Matthew Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 Chords used: G:320003 Am:X02210 D:XX0232 C:X32010

GI had an uncle name of MAmatthew...Dhe was his father's only bGoy

 Born just south of Colby, AmKansas...Dhe was his mother's pride and jGoy

G C Am

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Yes, and joy was just the thing he was raised on

  Love wDas just a way to live and die G C G

  Gold was just a windy CKansas wheat fAmield

  Blue waDs just a KansasC summer sky G

 And all the stories that he tAmold meD back when I was just a lGad

 All the memories that he gAmave me...Dall the good times that he hGad

 Growin' up a Kansas fAmarmboy...Dlife was mostly havin' fGun

 Ridin' on his daddy's shAmoulders Dbehind a mule, beneath the sGun

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 Well, I guess there were some hAmard times Dand I'm told some years were lGean

 They had a storm in 'Am47...Dtwister came and stripped 'em clGean

 He lost the farm and lost his fAmamily...he lost the whDeat, he lost his hGome

 But he found the family bAmible Dand faith as solid as a stGone

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 So he came to live at oAmur house...Dand he came to work the lGand

 He came to ease my daddy's bAmurdens Dand he came to be my frGiend

 So I wrote this down for MaAmtthew...Dit's for him this song is sGung

 Ridin' on his daddy's shAmoulders Dbehind a mule, beneath the sGun

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