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