Matthew (Crossharp)
by John Denver · posted by EarthDogHarpin
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
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Matthew (Crossharp)
Words and Music by John Denver
Key of G Major Range: D4 to G5
Tabbed for EITHER:
a key of Low C Richter tuned diatonic (original octave)
OR a C Richter tuned diatonic (will be an octave high)
Tab notations:
none = blow - = draw ___ = hold; sustain
ob = overblow 9’ = half step blow bend on hole 9
-8 -8_ -8 -8_ -8__ 7_ -7_ 5_ 7________
I had an un- cle_ name of Mat-thew.____
-6 -6 -7__ -8_ -7_ -6_ 6_ -4_________
He was his_ fa- ther’s on_-ly boy._______
-8_ -8_ -8__ -8 7_ -7_ 5_ 7_
Born just south of Col-by, Kan-sas
-6 -6 -7__ -8 -7_ -6_ 6 6__
He was his_ moth-er’s pride and joy.
-7 -8__ 9__ 9 9’_ -8 8__ 8 -8_ -8_ -8__ 7______
Yes, and_ joy was just a thing that he was raised on_____
-8__ -8 -8_ -8 7__ 7 7 -8__ -7_______
Love was just a way to live and_ die______
9__ 9 9__ 8 8 8_ -8__ -8_ -8_ 7______
Gold was just a wind-y_ Kan_-sas wheat-field___
-8__ -8 -8_ -8 7__ 7_ -7 -6__ 6_____
Blue was just the Kan-sas sum-mer_ sky.__
-8_ -8 -8_ -8__ 7_ -7_ 5_ 7________
All the sto-ries that he_ told me_______
-6 -7_ -8_ -7_ -6_ 6_ -4_________
Back when I was just a lad________
-8_ -8_ -8_ -8____ 7 -7 5__ 7________
All the mem-‘ries__ that he gave me_______
-6 -7__ -8 -7_ -6__ 5ob_ 6__________¬¬
All the_ good times that he had._______
-8_ -8 -8_ -8 7_ -7_ 5__ 7_______
Grow-in’ up a Kan-sas farm boy_____
-6_ -7_ -8_ -7_ -6 -7__ -4_________
Life is most-ly hav-in’ fun________
-8_ -8 -8__ -8_ 7 -7__ 5_ 7________
Rid-in’ on__ his dad-dy’s shoul-ders_____
-6 -6_ -7_ -8_ -7 -6_ 5ob 6___
Be-hind a mule be-neath the sun.
-7 -8__ 9__ 9 9’_ -8 8__ 8 -8_ -8_ -8__ 7______
Yes, and_ joy was just a thing that he was raised on_____
-8__ -8 -8_ -8 7____ 7 7 -8__ -7_______
Love was just a way__ to live and_ die______
9__ 9 9__ 8 8 8_ -8__ -8_ -8_ 7______
Gold was just a wind-y_ Kan_-sas wheat-field___
-8__ -8 -8_ -8 7__ 7_ -7 -6__ 6_____
Blue was just the Kan-sas sum-mer_ sky.__
-8_ -8 -8_ -8__ 7_ -7_ 5_ 7________
Well, I guess there were some hard times____
-6 -7_ -8_ -7_ -6_ 6_ -4_________
And I’m told some years were lean_______
-8 -8_ -8_ -8_ -8____ 7 -7 5__ 7________
They had a storm in____ ‘for-ty sev-en_______
-6 -6 -7__ -8 -7_ -6__ 5ob_ 6_________¬¬
A twist-er_ came and stripped ‘em clean.____
-8 -8_ -8 -8_ -8 7_ -7_ 5__ 7_______
He lost the farm and lost his fam-‘ly_____
-6 -6_ -7_ -8_ -7_ -6 -7__ -4_________
He lost the wheat and lost his_ home_______
-8_ -8 -8__ -8_ 7 -7__ 5_ 7________
But he found the fam-‘ly Bi-ble______
-6 -6_ -7_ -8_ -7 -6_ 5ob 6___
A faith as sol-id as_ a stone.
-7 -8__ 9__ 9 9’_ -8 8__ 8 -8_ -8_ -8__ 7______
Yes, and_ joy was just a thing that he was raised on_____
-8__ -8 -8_ -8 7____ 7 7 -8__ -7_______
Love was just a way__ to live and_ die______
9__ 9 9__ 8 8 8_ -8__ -8_ -8_ 7______
Gold was just a wind-y_ Kan_-sas wheat-field___
-8__ -8 -8_ -8 7__ 7_ -7 -6__ 6_____
Blue was just the Kan-sas sum-mer_ sky.__
-8 -8_ -8 -8_ -8__ 7_ -7_ 5_ 7________
(And) so_ he came to__ live at_ our house____
-6 -7_ -8_ -7_ -6_ 6_ -4_________
And he_ came to_ work the land_______
-8 -8_ -8_ -8_ -8__ 7 -7 5__ 7________
He came to_ ease my__ dad-dy’s bur-den______
-6 -7__ -8 -7_ -6__ 5ob_ 6_________¬¬
And he__ came to_ be__ my friend.___
-8 -8_ -8 -8_ -8 7_ -7_ 5__ 7_______
And so I wrote this down for Mat-thew____
-6 -6_ -7_ -8_ -7_ -6 -7__ -4_________
And it’s for him this song is__ sung_______
-8_ -8 -8__ -8_ 7 -7__ 5_ 7________
Rid-in’ on_ his dad-dy’s shoul-ders_____
-6 -6_ -7_ -8_ -7 -6_ 5ob 6___
Be-hind a mule be-neath the sun.
-7 -8__ 9__ 9 9’_ -8 8__ 8 -8_ -8_ -8__ 7______
Yes, and_ joy was just a thing that he was raised on_____
-8__ -8 -8_ -8 7____ 7 7 -8__ -7_______
Love was just a way__ to live and_ die______
9__ 9 9__ 8 8 8_ -8__ -8_ -8_ 7______
Gold was just a wind-y_ Kan_-sas wheat-field___
-8__ -8 -8_ -8 7__ 7_ -7 -6__ 6_____
Blue was just the Kan-sas sum-mer_ sky.__
-7 -8_ 9__ 9 9’__ -8 8__ 8 -8_ -8_ -8_8__ 7______
Yes, and joy was just a thing that he_ was raised on_____
-8_ 7_ -8_ 8_ 9’___ 8 -8 7_ -7___8__-8___
Love was just a way__ to live and die__________
9__ 9 9’_ 8 8 8_ -8__ -8_ -8_ 7______
Gold was just a wind-y_ Kan_-sas wheat-field__
-8_____ -6_ -8_ -7_ 7__ 7_ -7 -6__ 6________
Blue___ was just a Kan-sas sum-mer_ sky._____
A little history:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82GJgjuoc24
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