KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays924

Matthew by England Dan and John Ford Coley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, D, C, F, Dm, Bb, G, Em, A, E and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			England Dan and John Ford Coley - Matthew 
  
  
Intro: Am D Am D 
  
Am                  C            F 
Matthew crossed the river on his horse 
            Dm           Bb              G       Am 
Said, "This bullet in my side is getting worse" 
             C               F 
Called in to fight without a choice 
        Dm                Bb 
We were just too weak to move 
       G 
We got nothing left to prove 
  
  

    C  G  Am     C          F 
And I, I, I just want to go home 
G 
Martha's alone 
    C  G  Am     C          F 
And I, I, I just want to go home 
          Em                 Am    D  Am  D 
I've been gone too long, too long 
  
  
Am            C                F 
Fever started dragging Matthew down 
      Dm             Bb          G     
And I hope we find a doctor or a town 
  Am               C             F 
Today we left good people on the ground 
          Dm               Bb 
They were just too weak to move 
       G 
We got nothing left to prove 
  
  

    C  G  Am     C          F 
And I, I, I just want to go home 
G 
Martha's alone 
    C  G  Am     C          F 
And I, I, I just want to go home 
          Em                 Am    A 
I've been gone too long, too long 
  
  
Bridge: 
          Dm            Bb 
Well they hit us in the morning  
    F                           C      G 
And cannon balls made us all go down 
     Dm            Bb 
They hit us in the morning 
        F                              C       
And the cannon balls scared us half to death 
              E E7 Am 
Never felt so scared__ 
  
  
INTERLUDE:  F C G Am G  F C G  
  
  
Am          C              F 
I have seen all that I can stand 
        Dm               Bb                   G     Am 
And the cotton's burning black throughout our land 
            C            F 
Had Matthew been a wiser man 
        Dm               Bb 
We were just too weak to move 
       G 
We got nothing left to prove 
  
  

    C  G  Am     C          F 
And I, I, I just want to go home 
G 
Martha's alone 
    C  G  Am     C          F 
And I, I, I just want to go home 
          Em                 Am    D  Am  D  Am  D  Am 
I've been gone too long, too long 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante