Chords used: G:320003 Am:X02210 D:XX0232 C:X32010
SOL LAm RE SOL
I had an uncle name of Matthew...he was his father's only boy
LAm RE SOL
Born just south of Colby, Kansas...he was his mother's pride and joy
SOL DO LAm
CHORUS: Yes, and joy was just the thing he was raised on
RE SOL DO SOL
Love was just a way to live and die
DO LAm
Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field
RE DO SOL
Blue was just a Kansas summer sky
LAm RE SOL
And all the stories that he told me back when I was just a lad
LAm RE SOL
All the memories that he gave me...all the good times that he had
LAm RE SOL
Growin' up a Kansas farmboy...life was mostly havin' fun
LAm RE SOL
Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders behind a mule, beneath the sun
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LAm RE SOL
Well, I guess there were some hard times and I'm told some years were lean
LAm RE SOL
They had a storm in '47...twister came and stripped 'em clean
LAm RE SOL
He lost the farm and lost his family...he lost the wheat, he lost his home
LAm RE SOL
But he found the family bible and faith as solid as a stone
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LAm RE SOL
So he came to live at our house...and he came to work the land
LAm RE SOL
He came to ease my daddy's burdens and he came to be my friend
LAm RE SOL
So I wrote this down for Matthew...it's for him this song is sung
LAm RE SOL
Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders behind a mule, beneath the sun
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