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

G C Am 	CHORUS: 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 

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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
 
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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 

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