{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":844680,"song":"Matthew","artist":"John Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11600291-matthew-chords-by-john-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/844680?type=chord","rating":4.89805,"votes":265,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]   \r\nHad an uncle named Matthew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nWas his father's only boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBorn just south of Colby, Kansas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas his mother's pride and joy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch] \r\nLove was just the way to live and die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBlue was just a Kansas summer sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll the stories that he told me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack when I was just a lad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll the memories that he gave me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the good times that he had[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGrowin up a Kansas farmboy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLife was mostly havin fun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRidin' on his daddy's shoulders[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBehind a mule beneath the sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLove was just the way to live and die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBlue was just a Kansas summer sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, I guess there were some hard times[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm told some years were lean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey had a storm in '47[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA twister came and stripped them clean[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe lost the farm and lost his family[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe lost the wheat and lost his home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut he found a family bible[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFaith as solid as a stone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLove was just the way to live and die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBlue was just a Kansas summer sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo he came to live at our house[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he came to work the land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe came to ease my daddy's burden[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he came to be my friend[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nSo, I wrote this down for Matthew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it's for him the song is sung[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nRidin' on his daddy's shoulders[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBehind a mule beneath the sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLove was just the way to live and die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nBlue was just a Kansas summer sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLove was just the way to live and die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBlue was just a Kansas summer sky[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["G","Am","D7","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}