Matthew Chords by John Denver
Tempo:
113.15 bpm
Chords used:
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A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
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I had an uncle named [Am] Matthew, [D] he was his father's [G] only boy
south of [Am] Colby, Kansas, [D] he was his mother's [G] pride and joy
[Am] was raised on
and [C] [D] die
Kansas [E] wheat field
summer [G] sky
stories that [Am] he told me
I had an uncle named [Am] Matthew, [D] he was his father's [G] only boy
south of [Am] Colby, Kansas, [D] he was his mother's [G] pride and joy
[Am] was raised on
and [C] [D] die
Kansas [E] wheat field
summer [G] sky
stories that [Am] he told me
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_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I had an uncle named [Am] Matthew, _ _ [D] he was his father's [G] only boy
_ _ Born just south of [Am] Colby, Kansas, _ _ [D] _ he was his mother's [G] pride and joy
Yes, and joy was just a thing that he [Am] was raised on
[D] Love was just a way to live and [C] [D] die
_ Gold was [C] just a windy Kansas [E] wheat _ field
[D] And blue was just a Kansas summer [G] sky
_ _ All the stories that [Am] he told _ me
[D] _ Back when I was [C] just a lad
_ [G] _ _ All the memories [Am] that he gave me
[D] _ All the good [G] times that he _ _ had
Growing [Am] up a Kansas farm boy
_ [D] _
Life was mostly [G] having fun _ _ _
Riding on his daddy's [Am] _ shoulders
_ [D]
Behind the mule, beneath the sun
Yes, and joy was [C] just a thing that [Am] he was raised on
[D] Love was just a way to live [G] and die
Gold was just a windy [Am] Kansas wheat field
[D] And blue was just a Kansas summer [G] sky
_ _ _ Well, I guess there were [Am] some hard _ [D] times
And I'm told some [G] years were lean
_ They had a storm in [Am] 47
_ _ [D] A twister came and [G] stripped them clean
_ _ He lost the farm [Am] and lost his family
_ [D] _ He lost the wheat and [G] lost his home
But he found the family [Am] Bible
_ _ [D] Faith as solid as [G] a stone
Yes, and joy was [C] just a thing that [Am] he was raised on
[D] Love was just a way to [G] live and _ die
Gold [C] was just a windy [Am] Kansas wheat field
[D] And blue was just a Kansas summer [G] sky
_ _ So he came to live [Am] at our house
_ [D] And he came to work [G] the land
_ He came to ease my [Am] daddy's burden
_ _ [D] _ And he came to be [G] my friend
_ So I wrote this [Am] down for Matthew
[D] _ And it's for him [G] the song is sung
_ _ Riding on his [A] daddy's [D] shoulders
_ Behind the mule, beneath [G] the sun
Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was [A] raised on
_ [D] Love was just a way to live and die
_ Gold [C] was just a windy Kansas [Am] wheat _ field
[D] Blue was just a Kansas summer [G] sky
Yes, and joy was just [C] a thing he [Am] was raised on
[D] Love was just a way to live [G] and die
_ _ Gold is [C] just a windy [Am] Kansas wheat _ field, [D] blue is just a Kansas _ summer sky. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I had an uncle named [Am] Matthew, _ _ [D] he was his father's [G] only boy
_ _ Born just south of [Am] Colby, Kansas, _ _ [D] _ he was his mother's [G] pride and joy
Yes, and joy was just a thing that he [Am] was raised on
[D] Love was just a way to live and [C] [D] die
_ Gold was [C] just a windy Kansas [E] wheat _ field
[D] And blue was just a Kansas summer [G] sky
_ _ All the stories that [Am] he told _ me
[D] _ Back when I was [C] just a lad
_ [G] _ _ All the memories [Am] that he gave me
[D] _ All the good [G] times that he _ _ had
Growing [Am] up a Kansas farm boy
_ [D] _
Life was mostly [G] having fun _ _ _
Riding on his daddy's [Am] _ shoulders
_ [D]
Behind the mule, beneath the sun
Yes, and joy was [C] just a thing that [Am] he was raised on
[D] Love was just a way to live [G] and die
Gold was just a windy [Am] Kansas wheat field
[D] And blue was just a Kansas summer [G] sky
_ _ _ Well, I guess there were [Am] some hard _ [D] times
And I'm told some [G] years were lean
_ They had a storm in [Am] 47
_ _ [D] A twister came and [G] stripped them clean
_ _ He lost the farm [Am] and lost his family
_ [D] _ He lost the wheat and [G] lost his home
But he found the family [Am] Bible
_ _ [D] Faith as solid as [G] a stone
Yes, and joy was [C] just a thing that [Am] he was raised on
[D] Love was just a way to [G] live and _ die
Gold [C] was just a windy [Am] Kansas wheat field
[D] And blue was just a Kansas summer [G] sky
_ _ So he came to live [Am] at our house
_ [D] And he came to work [G] the land
_ He came to ease my [Am] daddy's burden
_ _ [D] _ And he came to be [G] my friend
_ So I wrote this [Am] down for Matthew
[D] _ And it's for him [G] the song is sung
_ _ Riding on his [A] daddy's [D] shoulders
_ Behind the mule, beneath [G] the sun
Yes, and joy was just a thing that he was [A] raised on
_ [D] Love was just a way to live and die
_ Gold [C] was just a windy Kansas [Am] wheat _ field
[D] Blue was just a Kansas summer [G] sky
Yes, and joy was just [C] a thing he [Am] was raised on
[D] Love was just a way to live [G] and die
_ _ Gold is [C] just a windy [Am] Kansas wheat _ field, [D] blue is just a Kansas _ summer sky. _ _ _
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