Matthew
Matthew

Matthew chords by John Denver

1974•Folk
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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    I 
    had 
    an 
    uncle 
    name 
    of 
    Mat
    thew 

    He 
    was 
    his 
    father's 
    only 
    boy 

    Born 
    just 
    south of 
    Colby, 
    Kansas 

    He 
    was 
    his 
    mother's 
    pride 
    and 
    joy 

    Chorus 1
    Yes, 
    and 
    joy 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    thing 

    that 
    he 
    was 
    raised 
    on 

    Love 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    way 
    to 
    live 
    and 
    die 

    Gold 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    windy 
    Kansas 
    wheatfield 

    Blue 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    Kansas 
    summer 
    sky 

    Verse 2
    All 
    the 
    stories 
    that 
    he 
    told 
    me 

    Back 
    when 
    I 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    lad 

    All 
    the 
    memories 
    that 
    he 
    gave 
    me 

    All 
    the 
    good 
    times 
    that 
    he 
    had 

    Verse 3
    Growin' 
    up 
    a 
    Kansas 
    farmboy 

    Life 
    was 
    mostly 
    havin' 
    fun 

    Ridin' 
    on 
    his 
    Daddy's 
    shoulders 

    Behind 
    a 
    mule 
    beneath 
    the 
    sun 

    Chorus 2
    Yes, 
    and 
    joy 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    thing 

    that 
    he 
    was 
    raised 
    on 

    Love 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    way 
    to 
    live 
    and 
    die 

    Gold 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    windy 
    Kansas 
    wheatfield 

    Blue 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    Kansas 
    summer 
    sky 

    Verse 4
    Well, 
    I 
    guess 
    there 
    were 
    some 
    hard 
    times 

    And 
    I'm 
    told 
    some 
    years 
    were 
    lean 

    They 
    had 
    a 
    storm 
    in 
    forty-
    seven 

    A 
    twister 
    came 
    and 
    stripped 
    'em 
    clean 

    Verse 5
    He 
    lost 
    the 
    farm 
    and 
    lost 
    his 
    family 

    He 
    lost 
    the 
    wheat 
    and 
    lost 
    his 
    home 

    But 
    he 
    found 
    the 
    family 
    Bible 

    A 
    faith 
    as 
    solid 
    as 
    a 
    stone 

    Chorus 3
    Yes, 
    and 
    joy 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    thing 

    that 
    he 
    was 
    raised 
    on 

    Love 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    way 
    to 
    live 
    and 
    die 

    Gold 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    windy 
    Kansas 
    wheatfield 

    Blue 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    Kansas 
    summer 
    sky 

    Verse 6
    And 
    so 
    he 
    came 
    to 
    live 
    at 
    our 
    house 

    And 
    he 
    came 
    to 
    work 
    the 
    land 

    He 
    came 
    to 
    ease 
    my 
    dad
    dy's 
    burden 

    And 
    he 
    came 
    to 
    be 
    my 
    friend 

    Verse 7
    And 
    so 
    I 
    wrote 
    this 
    down 
    for 
    Matthew 

    And 
    it's 
    for 
    him 
    this 
    song 
    is 
    sung 

    Ridin' 
    on 
    his 
    Daddy's 
    shoulders 

    Behind 
    a 
    mule 
    beneath 
    the 
    sun 

    Chorus 4
    Yes, 
    and 
    joy 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    thing 

    that 
    he 
    was 
    raised 
    on 

    Love 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    way 
    to 
    live 
    and 
    die 

    Gold 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    windy 
    Kansas 
    wheatfield 

    Blue 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    Kansas 
    summer 
    sky 

    Chorus 5
    Yes, 
    and 
    joy 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    thing 

    that 
    he 
    was 
    raised 
    on 

    Love 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    way 
    to 
    live 
    and 
    die 

    Gold 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    windy 
    Kansas 
    wheatfield 

    Blue 
    was 
    just 
    a 
    Kansas 
    summer 

    sky 
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