Chords for John Denver - Matthew (Live at Farm Aid 1990)

My father was [Bb] raised on a small family farm in _ Oklahoma.
And some of my happiest memories from childhood were born on that farm.
And that's where this song [Gm] came from.
Written about the second youngest of my dad's brothers.
[Bbm] This is called Matthew.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Had an uncle named [Am] Matthew
_ _ _ [D]
Was his father's only boy
_ _ [C] _ _
[G] Born just south [Am] of Colby, Kansas
_ [D] _
Was his mother's [G] pride and joy
And joy was just [C] a thing that he was [Am] raised on
_ _ [D] Love was just a way to live and [G] die
_ [G] Gold was just a [C] windy Kansas [Am] we feel
_ [D] Blue was just a Kansas summer [G] _ sky _
All the stories [Am] that he told me
[D]
Back when I was [G] just a lad _ _ _
All the memories [Am] that he gave me
_ [D] _
All the good times that [G] we had _
Growing up a [Am] Kansas farm boy
[D] _ Life was mostly having [G] fun
_ [G] _
_ Riding on his daddy's [Am] shoulders _
_ [D] Behind a [Am] mule beneath the [G] sun
And joy was just a thing that he was [Am] raised on
_ And love was just a way to live [G] and die
_ Gold was [C] just a windy Kansas we feel
_ [D] And blue was just a Kansas summer [G] _ sky
[G] _ _
Well I guess there [A] were some [Am] hard [D] times
And I'm told some [G] years were lean _
Had a storm in [Am] 47
_ _ [D]
A twister came and [G] stripped him clean _ _
He lost the [Am] farm and he lost his family
He lost the wheat [G] and he lost his home _ _
But he found [A] the family Bible
[Am] _ _
[D] And a faith as solid as [G] a stone
And joy was [C] just a thing that he was raised on
_ [D] Love was just a way to live [G] and _ die
Gold was just a windy [Am] Kansas we feel
_ And [D] blue was just a Kansas summer [G] sky _ _ _
So he came to live at [Am] our house
_ [D]
And he came to work [G] the land _ _
Came to ease [Am] my daddy's burdens
_ [D]
And he came to be [G] my friend
[D] _
So I wrote this [A] down for Matthew
_ [D]
It's for him this [G] song is sung _ _ _
[G] Riding on [A] his daddy's shoulders
_ [D] _
Behind a mule [G] beneath the sun
And joy was just [C] a thing that he [Am] was raised on
_ And [D] love was just a way to live [G] and die
_ _ Gold was [C] just a windy Kansas we feel
[D] And blue was just a Kansas summer [G] sky
Yes and joy was [C] just a thing that [Am] he was raised on
[D] Love was just a way to live and [G] die
_ _ Gold was [C] just a windy Kansas [Am] we feel
And blue was just a [D] Kansas summer [G] sky _
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