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Matthew by John Denver - Guitar Chords
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Had an uncle named Matthew
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Was his father's only boy
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Born just south of Colby, Kansas
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Was his mother's pride and joy
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Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
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Love was just the way to live and die
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Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
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Blue was just a Kansas summer sky
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All the stories that he told me
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Back when I was just a lad
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All the memories that he gave me
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All the good times that he had
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Growin up a Kansas farmboy
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Life was mostly havin fun
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Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders
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Behind a mule beneath the sun
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Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
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Love was just the way to live and die
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Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
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Blue was just a Kansas summer sky
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Well, I guess there were some hard times
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And I'm told some years were lean
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They had a storm in '47
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A twister came and stripped them clean
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He lost the farm and lost his family
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He lost the wheat and lost his home
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But he found a family bible
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Faith as solid as a stone
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Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
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Love was just the way to live and die
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Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
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Blue was just a Kansas summer sky
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So he came to live at our house
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And he came to work the land
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He came to ease my daddy's burden
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And he came to be my friend
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So, I wrote this down for Matthew
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And it's for him the song is sung
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Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders
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Behind a mule beneath the sun
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Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
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Love was just the way to live and die
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Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
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Blue was just a Kansas summer sky
G C Am
Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on
D7 G
Love was just the way to live and die
G C Am
Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield
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Blue was just a Kansas summer sky
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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