Chords for Matapedia Kate & Anna McGarrigle

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_ _ Her hair was dyed black and she was bending down
_ _ [G] Picking something from off the ground [D] She was seventeen _ _
He said, oh my [A] god, it's Kate She said, no, I'm the daughter of Kate _ _ _
_ My [D] name is [G] Martha, _ [D] who are you?
_ [A] Ma never told me, _ never told me about _ _ [D]
you
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_ _ _ _ _ He put his big middle-aged hands upon her shoulders
[G] And he looked her in the eyes Just like a boy [D] of nineteen would do
_ _ She was [A] not _ afraid _ No, she [D] was not afraid
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Once upon a time two kids in love in a car Flying over mountains, trying to catch a boat
Take them upriver to [G] home _ And they raced [E] a _ _ _ _
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Sixty miles, thirty miles, thirty miles, twenty miles, twenty miles, ten, nine, eight
And I was not [A] _ afraid No, I was [D] not afraid _ _
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_ Well, we made the boat with minutes to spare And we [G] crossed on over to the other side _
Back home [D] safe and sound _ _ _ But I could [A] not slow down _ _
No, I could [D] not slow _ down I _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G] And we _ _ _ raced _ [A] the _ _ _
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miles, thirty miles, thirty miles, twenty miles, twenty miles, ten, nine, eight
But I could [A] not slow down _ _ No, I could [D] not slow _ down
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_ could [D] not slow _ down I was [A] not _ afraid _
No, I was [D] not afraid _ _ I _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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No, I was [D] not afraid _ _ _
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