Matthew chords by
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Verse 1

I had an uncle named Matthew,

He was his father's only boy.

Born just south of Colby, Kansas,

He was his mother's pride and joy.

Verse 2
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Yes and joy was just the thing
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that he  was raised on,
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Love was just a way to live and die,
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Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field,
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Blue was just a Kansas summer sky.
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Verse 3
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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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And all the good times that he had.
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Growing up a Kansas farm boy,
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Life was mostly having fun.
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Riding 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
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that he was raised on,
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Love was just a way to live and die,
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Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field,
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Blue was just a Kansas summer sky.
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Verse 5
Well, I guess there were
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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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Twister came and stripped them clean.
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He lost the farm,
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he lost his family,
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He lost the wheat, he lost his home,
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But he found the family Bible,
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Faith as solid as a stone.

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Yes and joy was just the thing
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that he was raised on,
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Love was just a way to live and die,
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Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field,
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Blue was just a Kansas summer sky.
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Verse 7
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So he came to live at our house,
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And he came to work the land,
He came to ease my
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daddy's bur dens,
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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 is for him this song is sung,
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Riding 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

Verse 8
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thing
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that he was raised on,
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G G 
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Love was just a way to live and die,
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G G 
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Am Am 
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Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field,
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G G 
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Blue was just a Kansas summer sky.
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Yes and joy was just the thing
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that he was raised on,
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G G 
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D D 
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Love was just a way to live and die,
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Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field,
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Blue was just a Kansas summer sky.

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