{"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":2761420,"song":"Matthew","artist":"Tyler Childers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2761420-matthew-chords-by-tyler-childers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2761420?type=chord","rating":4.83603,"votes":70,"content":"[tab][Intro Riff]\r\n(6/8 time, waltzy strumming on G and D chords, first two notes pick up into first measure)\r\n             [ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne|---------|-3--------------|-------------|--------------|-2------------|\r\nB|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|-3------------|\r\nG|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|0h2-----------|\r\nD|-------0-|-0h2---0--------|-----------0-|0h2--0-----0--|------------0-|\r\nA|-0h2-----|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3-----|-------0h1----|--------0h2---|\r\nE|---------|-3--------------|-3-----------|--------------|--------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|-3--------------|------------|-2----------|3------------|\r\nB|----------------|------------|-3----------|-------------|\r\nG|----------------|------------|0h2---------|-------------|\r\nD|-0h2---0--------|----------0-|------------|-------------|\r\nA|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3----|------------|2------------|\r\nE|-3--------------|-3----------|------------|3------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Throw in a hammer-on on the low E and A from time to time when playing G chord)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe works the night shift at the depot[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a pistol and a light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he guards them rusty missiles[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCounting whitetail to pass the time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he's worked there for a long while[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSince he came home from overseas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHelping Kilcorn fight the good fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBring Baghdad to its knees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it was hotter than the mountain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut it weren't so's he couldn't stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it weren't so much the heat wave[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNearly as much as all the sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Repeat Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne|---------|-3--------------|-------------|--------------|-2------------|\r\nB|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|-3------------|\r\nG|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|0h2-----------|\r\nD|-------0-|-0h2---0--------|-----------0-|0h2--0-----0--|------------0-|\r\nA|-0h2-----|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3-----|-------0h1----|--------0h2---|\r\nE|---------|-3--------------|-3-----------|--------------|--------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|-3--------------|------------|-2----------|3------------|\r\nB|----------------|------------|-3----------|-------------|\r\nG|----------------|------------|0h2---------|-------------|\r\nD|-0h2---0--------|----------0-|------------|-------------|\r\nA|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3----|------------|2------------|\r\nE|-3--------------|-3----------|------------|3------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow his daddy, he's a log man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a good leg and a fake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat he got off of a buddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a shitshot that he made[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he worked them hands to splinters[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he raised them young'uns right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn a little bit of scripture[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd an acreage of paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he'd go out on the weekend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he played like Clarence White[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut Clarence had a real job[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd picked the guitar when there was time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Repeat Riff]\r\n\r\n[tab](Repeat 2x if there is a solo)\r\n             [ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne|---------|-3--------------|-------------|--------------|-2------------|\r\nB|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|-3------------|\r\nG|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|0h2-----------|\r\nD|-------0-|-0h2---0--------|-----------0-|0h2--0-----0--|------------0-|\r\nA|-0h2-----|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3-----|-------0h1----|--------0h2---|\r\nE|---------|-3--------------|-3-----------|--------------|--------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|-3--------------|------------|-2----------|3------------|\r\nB|----------------|------------|-3----------|-------------|\r\nG|----------------|------------|0h2---------|-------------|\r\nD|-0h2---0--------|----------0-|------------|-------------|\r\nA|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3----|------------|2------------|\r\nE|-3--------------|-3----------|------------|3------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nKeeps a trap line in the winter[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKeeps a line wet in the spring[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn a lock wall fishing muskie[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith his eldest and Steve[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they swap tales about their raisin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they tell the awfulest lies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they go home when they've a notion[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the muskie quit to bitin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][End With Riff]\r\n             [ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne|---------|-3--------------|-------------|--------------|-2------------|\r\nB|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|-3------------|\r\nG|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|0h2-----------|\r\nD|-------0-|-0h2---0--------|-----------0-|0h2--0-----0--|------------0-|\r\nA|-0h2-----|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3-----|-------0h1----|--------0h2---|\r\nE|---------|-3--------------|-3-----------|--------------|--------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|-3--------------|------------|-2----------|3------------|\r\nB|----------------|------------|-3----------|-------------|\r\nG|----------------|------------|0h2---------|-------------|\r\nD|-0h2---0--------|----------0-|------------|-------------|\r\nA|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3----|------------|2------------|\r\nE|-3--------------|-3----------|------------|3------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"(Throw in a hammer-on on the low E and A from time to time when playing G chord)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Repeat Riff]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Repeat Riff]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n************************************\n\n| h  Hammer-on\n\n************************************","chords":["G","D","B","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}