Matthew chords by John Denver (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(G major) (G major) (G major) (G major)
Verse 1
I had an uncle name of Mat (A minor) thew
(D7) He was his father's only (G major) boy
Born just south of Colby, Kansas (A minor)
(D7) He was his mother's pride and (G major) joy
Chorus 1
Yes, and joy was just a thing (C major)
that (C/B) he was (A minor) raised on
(D7) Love was just a way to live and (G major) die
Gold was just a (C major) windy Kansas (C/B) (A minor) wheatfield
(D7) Blue was just a Kansas summer (G major) sky
Verse 2
All the stories that he told (A minor) me
(D7) Back when I was just a (G major) lad
All the memories that he (A minor) gave me
(D7) All the good times that he had (G major)
Verse 3
Growin' up a Kansas (A minor) farmboy
(D7) Life was mostly havin' (G major) fun
Ridin' on his Daddy's (A minor) shoulders
(D7) Behind a mule beneath the (G major) sun
Chorus 2
Yes, and joy was just a thing (C major)
that (C/B) he was (A minor) raised on
(D7) Love was just a way to live and (G major) die
Gold was just a (C major) windy Kansas (C/B) (A minor) wheatfield
(D7) Blue was just a Kansas summer (G major) sky
Verse 4
Well, I guess there were some (A minor) hard times
(D7) And I'm told some years (G major) were lean
They had a storm in forty- (A minor) seven
(D7) A twister came and stripped 'em (G major) clean
Verse 5
He lost the farm and lost his (A minor) family
(D7) He lost the wheat and lost his (G major) home
But he found the family (A minor) Bible
(D7) A faith as solid as a (G major) stone
Chorus 3
Yes, and joy was just a thing (C major)
that (C/B) he was (A minor) raised on
(D7) Love was just a way to live and (G major) die
Gold was just a (C major) windy Kansas (C/B) (A minor) wheatfield
(D7) Blue was just a Kansas summer (G major) sky
Verse 6
And so he came to live at (A minor) our house
(D7) And he came to work the land (G major)
He came to ease my daddy's (A minor) burden
(D7) And he came to be my (G major) friend
Verse 7
And so I wrote this down (A minor) for Matthew
(D7) And it's for him this song is (G major) sung
Ridin' on his Daddy's (A minor) shoulders
(D7) Behind a mule beneath the (G major) sun
Chorus 4
Yes, and joy was just a thing (C major)
that (C/B) he was (A minor) raised on
(D7) Love was just a way to live and (G major) die
Gold was just a (C major) windy Kansas (C/B) (A minor) wheatfield
(D7) Blue was just a Kansas summer (G major) sky
Chorus 5
Yes, and joy was just a thing (C major)
that (C/B) he was (A minor) raised on
(D7) Love was just a way to live and (G major) die
Gold was just a (C major) windy Kansas (C/B) (A minor) wheatfield
(D7) Blue was just a (D7) Kansas summer
(G major) sky (G major) (G major) (G major)
Matthew
John Denver
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