{"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":277170,"song":"Matthew","artist":"John Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/277170-matthew-chords-by-john-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/277170?type=chord","rating":4.83697,"votes":57,"content":"Chords used:  [ch]G[/ch]:320003  [ch]Am[/ch]:X02210  [ch]D[/ch]:XX0232  [ch]C[/ch]:X32010\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI had an uncle name of Matthew...he was his father's only boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBorn just south of Colby, Kansas...he was his mother's pride and joy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   CHORUS:  Yes, and joy was just the thing he was raised on[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   Love was just a way to live and die[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   Blue was just a Kansas summer sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all the stories that he told me back when I was just a lad[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the memories that he gave me...all the good times that he had[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGrowin' up a Kansas farmboy...life was mostly havin' fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRidin' on his daddy's shoulders behind a mule, beneath the sun[/tab]\r\n   CHORUS\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, I guess there were some hard times and I'm told some years were lean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey had a storm in '47...twister came and stripped 'em clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe lost the farm and lost his family...he lost the wheat, he lost his home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut he found the family bible and faith as solid as a stone[/tab]\r\n   CHORUS\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo he came to live at our house...and he came to work the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe came to ease my daddy's burdens and he came to be my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I wrote this down for Matthew...it's for him this song is sung[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRidin' on his daddy's shoulders behind a mule, beneath the sun[/tab]\r\n   CHORUS 2X","plain_text":"Chords used:  G:320003  Am:X02210  D:XX0232  C:X32010\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   CHORUS\n\n\n\n\n   CHORUS\n\n\n\n\n   CHORUS 2X","chords":["G","Am","D","C"],"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]},"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]}}}