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Matthew by John Denver - Guitar Chords
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Chords used: G:320003 Am:X02210 D:XX0232 C:X32010
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
G C Am
CHORUS: 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
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 2X
We also have 35 songs by John Denver
- Annies Song
- Autograph
- Back Home Again
- Calypso
- Christmas For Cowboys
- Darcy Farrow
- Fly Away
- Follow Me
- For Baby For Bobbie
- For You
- Goodbye Again
- Grandmas Feather Bed
- I Guess Hed Rather Be In Colorado
- Im Sorry
- Leaving On A Jet Plane
- Little Drummer Boy
- Matthew
- Mr Bojangles
- My Sweet Lady
- Perhaps Love
- Poems Prayers And Promises
- Rhymes And Reasons
- Rocky Mountain High
- Seasons Of The Heart
- Some Days Are Diamonds
- Starwood In Aspen
- Sunshine On My Shoulders
- Sweet Surrender
- Take Me Home Country Roads
- Thank God Im A Country Boy
- The City Of New Orleans
- The Eagle And The Hawk
- This Old Guitar
- Today
- Wild Montana Skies
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