blue was just a Kansas summer sky 
  
 
VERSE 2: 
                            Am   D                          G 
And all the stories that he told me back when I was just a lad 
                         Am        D                           G 
All the memories that he gave me...all the good times that he had 
                     Am       D                       G 
Growin' up a Kansas farmboy...life was mostly havin' fun 
                        Am      D                           G 
Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders behind a mule, beneath the sun 
    
 
CHORUS: 
 
 
                              Am         D                             G 
Well, I guess there were some hard times and I'm told some years were lean 
                     Am   D                              G 
They had a storm in '47...twister came and stripped 'em clean 
                      Am                            D                   G 
He lost the farm and lost his family...he lost the wheat, he lost his home 
                        Am    D                         G 
But he found the family bible and faith as solid as a stone 
    
 
CHORUS 
 
 
                      Am          D                        G 
So he came to live at our house...and he came to work the land 
                             Am     D                     G 
He came to ease my daddy's burdens and he came to be my friend 
                           Am      D                          G 
So I wrote this down for Matthew...it's for him this song is sung 
                        Am      D                           G 
Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders behind a mule, beneath the sun 
    
 
CHORUS: repeat twice 
		  

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