Matthew
by John DenverTranspose
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I had an uncle name of M
atthew...
he was his father's only b
oy
Born just south of Colby,
Kansas...
he was his mother's pride and j
oy
CHORUS: Yes, and joy wa
s just the thing h
e was raised
on
Love w
as just a way to live and die
Gold was just a windy
Kansas wheat f
ield
Blue wa
s just a Kansas
summer sky
And all the stories that he t
old me
back when I was just a l
ad
All the memories that he g
ave me...
all the good times that he h
ad
Growin' up a Kansas f
armboy...
life was mostly havin' f
un
Ridin' on his daddy's sh
oulders
behind a mule, beneath the s
un
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Well, I guess there were some h
ard times
and I'm told some years were l
ean
They had a storm in '
47...
twister came and stripped 'em cl
ean
He lost the farm and lost his f
amily...he lost the wh
eat, he lost his h
ome
But he found the family b
ible
and faith as solid as a st
one
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So he came to live at o
ur house...
and he came to work the l
and
He came to ease my daddy's b
urdens
and he came to be my fr
iend
So I wrote this down for Ma
tthew...
it's for him this song is s
ung
Ridin' on his daddy's sh
oulders
behind a mule, beneath the s
un
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