Matthew 
written by: John Denver


VERSE 1:

G                      Am        D                         G
I had an uncle name of Matthew...he was his father's only boy
                          Am       D                              G
Born just south of Colby, Kansas...he was his mother's pride and joy

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

VERSE 2:
                            Am   D                          G
And all the stories that he told me back when I was just a lad
                         Am        D                           G
All the memories that he gave me...all the good times that he had
                     Am       D                       G
Growin' up a Kansas farmboy...life was mostly havin' fun
                        Am      D                           G
Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders behind a mule, beneath the sun
   

CHORUS:


                              Am         D                             G
Well, I guess there were some hard times and I'm told some years were lean
                     Am   D                              G
They had a storm in '47...twister came and stripped 'em clean
                      Am                            D                   G
He lost the farm and lost his family...he lost the wheat, he lost his home
                        Am    D                         G
But he found the family bible and faith as solid as a stone
   

CHORUS


                      Am          D                        G
So he came to live at our house...and he came to work the land
                             Am     D                     G
He came to ease my daddy's burdens and he came to be my friend
                           Am      D                          G
So I wrote this down for Matthew...it's for him this song is sung
                        Am      D                           G
Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders behind a mule, beneath the sun
   

CHORUS: repeat twice

Chords   
G    320003  
Am   X02210  
D    XX0232  
C    X32010