Tom: G5 G5 A5 D5 G5 I had an uncle name of Matthew...he was his father's only boy A5 D5 G5 Born just south of Colby, Kansas...he was his mother's pride and joy Chorus: G5 C5 A5 Yes, and joy was just the thing he was raised on D5 G5 C5 G5 Love was just a way to live and die C5 A5 Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field D5 C5 G5 Blue was just a Kansas summer sky A5 D5 G5 And all the stories that he told me back when I was just a lad A5 D5 G5 All the memories that he gave me...all the good times that he had A5 D5 G5 Growin' up a Kansas farmboy...life was mostly havin' fun A5 D5 G5 Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders behind a mule, beneath the sun **Chorus A5 D5 G5 Well, I guess there were some hard times and I'm told some years were lean A5 D5 G5 They had a storm in '47...twister came and stripped 'em clean A5 D5 G5 He lost the farm and lost his family...he lost the wheat, he lost his home A5 D5 G5 But he found the family bible and faith as solid as a stone **Chorus A5 D5 G5 So he came to live at our house...and he came to work the land A5 D5 G5 He came to ease my daddy's burdens and he came to be my friend A5 D5 G5 So I wrote this down for Matthew...it's for him this song is sung A5 D5 G5 Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders behind a mule, beneath the sun **Chorus 2x
