Matthew Chords by John Denver

[Start]

[Verse]
G              G     Am     
■ Had an uncle named Matthew
D                          G  
■ He was his father's only boy
                         Am    
Born just south of Colby Kansas
D            D7                 G  
■ He was his mother's pride and joy
                                           Am7    Am Am7
Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised ■  on 
D                                G  
Love is just the way to live and die
               C            Asus4      
Gold is just a windy Kansas wheat field
D                                G  
And blue is just a Kansas summer sky
                            Am   D 
And all the stories that he told me
D7        D            G  
Back when I was just a lad
                         Am   D 
All the memories that he gave me
                           G  
All the good times that he had


[Chorus]
                    Am   D  
Growin' up a Kansas farm boy
                       G  
Life was mostly havin' fun
                      Am        D
Ridin' on his Daddy's shoulders ■
                            G  
Behind the mule beneath the sun
                         C          G      Am       
Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
D                                G  
Love is just the way to live and die
               C            Am         
Gold is just a windy Kansas wheat field
    D7             D             G  
And blue is just a Kansas summer sky


[Verse]
                             Am   D    
Well I guess there were some hard times
                  G              
And I'm told some years were lean
                    Am7       
They had a storm in fortyseven
D7                                  G    
■  A twister came and stripped them clean
                     Am             
He lost the farm and lost his family
D                                G   
■ He lost the wheat and lost his home


[Chorus]
                      Am    D
But he found a family Bible ■
                    G    
Faith as solid as a stone
                         C                 Am       
Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
D                            G      
Love is just the way to live and die
             C              Am         
Gold is just a windy Kansas wheat field
    D                            G  
And blue is just a Kansas summer sky
                      Am       
So he came to live at our house
D                         G   
■ And he came to work the land
                   Am7           
He came to ease my Daddy's burden
D        D7         G        
■ And he came to be my friend
                Am       D      
So I wrote this down for Matthew
                             G   
And it's for him the song is sung
                      A7        Asus4 D
Ridin' on his Daddy's shoulders ■     ■
                            G  
Behind the mule beneath the sun
                                           Am7      
Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
D                                G  
Love is just the way to live and die
             C       G      Am7        
Gold is just a windy Kansas wheat field
D                                G  
And blue is just a Kansas summer sky
                         C                 Am       
Yes and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
D                            G      
Love is just the way to live and die
             C              Am         
Gold is just a windy Kansas wheat field
D                            G  
Blue is just a Kansas summer sky


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